Baxter International Inc.

BAX Healthcare Medical Instruments & Supplies

Baxter International Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $11.2 billion, up 5.72% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+4.97%
EPS
+731.9%
Free cash flow
+255.6%
Total debt
−9.48%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

25.57 0.93 −3.51%
Market cap
$13.3B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
21.3×
Dividend yield
0.16%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
2.12
Beneish M
−2.67
Dividend safety
0/100

Baxter International Inc. (BAX) Current ratio

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Baxter International Inc.'s current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 1.8×, down 0.5× from fiscal 2025 (2.3×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.4× (fiscal 2024) to 2.6× (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is below the Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median of 2.5× and below the Healthcare sector median of 3.1×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 2.3× 70.17%
FY2024 1.4× (7.89%)
FY2023 1.5× (12.56%)
FY2022 1.7× (19.39%)
FY2021 2.1× (17.01%)
FY2020 2.5× 8.64%
FY2019 2.3× 9.69%
FY2018 2.1× (17.75%)
FY2017 2.6× 7.46%
FY2016 2.4× 16.78%

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Sep 2026 1.8× (7.92%)
Jun 2026 1.9× 4.98%
Mar 2026 1.9× (19.87%)
Dec 2025 2.3× 25.98%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.4× High 2.6×
Ten-year median 2.1×
Current reading's percentile 64

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
RGEN Repligen Corporation compare 9.9×
WST West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. compare 2.8×
AVTR Avantor, Inc. compare 1.9×
BAX Baxter International Inc. 1.8×
BLCO Bausch + Lomb Corporation compare 1.6×
ATR AptarGroup, Inc. compare 1.5×
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. compare 1.4×
COO The Cooper Companies, Inc. compare 1.2×
SOLV Solventum Corporation compare 1.0×
Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median 2.5×
Healthcare sector median 3.1×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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