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

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Insider Ownership 0.64%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 13,320.00
Revenue 11,470.00
Net Income (1,063.00)
Free Cash Flow 815.00
Net Debt 7,309.00
Current Ratio 1.95 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 1.53
P/E ratio 0.00
Fwd P/E 44.70 (above 35: high)
P/S ratio 1.14
P/B ratio 2.12
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth (7.18%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth (0.35%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y revenue growth 3.33%
Next 5Y EPS Growth (0.63%) (below 0%: weak)

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Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 9.80%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 13.93%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 8.70%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 15.89%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate 0.04
Annual Dividend Yield 0.16%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 0.04
0.01
0.01
0.01
2025 0.69
0.17
0.17
0.17
0.01
2024 1.04
0.29
0.29
0.29
0.17
2023 1.16
0.29
0.29
0.29
0.29
2022 1.15
0.28
0.29
0.29
0.29
2021 1.09
0.25
0.28
0.28
0.28
2020 0.96
0.22
0.25
0.25
0.25
2019 0.85
0.19
0.22
0.22
0.22
2018 0.73
0.16
0.19
0.19
0.19
2017 0.61
0.13
0.16
0.16
0.16
2016 0.51
0.12
0.13
0.13
0.13
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 3,078 1,764 1,966 2,150
Receivables 1,719 1,679 1,861 1,856
Inventory 1,918 2,046 2,232 2,259
Other — — — —
9,600 8,853 6,872 6,989
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 881 968 999 1,034
ST’ Debt 2,667 2,752 3 844
Other — — — —
6,503 6,511 2,970 3,591

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 1.21% (0.75%) 3.79%
Cash Flow (7.13%) (14.67%) (11.30%)
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value (3.67%) (6.90%) 1.16%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2,701 2,960 — — —
’25 2,625 2,810 2,835 2,974 11,244
’24 2,490 2,694 2,699 2,753 10,636
’23 3,513 3,707 2,599 541 10,360
’22 3,707 3,594 3,609 (853) 10,057
’21 2,946 3,098 3,226 2,876 12,146
’20 2,802 2,718 2,972 3,181 11,673
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 213 285 — — —
’25 (193) 217 237 584 845
’24 163 115 253 488 1,019
’23 479 351 365 531 1,726
’22 208 274 290 439 1,211
’21 377 477 675 693 2,222
’20 272 374 510 712 1,868
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 76 169 — — —
’25 (315) 77 126 444 332
’24 53 45 119 356 573
’23 314 188 353 439 1,294
’22 68 137 129 500 834
’21 206 319 496 510 1,531
’20 100 230 354 475 1,159
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (0.03) 0.24 — — —
’25 0.25 0.18 (0.09) (2.19) (1.87)
’24 0.07 (0.62) 0.27 (1.00) (1.27)
’23 0.09 (0.28) 4.93 0.48 5.25
’22 0.14 0.50 (5.83) 0.36 (4.83)
’21 0.58 0.59 0.89 0.47 2.53
’20 0.64 0.48 0.69 0.33 2.13
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.8
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 34.06 44.06 61.05 64.13 69.10 73.12 49.00 31.01 28.34 17.40

