Baxter International Inc. (BAX): Price and Financial Metrics

BAX POWR Grades

• BAX scores best on the Growth dimension, with a Growth rank ahead of 90.37% of US stocks.
• BAX's strongest trending metric is Value; it's been moving down over the last 179 days.
• BAX's current lowest rank is in the Momentum metric (where it is better than 19.56% of US stocks).

BAX Stock Summary

• BAX has a market capitalization of $39,937,366,044 -- more than approximately 92.82% of US stocks.
• Baxter International Inc's stock had its IPO on January 1, 1986, making it an older stock than 92.84% of US equities in our set.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of 171.66%, Baxter International Inc's debt growth rate surpasses 93.62% of about US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to BAX, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are IDXX, CARR, FTV, CSGP, and ALGN.
• BAX's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Baxter International Inc's official web site, go to www.baxter.com.

BAX Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Healthcare stock, BAX's price/earnings ratio is 6.85% lower, now standing at 34.
• BAX's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 2.6 over the prior 243 months.
• BAX's price/sales ratio has moved down 1.2 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for BAX.

BAX Growth Metrics

Its year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 4.6%.
• The 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at -73.94%.
• Its year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -11.68%.

Over the past 15 months, BAX's revenue has gone up $1,253,000,000.

The table below shows BAX's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	12,784	2,222	1,284
2021-09-30	12,451	2,241	1,214
2021-06-30	12,197	2,076	1,120
2021-03-31	11,817	1,973	1,068
2020-12-31	11,673	1,868	1,102
2020-09-30	11,531	1,985	911

BAX's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• BAX has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 64.68% of graded US stocks.
• BAX's asset turnover comes in at 0.631 -- ranking 63rd of 186 Medical Equipment stocks.
• PEN, MDT, and IART are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with BAX.

The table below shows BAX's key quality metrics over time.