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Baxter International Inc. (BAX)

Healthcare | Medical Instruments & Supplies | Deerfield, United States | NYSE
18.71 USD +0.57 (3.142%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 19.00 +0.29 (1.550%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:42 p.m. EDT)
Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 3:59 p.m. EDT

BAX is currently trading near its 52-week low, with a negative profit margin and a forecasted short-term price decline. While the dividend yield is attractive, the company's fundamentals are mixed, with a high debt-to-equity ratio and negative earnings. Short-term traders may find opportunities in the recent dip, but the overall outlook is bearish. Long-term investors should consider the company's strong fundamentals and potential for recovery, but the current valuation and market sentiment suggest caution.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.086143
MSTL0.096438
AutoARIMA0.097132
AutoETS0.097132

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 60%
H-stat 2.00
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.175
Excess Kurtosis -1.17
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Ex Dividend Date 2026-02-26
Last Dividend Date 2026-02-26
Debt to Equity Ratio 160.275
Revenue per Share 21.918
Market Cap 9,659,083,776
Forward P/E 9.24
Beta 0.62
Profit Margins -8.51%
Website https://www.baxter.com

As of April 11, 2026, 3:59 p.m. EDT: Options activity indicates mixed sentiment. The calls show a concentration of open interest (OI) around the 17.0 strike, suggesting some support at the current price level. However, there are notable spikes in OI for strikes significantly above the current price, indicating potential for upward movement. On the puts side, there is substantial OI at lower strikes, suggesting some bearish sentiment or protective positioning. The high IV for out-of-the-money (OTM) strikes indicates increased volatility expectations, which could be due to uncertainty or speculative activity. Overall, the options data suggests a cautious outlook with potential for both upward and downward movements.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.05% 1.35% 2.37% 2.20%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-02-27 0.010000 0.049092
2025-11-28 0.010000 0.053388
2025-08-29 0.170000 0.689241
2025-05-30 0.170000 0.561861
2025-02-28 0.170000 0.499338
2024-11-29 0.170000 0.513677
2024-08-30 0.290000 0.782568
2024-05-31 0.290000 0.877618
2024-02-29 0.290000 0.737532
2023-11-30 0.290000 0.842347
2023-08-31 0.290000 0.754581
2023-06-01 0.290000 0.748220
2023-02-23 0.290000 0.766981
2022-12-01 0.290000 0.597398
2022-09-01 0.290000 0.554141
2022-06-02 0.290000 0.425701
2022-02-24 0.280000 0.361982
2021-12-02 0.280000 0.403282
2021-09-02 0.280000 0.380672
2021-06-03 0.280000 0.379104
2021-02-25 0.245000 0.345724
2020-12-03 0.245000 0.357394
2020-08-28 0.245000 0.318077
2020-06-04 0.245000 0.309625
2020-02-27 0.220000 0.293209
2019-12-05 0.220000 0.300332
2019-08-29 0.220000 0.283859
2019-06-06 0.220000 0.324017
2019-02-28 0.190000 0.288596
2018-11-30 0.190000 0.315412
2018-08-30 0.190000 0.293397
2018-05-31 0.190000 0.306859
2018-03-01 0.160000 0.276793
2017-11-30 0.160000 0.280750
2017-08-30 0.160000 0.299981
2017-05-31 0.160000 0.311769
2017-03-01 0.130000 0.294172
2016-11-30 0.130000 0.340390
2016-08-31 0.130000 0.324141
2016-06-01 0.130000 0.350547
2016-03-02 0.115000 0.339391
2015-12-02 0.115000 0.361779
2015-09-02 0.115000 0.362491
2015-05-28 0.282455 0.915739
2015-03-09 0.282455 0.915400
