Analyst ratings
Across 14 analysts the consensus is a Buy: 7 buy calls against 0 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $195.67.
NYSE: BDX · Medical Instruments & Supplies
Over the past week, Becton Dickinson and (BDX) pulled in about 944 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Buy. The crowd averages 77% bullish across the tracked sources. Wall Street is more cautious, with 7 of 14 analysts rating BDX a buy.
There is steady buzz around BDX this week and broad agreement on direction, which is why it reads as a Buy.
Wall Street’s 50% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from News at 75% to X at 78%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.
Across 14 analysts the consensus is a Buy: 7 buy calls against 0 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $195.67.
The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week bullish sits above the neutral line, momentum is improving and the 2 sources broadly agree, so the read is a Buy.
The crowd runs 27 points hotter than the 50% analyst buy share, retail is ahead of the Street here. The split is inside the crowd: X reads 78% bullish while News sits at 75%, a 3-point spread that single-source trackers miss.
Weekly price context: this Alpha Vantage chart keeps its own dated range; the sentiment metrics elsewhere on this page may be newer. Over the 30-day window, Becton Dickinson and (BDX) buzz held moderate around 50.9 while the price drifted down 2.4% across the period. The chart tracks how social and news attention moved against end-of-day price. Average daily trading volume across the displayed trading days is 1.8M shares. Updated Sep 26, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, BDX gained 1.3%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 64.1 and was variable, swinging between 49.5 and 83.5. Recent volume is running above the 30-day average, suggesting heightened trading interest. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 17 of the 19 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.
Signal metrics use the latest 7 days; contributor and breadth context uses the 30-day chart window.
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| Adanos signal | Buy |
|---|---|
| Analyst consensus | Buy (7 / 7 / 0) |
| Crowd bullish (7d) | 77% |
| Avg price target | $195.67 |
| Most bullish source | X, 78% |
| Most bearish source | News, 75% |
| Sentiment spread | 3 pts |
| Mentions (7d) | 944 |
| Market cap | $48.82B |
| P/E · Forward P/E | 31.6 · 13.7 |
| EPS · Beta | $5.68 · 0.3 |
| Revenue (TTM) | $22.48B · 4% margin |
| Industry | Medical Instruments & Supplies |
Based on aggregated sentiment from X and News sources, Becton Dickinson and (BDX) currently carries an Adanos buy signal with 93/100 conviction. The current cross-source average reads 77% bullish across 2 active sources. Those sources contribute 944 tracked mentions over the last 7 days. This is a sentiment-based reading, not financial advice.
The crowd reads bullish on Becton Dickinson and (BDX), averaging 77% bullish across 2 tracked sources over the last 7 days. The two ends of the range are X at 78% bullish and News at 75%, a 3-point spread. On the professional side, 7 of 14 analysts rate BDX a buy.
Of the 14 analysts covering Becton Dickinson and (BDX), 7 rate it a buy, 7 a hold and 0 a sell, for a buy consensus. The average price target is $195.67. The crowd is the more bullish of the two, averaging 77%.
Becton Dickinson and (BDX)'s cross-source average is bullish at 77% bullish. All 2 tracked sources lean bullish. X reads 78% bullish and news coverage is the most negative at 75% bullish. The combined signal points to broad buy-side pressure with 93/100 conviction.
The cross-source average is bullish for Becton Dickinson and (BDX) at 77% bullish. All 2 tracked sources lean bullish. The most bearish reading is news at 75% bullish. 3-day activity momentum is rising across X and News. The buy signal carries 93/100 conviction.
X is the dominant discussion channel with 940 mentions (100% of total volume). News contributes 4 mentions. The cross-source average is bullish at 77% bullish, while x and news show rising 3-day activity. All 2 tracked sources lean bullish.
The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. BDX's buy signal at 93/100 conviction reflects a bullish cross-source average at 77% bullish. All 2 tracked sources lean bullish. It is a research shortcut, not financial advice.
The BDX sentiment page is regenerated from the latest 7-day tracking window at each build. Data reflects the most recent Reddit posts, tweets and news articles available in the current publishing cycle.
Peers are ranked first by matching the Buy signal, then by the closest bullish ratio. Discussion activity breaks any remaining ties.
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