By MarketWatch
BD shares rise after earnings beat target
Becton Dickinson & Co. shares rose 0.6% in premarket trades Thursday after the medical products company said its second-quarter profit rose 56% to $431 million, or $1.50 a share, from $277 million, or 94 cents a share, in the year-ago quarter. Adjusted earnings fell a penny to $3.18 a share. Revenue increased 2% to $5.01 billion. Analysts were looking for earnings of $2.93 a share and revenue of $4.85 billion, according to FactSet data. During the quarter, Becton Dickinson (BD) completed its spi
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