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 50.16 66.18 78.38 89.93 95.19 88.32 89.70 53.12 44.01 37.74
People
People Employees 48,000 47,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 38,000 37,500
Revenue/emp, $m 0.21 0.23 0.22 0.23 0.23 0.20 0.17 0.17 0.28 0.30
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 10,163 10,584 11,099 11,362 11,673 12,146 10,057 10,360 10,636 11,244
Gross margin, % 40.50 42.27 42.88 41.90 39.30 38.86 35.29 40.06 37.46 30.05
EBT 4,954 1,100 1,617 970 1,292 1,116 (3,248) 242 (289) (505)
EBT margin, % 48.75 10.39 14.57 8.54 11.07 9.19 (32.30) 2.34 (2.72) (4.49)
Net income 4,965 602 1,546 1,011 1,110 1,295 (2,421) 2,663 (638) (957)
Depreciation 800 750 771 820 840 867 4,228 984 1,472 1,756
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 18.61 19.49 20.78 22.32 22.93 24.20 19.95 20.47 20.85 21.92
Earnings 9.09 1.32 3.04 1.97 2.17 2.56 (4.83) 5.25 (1.27) (1.87)
Cash flow 3.03 3.16 3.78 4.13 3.67 4.43 2.40 3.41 2.00 1.65
Capex (1.32) (1.13) (1.23) (1.37) (1.39) (1.38) (0.75) (0.85) (0.87) (1.00)
Free cash flow 1.71 2.02 2.54 2.77 2.28 3.05 1.65 2.56 1.12 0.65
Book value 15.16 16.79 14.73 15.54 17.14 18.17 11.70 16.74 13.77 11.89
Shares, m 546 543 534 509 509 502 504 506 510 513
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 4.91 50.89 21.65 41.40 37.15 33.53 0.00 7.41 0.00 0.00
P/S 2.39 3.45 3.17 3.75 3.50 3.55 2.56 1.90 1.40 0.87
P/B 2.93 4.00 4.47 5.38 4.68 4.72 4.36 2.32 2.12 1.61
EV/Sales 2.39 3.46 3.32 3.92 3.71 4.76 4.04 2.93 2.47 1.54
EV/FCF 25.93 33.33 27.09 31.66 37.36 37.75 48.73 23.44 45.78 52.15
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 1,654 1,714 2,017 2,104 1,868 2,222 1,211 1,726 1,019 845
Capex (719) (616) (659) (696) (709) (691) (377) (432) (446) (513)
Free cash flow 935 1,098 1,358 1,408 1,159 1,531 834 1,294 573 332
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 3,830 4,442 3,145 4,273 5,078 4,636 3,266 3,097 2,342 3,902
Total debt 2,782 3,512 3,485 5,350 6,192 17,660 16,636 13,756 13,126 9,476
Net debt (19) 118 1,647 2,015 2,462 14,709 14,918 10,678 11,362 7,510
Shareholders’ equity 8,280 9,116 7,866 7,912 8,726 9,121 5,895 8,468 7,024 6,102
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 27.20 3.69 9.42 5.90 5.77 4.80 (7.87) 9.39 (2.40) (4.18)
ROIC 5.64 8.72 10.41 11.16 9.03 3.54 (8.54) 2.31 0.05 (1.41)
ROE 57.92 6.92 18.21 12.69 13.25 14.39 (32.41) 36.98 (8.38) (14.58)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Baxter International Inc. vs peers in Medical Instruments & Supplies (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
WST West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. $27.0B 48.7× 37.3× +13.80% (above 0%: growing) +19.23% (above 0%: growing) −20.71% (below 0%: shrinking) 37.74% 20.53% Compare
SOLV Solventum Corporation $15.0B 10.4× 39.0× +2.22% (above 0%: growing) +1.92% (above 0%: growing) +144.07% (above 0%: growing) 58.22% 8.19% Compare
BAX Baxter International Inc. $13.3B — (loss-making) 44.7× +5.34% (above 0%: growing) +33.33% (above 0%: growing) +119.48% (above 0%: growing) 34.86% 7.33%
RGEN Repligen Corporation $11.7B 234× 112× +11.93% (above 0%: growing) −65.38% (below 0%: shrinking) +27.10% (above 0%: growing) 53.91% 6.85% Compare
COO The Cooper Companies, Inc. $10.9B 19.8× 28.7× +0.56% (above 0%: growing) +357.14% (above 0%: growing) +65.96% (above 0%: growing) 66.77% 20.82% Compare
AVTR Avantor, Inc. $10.9B — (loss-making) 25.5× +0.53% (above 0%: growing) −33.33% (below 0%: shrinking) +12.66% (above 0%: growing) 31.73% 7.20% Compare
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $10.6B 25.6× 20.7× +4.32% (above 0%: growing) −12.21% (below 0%: shrinking) +85.77% (above 0%: growing) 71.71% 14.58% Compare
ATR AptarGroup, Inc. $7.9B 22.2× 21.0× +6.26% (above 0%: growing) −18.34% (below 0%: shrinking) −23.07% (below 0%: shrinking) 35.61% 12.34% Compare
BLCO Bausch + Lomb Corporation $6.0B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +9.08% (above 0%: growing) n/m +251.85% (above 0%: growing) 62.20% 5.95% Compare
Median of peers $10.9B 23.9× 28.7× +5.29% −12.21% +46.53% 56.07% 10.26%

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Baxter International Inc. (BAX) key facts

  • Strength: Baxter International Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $11.2 billion, up 5.72% from fiscal 2024.
  • Baxter International Inc. (BAX) is a Medical Instruments & Supplies company in the Healthcare sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, BAX traded at $25.33, a market capitalization of $13.3 billion.
  • Baxter International Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share, a yield of 0.16%.
  • Return on equity was −14.6% and debt-to-equity 1.53.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 4 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.12 (grey zone) for fiscal 2025.

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