Becton, Dickinson and Company develops, manufactures, and sells medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment, and diagnostic products for healthcare institutions, physicians, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, pharmaceutical industry, and the general public worldwide. It operates through Medical Essentials, Connected Care, BioPharma Systems, Interventional and Life Sciences segments. Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Healthcare
Industry: Medical Instruments & Supplies
Exchange: NYSE
IPO Date: January 1, 1987
Headquarters: 1 Becton Drive, Franklin Lakes, NJ, United States, 07417-1880
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$168.86
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$159.74
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$154.97
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$176.98
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$160.21
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$158.38
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$175.18
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume
creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
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qualitative analysis (business model, competitive moat, sector dynamics),
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share stats analysis (institutional accumulation, fund positioning, short float squeeze potential), and
fundamental analysis (valuation, revenue growth, profit margin, earnings quality).
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