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Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) short interest & options flow

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Becton, Dickinson and Company reports fiscal fourth-quarter results on November 5, and the most striking feature of the current setup is not what bears are doing but what they have stopped doing. Short interest has fallen nearly 9% over the past month to 2.9% of the free float, a level that puts BDX firmly in the low-conviction camp for short sellers. The lending market confirms the…

Latest pulse20 Oct 2026

BDX put-call ratio collapses to 0.34, down 4.3 standard deviations from its 20-day mean of 0.51, signalling aggressive call buying relative to puts.

$198.17-0.22% 1d+1.61% 1w+12.09% 1mClose: 3 Nov 2026
Short interest % of float
Low
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Cost to borrow
Low and dropping
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Availability
High
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Market cap
$53.98B
Next earnings
5 Nov 2026
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Key data as of 4 Nov 2026

ORTEX chart of Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) share price and short interest (% of free float), six months to November 3, 2026

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    BDX put-call ratio collapses to 0.34, down 4.3 standard deviations from its 20-day mean of 0.51, signalling aggressive call buying relative to puts.

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