NYSE:BDXMedical Equipment
Becton Dickinson (BDX) Stock Shrugs Off Profit Strength As Tariffs Bite
Becton Dickinson stock barely flinched after earnings, slipping just 0.1% to about US$176, even as the company put a very different picture on the tape. The headline is profit power. Adjusted earnings per share came in at US$3.23 and adjusted operating margin held at a solid 24.9% in a quarter that management framed as the first real test for “New BD.”
For a company often treated as a slow and steady medical technology compounder, that kind of earnings print, plus revenue of US$5.0b, sets up...