Becton Dickinson (BDX) came out with quarterly earnings of $3.96 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of$3.92 per share. This compares to earnings of $3.81 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +1.02$3.42 per share when it actually produced earnings of $3.68, delivering a surprise of +7.6%.Over the last four qua ...