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Is This 1 Momentum Stock a Screaming Buy Right Now?
Momentum investors, who live by the saying "the trend is your friend," are most interested in taking advantage of upward or downward trends in a stock's price or earnings outlook. Utilizing one-week price change and the monthly percentage change in earnings estimates, among other factors, the Momentum Style Score can help determine favorable times to buy high-momentum stocks.
Becton Dickinson (BDX)
Based in Franklin Lakes, NJ, Becton, Dickinson and Company, commonly known as BD, is a medical technology company engaged principally in the development, manufacture and sale of medical devices, instrument systems and reagents.
BDX is a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) stock, with a Momentum Style Score of A and VGM Score of A. Shares are up 2% over the past one week and up 1.5% over the past four weeks. BDX has lost 4.3% in the last one-year period as well. Looking at trading volume, an average of 2,020,205.38 shares exchanged hands over the last 20 trading days.
A company's earnings performance is important for momentum investors as well. For fiscal 2025, 10 analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for BDX, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.14 to $14.43 per share. BDX also boasts an average earnings surprise of 6.5%.
BDX should be on investors' short list because of its impressive earnings fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and strong Momentum and VGM Style Scores.
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