2014-12-03 0.282455 0.847038
2014-09-03 0.282455 0.850289
2014-06-04 0.282455 0.867661
2014-03-05 0.266160 0.884715
2013-12-04 0.266160 0.906654
2013-09-04 0.266160 0.874906
2013-06-05 0.266160 0.892251
2013-03-06 0.244432 0.811762
2012-12-05 0.244432 0.886696
2012-09-05 0.244432 0.991088
2012-06-06 0.181966 0.857465
2012-03-07 0.181966 0.756558
2011-12-07 0.181966 0.861779
2011-09-07 0.168387 0.733038
2011-06-08 0.168387 0.708693
2011-03-08 0.168387 0.776287
2010-12-08 0.168387 0.836845
2010-09-08 0.157523 0.907512
2010-06-08 0.157523 0.957840
2010-03-08 0.157523 0.668527
2009-12-08 0.157523 0.720676
2009-09-08 0.141228 0.643881
2009-06-08 0.141228 0.773107
2009-03-06 0.141228 0.696507
2008-12-08 0.141228 0.695885
2008-09-08 0.118414 0.447977
2008-06-06 0.118414 0.504160
2008-03-06 0.118414 0.537333
2007-12-06 0.118414 0.519964
2007-09-06 0.091255 0.444439
2007-06-06 0.091255 0.421271
2007-03-07 0.091255 0.492997
2006-12-06 0.316133 1.865416
2005-12-07 0.316133 2.178492
2004-12-08 0.316133 2.679797
2003-12-10 0.316133 2.960468
2002-12-11 0.316133 3.107361
2001-12-12 0.316133 1.794490
2000-12-13 0.316133 2.167072
2000-04-03 0.736828 7.005331
1999-12-08 0.079033 0.779903
1999-09-22 0.078762 0.795044
1999-06-09 0.078762 0.733276
1999-03-10 0.078762 0.675900
1998-12-09 0.079033 0.787501
1998-09-08 0.078762 0.843583
1998-06-09 0.078762 0.912673
1998-03-10 0.078762 0.889124
1997-12-08 0.078762 0.985173
1997-09-08 0.076589 0.907938
1997-06-09 0.076589 0.922195
1997-03-06 0.082021 1.141125
1996-12-09 0.076860 1.208269
1996-10-01 0.977729 14.519128
1996-09-09 0.082021 1.305540
1996-06-10 0.082021 1.300016
1996-03-11 0.076589 1.218530
1995-12-11 0.076589 1.364758
1995-09-11 0.076589 1.477777
1995-06-12 0.076589 1.656990
1995-03-09 0.071157 1.714935
1994-12-01 0.071157 2.092265
1994-08-31 0.071157 1.908912
1994-06-02 0.067898 2.006397
1994-03-03 0.067898 2.341457
1993-12-02 0.067898 2.278851
1993-09-01 0.067898 1.994223
1993-06-03 0.067898 1.826958
1993-03-04 0.067898 1.881714
1992-12-03 0.058392 1.413779
1992-09-02 0.053034 1.319825
1992-06-04 0.053034 1.300708
1992-03-05 0.053034 1.373077
1991-12-05 0.045634 1.136207
1991-09-05 0.045634 1.194599
1991-06-06 0.045634 1.277869
1991-03-07 0.045634 1.319885
1990-12-06 0.039467 1.299285
1990-09-06 0.039467 1.584470
1990-06-07 0.039467 1.595217
1990-03-08 0.039467 1.517370
1989-12-07 0.034533 1.329632
1989-09-07 0.034533 1.461375
1989-06-08 0.034533 1.611358
1989-03-09 0.034533 1.759038
1988-12-06 0.030833 1.703612
1988-09-06 0.030833 1.478127
1988-06-07 0.030833 1.410606
1988-03-08 0.030833 1.217033
1987-12-08 0.027133 1.199918
1987-09-08 0.027133 1.050780
1987-06-09 0.027133 1.191333
1987-03-10 0.027133 1.124422
1986-12-09 0.024667 1.254995
1986-09-09 0.024667 1.480613
1986-06-10 0.024667 1.317247
1986-03-11 0.024667 1.444357
1985-12-09 0.022693 1.540993
1985-09-09 0.022693 1.657105
1985-06-04 0.022693 1.598952
1985-03-13 0.022693 1.635694
1984-12-03 0.020227 1.799744
1984-08-31 0.020227 1.311492
1984-06-05 0.020227 1.412783
1984-03-14 0.020227 1.286392
1983-12-05 0.017267 0.850599
1983-09-02 0.017267 0.639152
1983-06-07 0.017267 0.723979
1983-03-16 0.017267 0.741640
1982-12-06 0.014183 0.651763
1982-09-03 0.014183 0.736876
1982-06-07 0.014183 0.937961
1982-03-10 0.014183 0.980962
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.36
dividendYield 1.92
exDividendDate 2026-02-27
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.52
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.028665932
lastDividendValue 0.01
lastDividendDate 2026-02-27
dividendDate 2026-04-01

