BDX options flow: unusual options activity in Becton Dickinson & Co.
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:54 ET
Over the last session the tape recorded 1 unusual options print in Becton Dickinson & Co. (BDX), $36K of tracked premium, leaning firmly bullish. Bullish premium was $36K against $0 bearish; $36K went into calls and $0 into puts, a put call ratio of 0.00. The largest print was $36K of BDX 16 Oct 2026 $190 calls on 21 September 2026, executed at ask. BDX closed at $183.82 on 25 September 2026, up 2.6%.
This week's unusual flow
Prints from 21 September 2026 to 21 September 2026, 1 session. Delayed tier: every print is shown twenty minutes after it executed, and the page is rebuilt after each session.
Net premium is bullish minus bearish premium. The put call ratio is put premium divided by call premium, weighted by money rather than by contract count. Sweeps is the share of prints executed across several exchanges at once. Read the guide: Reading the Pulse.
Largest prints of the week
| Date | Contract | Type | Size | Open int. | Premium | Execution | Sentiment | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Sep 2026 | BDX 16 Oct 2026 $190 calls | Trade | 210 | 83 | $36K | At ask | Bullish |
Size above open interest means the trade opened a position larger than everything that existed in the contract the night before. Above ask and below bid are the most aggressive executions. Read the guide: Size versus open interest.
Where the money is aimed
| Expiry | Prints | Premium | Calls share | Net premium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct 2026 | 1 | $36K | 100% | +$36K |
The most premium, $36K, is aimed at the 16 Oct 2026 expiry.
A print in a contract expiring this week is a view about the next few days, often about a known event; a print months out is a different kind of statement. Read the guide: 0DTE options flow.
Every print in BDX with its full detail, the live tape, one tap filters and saved screeners: open BDX in Options Sentiment Screener.
Price
The live quote and the price chart sit beside the ticker's flow in the app: open BDX in Options Sentiment Screener.
Analysts
The most recent analyst targets on file, from 10 firms, have a median of $186, 1.2% above the last close.
Calls bought at a strike above the average target are a bet that the analysts are too cautious; puts far below the price in a name they like are protection or a strong disagreement. Read the guide: Reading one ticker's flow.
About Becton Dickinson & Co.
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Health Care
- Industry
- Medical Equipment
- Headquarters
- Franklin Lakes, New Jersey
- Website
- bd.com
Becton, Dickinson and Company develops, manufactures, and sells medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment, and diagnostic products for healthcare institutions, physicians, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, pharmaceutical industry, and the general public. The company's BD Medical segment offers peripheral intravenous (IV) and advanced peripheral catheters, central lines, acute dialysis cathetters, vascular care and preparation products, needle-free IV connectors and extensions sets, syringes, pen needles, and other products for diabetes. Its Life Sciences segment provides specimen and blood collection products; other surgical products.
In the same sector
Flow pages for other Health Care names in the S&P 500:
LLY Eli Lilly & Co.JNJ Johnson & JohnsonABBV AbbVie Inc.MRK Merck & Co. Inc.UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc.TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.AMGN Amgen Inc.GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Learn
- What unusual options activity means
- Reading one ticker's flow
- Sweeps, blocks and where a trade printed
- Size versus open interest
- Bullish or bearish, how a print's sentiment is inferred
- The conviction score and whale prints
The live tape for BDX with every print's execution detail, one tap filters for calls, puts, sweeps and 0DTE, saved screeners and, for Realtime subscribers, push alerts and no delay. The same screen is in the iOS and Android apps.
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