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) Gross margin

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Baxter International Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 30.1%, up 0.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (30.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 30.1% (fiscal 2025) to 42.9% (fiscal 2018) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median of 53.6% and below the Healthcare sector median of 53.9%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 30.1% (7.41)
FY2024 37.5% (2.60)
FY2023 40.1% 4.77
FY2022 35.3% (3.57)
FY2021 38.9% (0.44)
FY2020 39.3% (2.60)
FY2019 41.9% (0.98)
FY2018 42.9% 0.61
FY2017 42.3% 1.77
FY2016 40.5% (1.09)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 33.4% (1.46)
Jun 2026 34.9% 1.87
Mar 2026 33.0% 13.59
Dec 2025 19.4% (14.11)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 30.1% High 42.9%
Ten-year median 40.1%
Current reading's percentile 7

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. compare 69.1%
COO The Cooper Companies, Inc. compare 65.9%
BLCO Bausch + Lomb Corporation compare 62.6%
RGEN Repligen Corporation compare 53.5%
WST West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. compare 37.6%
ATR AptarGroup, Inc. compare 35.8%
AVTR Avantor, Inc. compare 31.6%
BAX Baxter International Inc. 30.1%
SOLV Solventum Corporation compare 0.00%
Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median 53.6%
Healthcare sector median 53.9%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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