Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) earnings on August 6, 2026

Before the market opens Q2 2026

More Becton, Dickinson and Company earnings

Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed

Becton Dickinson's stock rose after strong quarterly results beat expectations and the company raised its future profit outlook. The price climbed 4% by the close.

BDX price around the earnings

177.07

Change: +3.8%

2026-08-06, 20:00 UTC

End of the measured window
170.59 173.50 176.41 179.31 170.59
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August 6, 2026
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Price series around the event

Prior thesis

Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed

Thesis published
Results released

Strong trend strength and 100% beat rate offset by acute FDA alert creating regulatory crisis; score dropped -66.2 points in one day.

Context analyzed before publication

Trend
Strong trend strength reversed into a sharp selloff due to an FDA alert, creating a condition after a strong recent drop into earnings.

Analysts

Evidence

Analyst consensus
Buy
Consensus average (1-5)
2.07
Analysts covering the stock
12
Average price target
180.25
Lowest price target
161
Highest price target
225
Upside to price target
5.6%
Revenue growth
5.2%
Forward EPS
13.46
Trailing EPS
5.74
Analyst moves in the last 60 days
3
  • Strong buy: 1
  • Buy: 6
  • Hold: 7
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong sell: 0
Strong buy
1
Buy
6
Hold
7
Sell
0
Strong sell
0
  • August 5, 2026 · TD Cowen: Maintains rating (Hold → Hold)
  • July 28, 2026 · UBS: Initiates coverage (Buy)
  • July 6, 2026 · Evercore ISI Group: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)

News and sentiment

Evidence

Sentiment
Sentiment
Constructive
Mention volume
High
Normalized volume
99%
News
Sources (2)

Technicals

Evidence

Price when the context was analyzed
170.6
Average true range (ATR)
2.4%
Distance to 52-week high
-6.7%
14-day change (14d)
+11.4%
30-day change (30d)
+9.7%
30-day relative strength
+7.2%
SPY change (30d)
+2.5%
Nearest support
169.9
Distance to nearest support
0.4%
Nearest resistance
170.79
Distance to nearest resistance
0.1%
Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
0.78
  • Mid: 169.9 (0.4% away, 0.17 ATR, 18 touches)
  • Mid: 169.02 (0.9% away, 0.39 ATR, 12 touches)
  • Mid: 168.05 (1.5% away, 0.63 ATR, 23 touches)
  • Major: 170.79 (0.1% away, 0.05 ATR, 28 touches)
  • Major: 171.79 (0.7% away, 0.3 ATR, 27 touches)
  • Mid: 173.24 (1.6% away, 0.66 ATR, 14 touches)

Trends

Evidence

Average earnings surprise
+4.4%
  • May 7, 2026: actual EPS 2.9 vs estimate 2.77 (surprise +4.5%)
  • February 9, 2026: actual EPS 2.91 vs estimate 2.8 (surprise +3.9%)
  • November 6, 2025: actual EPS 3.96 vs estimate 3.91 (surprise +1.1%)
  • August 7, 2025: actual EPS 3.68 vs estimate 3.4 (surprise +8.2%)

Expected move

Implied move
+2.5%
Source
Options chain

Reactions over its last 20 earnings

Median move
3.6%
75th percentile move
5.7%
90th percentile move
8.9%
Up / down moves
9 / 11
Average up move
+4.0%
Average down move
-5.3%

Monitoring and close

What Becton, Dickinson and Company reported

Status
Finished
Actual EPS3.23
EPS estimate3.14
EPS surprise+2.9%
Revenue$4,983 million
Revenue estimate$4,887 million
Revenue surprise+2.0%

Becton Dickinson beat fiscal Q3 expectations and raised its 2026 profit outlook, though margins declined. Optimistic view.

Sources (12)

Pre-market second reading after the results

Verdict
Beat expectations

Heading into the open, results beat expectations on both earnings and revenue, and the price is indicating +2.9% pre-market, a move in line with the stock's usual reaction (about 4%). The figures don't confirm the prior scenario: the comparable cases aren't consistent enough.

How the stock reacted

Outcome
Missed
Consolidated
+4.0%
Max favorable move (MFE)
0%
Max adverse move (MAE)
5.1%