Becton Dickinson and Co vs iShares 20 Plus Year Treasury Bond ETF — how do they compare? Becton Dickinson and Co trades at $180.75 (market cap $49.41B), while iShares 20 Plus Year Treasury Bond ETF trades at $82.46. The key difference: Becton Dickinson and Co pays a 2.32% dividend while iShares 20 Plus Year Treasury Bond ETF pays none, and Becton Dickinson and Co is trading nearer its 52-week high, iShares 20 Plus Year Treasury Bond ETF nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BDX | TLT | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $49.41B | — |
Sector | Health | — |
52-Week High | $185.39 | $92.06 |
52-Week Low | $138.62 | $82.05 |
Enterprise Value | $65.51B | — |
Dividend Yield | 2.32% | — |
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Becton, Dickinson is the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of medical surgical products, such as needles, syringes, and sharps-disposal units. The company also manufactures diagnostic instruments and reagents, as well as flow cytometry and cell-imaging systems. BD Interventional (largely the former Bard business) accounts for 23% of revenue. International revenue accounts for 44% of the company's business.
Read more on BDX →The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index, and it will invest at least 90% of its assets in US Treasury securities that the advisor believes will help the fund track the underlying index. The underlying index measures the performance of public obligations of the US Treasury that have a remaining maturity greater than or equal to twenty years.
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