BDX Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own BDX shares is 2059, representing 91.75% of the company's common stock.

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in BDX by -54.41% restricting it's holding to 1.7 million shares of worth nearly $421.27M. UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC also lessened -0.32% of the BDX shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 1.57 million shares of worth $387.71M. CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM also shunned BDX shares holding by -1.96% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.69 million shares worth $418.64M.

As per its latest 13F filing, FIRST EAGLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC increased its stake in BDX by 8.24% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 2.11 million shares having worth more than $523.35M. DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP also added 4.08% more shares of BDX to its portfolio, raising its holding to 1.57 million shares of worth $388.30M. CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC also increased its BDX shares holding by 2.49% which brought its holding to 1.61 million shares worth $398.47M.

The insider with the most stakes in BDX is FORLENZA VINCENT A , Chairman, CEO and President at the company. Additionally, BDX stock is highly held by director RING TIMOTHY M and Chairman, CEO and President Polen Thomas E Jr among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.28% percent of Becton, Dickinson and Company's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 6 transaction(s) in which BDX insiders have sold stock, totaling 11.25K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include NEAL SHANA CAROL, GARRISON MICHAEL DAVID, and GOETTE ROLAND.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Becton, Dickinson and Company insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 84.18K Becton, Dickinson and Company shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.28% of BDX stock.

BDX Chairman, CEO and President, FORLENZA VINCENT A holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. BDX shares owned by FORLENZA total nearly 208.86 thousand.

FIRST EAGLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC is the largest institutional owner in BDX which holds 2.11 million shares worth $523.35M or 0.73% of the total BDX shares outstanding followed by WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN with ownership of 1.7 million shares representing 0.59% of the BDX ownership. UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC is the third largest stakeholder with 1.57 million shares or 0.54% of the ownership worth more than $387.71M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the BDX is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of BDX shares short is 2.11M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 290.01M shares of BDX are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, BDX has 288.42M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for BDX is 1.42.