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

25.73 0.08 +0.31%
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) Return on invested capital

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Baxter International Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was −1.05%, up 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−1.41%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.54% (fiscal 2022) to 11.2% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is below the Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median of 0.13% and below the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 −1.41% (1.46)
FY2024 0.05% (2.26)
FY2023 2.31% 10.85
FY2022 −8.54% (12.08)
FY2021 3.54% (5.49)
FY2020 9.03% (2.13)
FY2019 11.2% 0.75
FY2018 10.4% 1.69
FY2017 8.72% 3.08
FY2016 5.64% 2.14

Against its own ten years

Low −8.54% High 11.2%
Ten-year median 3.54%
Current reading's percentile 18

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
WST West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. compare 18.0%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. compare 12.3%
ATR AptarGroup, Inc. compare 7.83%
AVTR Avantor, Inc. compare 3.36%
COO The Cooper Companies, Inc. compare 3.17%
BLCO Bausch + Lomb Corporation compare 2.16%
RGEN Repligen Corporation compare 0.64%
SOLV Solventum Corporation compare 0.00%
BAX Baxter International Inc. −1.05%
Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median 0.13%
Healthcare sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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