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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 5.34%, EPS grew 33.3%, free cash flow grew 119.5% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; revenue growth for three consecutive years.

25.33 0.43 −1.67%
Market cap
$13.3B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
44.7×
Dividend yield
0.16%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
2.12
Beneish M
−2.67
Dividend safety
0/100

Baxter International Inc. (BAX) Return on assets

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Baxter International Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was −5.21%, down 1.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−4.18%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.87% (fiscal 2022) to 27.2% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is below the Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median of 0.00% and above the Healthcare sector median of −30.9%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 −4.18% (1.78)
FY2024 −2.40% (11.79)
FY2023 9.39% 17.26
FY2022 −7.87% (12.67)
FY2021 4.80% (0.97)
FY2020 5.77% (0.13)
FY2019 5.90% (3.52)
FY2018 9.42% 5.73
FY2017 3.69% (23.51)
FY2016 27.2% 23.09

Against its own ten years

Low −7.87% High 27.2%
Ten-year median 4.80%
Current reading's percentile 18

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
WST West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. compare 14.1%
SOLV Solventum Corporation compare 9.78%
ATR AptarGroup, Inc. compare 7.25%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. compare 6.55%
COO The Cooper Companies, Inc. compare 4.55%
RGEN Repligen Corporation compare 1.42%
BLCO Bausch + Lomb Corporation compare −1.24%
AVTR Avantor, Inc. compare −4.74%
BAX Baxter International Inc. −5.21%
Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median 0.00%
Healthcare sector median −30.9%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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