Becton, Dickinson and Co. (BDX)

New health care program will increase availability of durable medical equipmet to an increased number of americans.

BDX has manufactured numerous products like syringes, needles and the like that hospitals need in their daily care of patients. It is a dependable and stable company and well respected in the health care industry.

Stock has positive technicals, positive analysts buzz and a big following on CAPS

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I don't see any downside and my CAPS portfolio currently has a little too much volatility even for virtual reality.

Well run company with strong ROIC, a competitive advantage due to scale, and room for future growth. Once the future regulations on healthcare are concrete the impaired valuation of the company should be put back to a more normal level(As long as the regulations aren't absurd, although I think most increases in costs should be able to be passed on to customers). I consider this to be a defensive play as I think people's expectations for the economic recovery are over-enthusiastic. May get out in the short to mid term if the valuation improves relatively quickly but I'd gladly hold for the longterm as this should grow above average. In real life I own shares.

Showed up on a screen for solid 5 year growth with low debt, cash on hand and still at attractive P/E ratios.

As the baby boomers age their market share will go up and can't argue with Buffett on this one.

Good price for a sound business.

I have some of my own money in this one. I bought it and recommend it for several reasons: 1. Good, solid company fundamentally. 2. As the population ages, there is definitely going to be a greater need for more health care services, but currently a lot of health care stocks have been held down by worries over health care reform. I suspect it's recent underperformance is due to that. 3. Warren Buffett recently added some of it to his portfolio.

great company at fair price

I first heard of BD in 1969 when my six-year old sister became a juvenile diabetic and needed to take insulin shots. The orange BD symbol was on every box of needles we ever bought! The company is still going strong.

Medical supply companies have a graying society to help them grow - whether we have socialized medicine or not. BD has a great track record and is in a great growth sector.

This high quality manufacturer of medical devices has a QVT Rating of 9.95

little down side, huge upside. 52 week low of $58.14 currently running at a P/E of approximately 14 with a average 5 yr P/E of 20. 5 yr avg dividend growth of 17% plus nice EPS growth. This company should benefit from this years flu season. They will make about $5 per share this year; bottom line is BDX is a 100 dollar stock currently trading for $68.50. Adding this to my portfolio as it will pants the overall market in the long run.

Strategic focus is on rapidly growing diagnostics and biosciences operations (BDX’s primary growth drivers in the future).

Going with Buffet here.

This company should survive consumer deleveraging relatively well.

WB added in June 09

5 Star, Small Cap- pays dividend

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