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

Baxter International Inc. (BAX): $41.54

0.07 (-0.17%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

D

Stability

C

Sentiment

Quality

C

BAX Price/Volume Stats

Current price $41.54 52-week high $50.21
Prev. close $41.61 52-week low $31.01
Day low $41.24 Volume 2,697,300
Day high $41.93 Avg. volume 3,883,915
50-day MA $40.56 Dividend yield 2.76%
200-day MA $39.86 Market Cap 21.10B

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BAX POWR Grades

  • Value is the dimension where BAX ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 94.59% of US stocks.
  • The strongest trend for BAX is in Stability, which has been heading down over the past 26 weeks.
  • BAX's current lowest rank is in the Momentum metric (where it is better than 24.39% of US stocks).

BAX Stock Summary

  • BAX's went public 38.03 years ago, making it older than 92.92% of listed US stocks we're tracking.
  • BAX's current price/earnings ratio is 7.46, which is higher than only 11.01% of US stocks with positive earnings.
  • Over the past twelve months, BAX has reported earnings growth of -249.9%, putting it ahead of merely 4.99% of US stocks in our set.
  • Stocks that are quantitatively similar to BAX, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are VTRS, OC, CW, PNR, and FTV.
  • Visit BAX's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.baxter.com.

BAX Valuation Summary

  • In comparison to the median Healthcare stock, BAX's price/earnings ratio is 73.93% lower, now standing at 7.6.
  • BAX's price/sales ratio has moved down 0.9 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for BAX.

Stock Date P/S P/B P/E EV/EBIT
BAX 2023-12-29 1.3 2.4 7.6 10.5
BAX 2023-12-28 1.3 2.4 7.6 10.5
BAX 2023-12-27 1.3 2.4 7.6 10.5
BAX 2023-12-26 1.3 2.4 7.6 10.5
BAX 2023-12-22 1.3 2.4 7.5 10.5
BAX 2023-12-21 1.3 2.4 7.6 10.5

BAX Growth Metrics

    Its year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 4.05%.
  • Its 5 year revenue growth rate is now at 12.36%.
  • The 3 year price growth rate now stands at -7.68%.
BAX's revenue has moved up $3.581e+09 over the prior 34 months.

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
2022-12-31 15,113 1,211 -2,433
2022-09-30 14,740 1,465 -2,376
2022-06-30 14,193 1,850 1,011
2022-03-31 13,545 2,053 1,057
2021-12-31 12,784 2,222 1,284
2021-09-30 12,451 2,241 1,214

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.

Period Asset Turnover Gross Margin ROIC
2021-09-30 0.631 0.393 0.106
2021-06-30 0.616 0.391 0.102
2021-03-31 0.598 0.387 0.096
2020-12-31 0.594 0.393 0.098
2020-09-30 0.600 0.407 0.069
2020-06-30 0.617 0.414 0.072

BAX Price Target

For more insight on analysts targets of BAX, see our BAX price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.

Average Price Target $94.21 Average Broker Recommendation 1.56 (Moderate Buy)

Baxter International Inc. (BAX) Company Bio


Baxter International Inc. is an American multinational health care company with headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois. (Source:Wikipedia)


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Baxter International (NYSE:BAX) Will Be Hoping To Turn Its Returns On Capital Around

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Yahoo | December 15, 2023

Baxter Advances First Intravenous (IV) Bag Recycling Pilot for U.S. Hospitals

DEERFIELD, Ill., December 14, 2023--Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), an innovative leader in infusion therapies and technologies, announced the completion of the first phase of its intravenous (IV) bag recycling program pilot. Launched in conjunction with Northwestern Medicine, a premier integrated academic health system in Chicago, more than six tons (or 12,000 pounds) of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) IV bag waste — enough to cross the city of Chicago if bags were laid end-to-end — has been suc

Yahoo | December 14, 2023

Reasons to Retain Baxter International (BAX) in Your Portfolio

Baxter International's (BAX) robust growth across all geographies, along with transformational initiatives, boosts confidence. However, pandemic-related disruption continues to hurt sales.

Yahoo | December 14, 2023

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BAX Price Returns

1-mo 1.48%
3-mo 8.12%
6-mo 9.61%
1-year 13.80%
3-year -44.83%
5-year -41.30%
YTD 8.20%
2023 -21.91%
2022 -39.58%
2021 8.48%
2020 -2.95%
2019 28.40%

BAX Dividends

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