Becton, Dickinson and Company spent the week after its November 5 earnings print collecting a cluster of analyst upgrades, while short sellers continued a month-long retreat that has left bearish positioning at its lightest in over six weeks. The post-earnings analyst response was notably constructive. Five firms raised their price targets on November 6 alone. The standout move came…
BDX Wells Fargo upgrade to Overweight, target raised 42% to $242 from $170.
Key data as of 10 Nov 2026
BDX Wells Fargo upgrade to Overweight, target raised 42% to $242 from $170.
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.
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…
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