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.3444289
Address1 One Baxter Parkway
All Time High 95.19
All Time Low 2.898344
Ask 18.85
Ask Size 1,300
Audit Risk 2
Average Analyst Rating 2.7 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 6,340,110
Average Daily Volume3 Month 9,534,132
Average Volume 9,534,132
Average Volume10Days 6,340,110
Beta 0.617
Bid 18.75
Bid Size 2,200
Board Risk 6
Book Value 11.918
City Deerfield
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 5
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 18.71
Current Ratio 2.314
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 19.19
Day Low 18.26
Debt To Equity 160.275
Display Name Baxter
Dividend Date 1,775,001,600
Dividend Rate 0.36
Dividend Yield 1.92
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,777,552,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,777,552,200
Earnings Timestamp 1,777,552,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,777,552,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,777,552,200
Ebitda 2,018,000,000
Ebitda Margins 0.17947
Enterprise To Ebitda 8.629
Enterprise To Revenue 1.549
Enterprise Value 17,413,109,760
Eps Current Year 1.90582
Eps Forward 2.02497
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -1.75
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,772,150,400
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 18.5614
Fifty Day Average Change 0.14859962
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.008005842
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -34.44289
Fifty Two Week High 32.68
Fifty Two Week High Change -13.970001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.4274786
Fifty Two Week Low 15.73
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.9799995
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.1894469
Fifty Two Week Range 15.73 - 32.68
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 373,041,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.44
Float Shares 512,051,362
Forward Eps 2.02497
Forward P E 9.239642
Free Cashflow 2,432,875,008
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 37,500
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.35735
Gross Profits 4,017,999,872
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0032
Held Percent Institutions 1.10384
Implied Shares Outstanding 516,252,514
Industry Medical Instruments & Supplies
Industry Disp Medical Instruments & Supplies
Industry Key medical-instruments-supplies
Ir Website http://investor.baxter.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=86121&p=irol-stockQuoteChart
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,772,150,400
Last Dividend Value 0.01
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,435,708,800
Last Split Factor 1,841:1000
Long Business Summary Baxter International Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides a portfolio of healthcare products in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Medical Products & Therapies, Healthcare Systems & Technologies, and Pharmaceuticals. It offers sterile intravenous (IV) solutions; infusion systems and devices; parenteral nutrition therapies; inhaled anesthetics; generic injectable pharmaceuticals; surgical hemostat and sealant products; advanced surgical equipment; smart bed systems; patient monitoring and diagnostic technologies; and respiratory health devices, as well as advanced equipment for the surgical space comprising operating room integration technologies, precision positioning devices, and other accessories. The company also provides specialty injectable pharmaceuticals, inhaled anesthetics, and drug compounding services. Its products are used in hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, ambulatory surgery centers, doctors' offices, kidney dialysis centers, and patients at home under physician supervision. The company sells its products through direct sales force, independent distributors, drug wholesalers, and specialty pharmacy or other alternate site providers. It operates in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Asia, Western Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. Baxter International Inc. was incorporated in 1931 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.
Long Name Baxter International Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 9,659,083,776
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_254571
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common -900,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 9,659,084,536
Number Of Analyst Opinions 13
Open 18.26
Operating Cashflow 845,000,000
Operating Margins 0.07364
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 3.0769
Peg Ratio 36.68
Phone 224 948 2000
Post Market Change 0.29000092
Post Market Change Percent 1.5499783
Post Market Price 19.0
Post Market Time 1,776,469,354
Previous Close 18.14
Price Eps Current Year 9.817296
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.5698942
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.85904336
Profit Margins -0.085109994
Quick Ratio 1.312
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 2.66667
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.57
Regular Market Change Percent 3.14223
Regular Market Day High 19.19
Regular Market Day Low 18.26
Regular Market Day Range 18.26 - 19.19
Regular Market Open 18.26
Regular Market Previous Close 18.14
Regular Market Price 18.71
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,002
Regular Market Volume 8,963,967
Return On Assets 0.028280001
Return On Equity -0.13713
Revenue Growth 0.08
Revenue Per Share 21.918
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 2
Shares Outstanding 516,252,514
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.078099996
Shares Short 40,311,678
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 38,375,340
Short Name Baxter International Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.1233
Short Ratio 4.11
Source Interval 15
State IL
Symbol BAX
Target High Price 40.0
Target Low Price 17.0
Target Mean Price 22.11538
Target Median Price 20.0
Total Cash 1,966,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 3.821
Total Debt 9,779,999,744
Total Revenue 11,244,000,256
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.52
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.028665932
Trailing Eps -1.75
Trailing Peg Ratio 36.6767
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 21.3059
Two Hundred Day Average Change -2.5959015
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.12183956
Type Disp Equity
Volume 8,963,967
Website https://www.baxter.com
Zip 60,015