BAX vs FENC vs MDLN Stock Comparison

Baxter International, Fennec Pharmaceuticals and Medline Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BAX Baxter International Inc
$23.49 0.0% 1M +4.8% 1Y
Market cap
$11.81B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$11.61B
Div. yield
0.01%
Medical Supplies Healthcare
1 win
MDLN Medline Inc.
$32.00 -8.5% 1M
Market cap
$27.54B
P/E
32.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$28.57B
Div. yield
–
Medical Supplies Healthcare
5 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Medline leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Medline 5, Fennec Pharmaceuticals 4, Baxter International 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBAXFENCMDLNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $11.81B $354.09M $27.54B MDLN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -16.3x -53.6x 32.9x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.9x 37.8x 22.2x BAX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.3% +61.4% — FENC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -6.2% -12.3% 2.9% MDLN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -1.4% — 5.4% MDLN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 9.0x — 3.2x MDLN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +4.8% +29.3% — FENC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -21.5%/yr +3.4%/yr — FENC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 45.1% 64.1% 44.4% MDLN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 44/100 73/100 68/100 FENC

Percentile Scorecard

BAXFENCMDLN

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBAXFENCMDLN
Valuation 89 #25 of 227 58 #265 of 624 85 #36 of 227
Growth 14 #187 of 218 94 #40 of 601 –
Profitability 66 #69 of 202 85 #84 of 541 74 #54 of 202
Financial Health 19 #189 of 233 57 #277 of 647 41 #137 of 233
Shareholder Returns 33 #87 of 130 – 72 #37 of 130
Overall 44 73 68
  • BAX ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • FENC ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • MDLN ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBAXFENCMDLNSPY
1 month 0.0%+1.4%-8.5% +0.7%
3 months -12.2%+10.5%-18.2% +3.7%
6 months +33.6%+68.7%-28.0% +7.1%
Year to date +22.9%+42.2%-23.8% +12.8%
1 year +4.8%+29.3%— +11.9%
3 years -26.7%+59.2%— +85.2%
3 years, per year -9.8%+16.8%— +22.8%
5 years -70.3%+18.3%— +67.6%
5 years, per year -21.5%+3.4%— +10.9%
10 years -50.2%+444.8%— +262.0%
10 years, per year -6.7%+18.5%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBAXFENCMDLNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 45.1%64.1%44.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 49.5%59.9%48.3% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.181.330.61 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.110.46— 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.3%-65.6%-36.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -17.1%-14.3%-36.0% -1.2%
52-week high $28.35$12.78$49.99 $779.14
52-week low $15.80$5.77$31.64 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBAXFENCMDLN
P/E now vs peer median -16.8xmedian 28.7x -57.3xmedian 17.8x 32.8xmedian 28.7x
P/S now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 3.0x 7.1xmedian 9.1x 1.5xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 25.6xmedian 17.8x —median 15.0x 16.8xmedian 17.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 10.5xmedian 26.4x —median 21.7x 26.4xmedian 26.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 2.4x 9.0xmedian 2.2x 2.2xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.53median 0.99 -1.34median 0.35 —median 0.99

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBAXFENCMDLN
Revenue $11.61B $53.77M $28.57B
Gross profit $3.49B $49.65M $7.79B
Operating income -$221.00M -$3.74M $2.03B
Net income -$723.00M -$6.60M $1.03B
Free cash flow $1.16B – $1.59B
R&D $519.00M $274.00K –
EPS (diluted) $-1.39 $-0.18 $0.97
Cash & equivalents $1.98B $41.25M $2.33B
Total debt $8.60B – $12.58B
Shares (diluted) 520.00M 36.43M 861.00M
Enterprise value $3.69B $235.40M $20.49B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBAXFENCMDLN
P/E -16.8x -57.3x 32.8x
P/FCF 10.5x – 26.4x
P/Operating cash flow 7.3x – 21.0x
P/S 1.0x 7.1x 1.5x
P/B 1.9x 9.0x 2.2x
P/Tangible book 4.7x 9.0x 7.6x
EV/EBITDA 25.6x – 16.8x
EV/EBIT -84.9x -91.6x 25.6x
EV/Revenue 1.6x 6.4x 1.8x
EV/FCF 16.2x – 32.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.3x – 25.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.53 -1.34 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBAXFENCMDLN
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.3% 61.4% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 0.7% 118.1% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) -7.1% 65.9% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -7.7% – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -136.3% 61.4% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 4.2% 46.2% –
Net income growth (1Y) -112.0% 45.1% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) -31.6% 37.0% –
EPS growth (1Y) -109.6% 58.3% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) -31.5% 42.6% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 97.4% – –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 0.6% – –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 243.5% – –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -5.0% – –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBAXFENCMDLN
Gross margin 30.1% 92.4% 27.3%
EBITDA margin 6.3% – 10.8%
Operating margin -1.9% -7.0% 7.1%
Pretax margin -1.6% -8.2% 4.3%
Net margin -6.2% -12.3% 2.9%
FCF margin 10.0% – 5.6%
Operating cash flow margin 14.3% – 7.0%
Return on equity -11.4% -11.4% 5.4%
Return on assets -3.7% -6.1% 2.6%
Return on invested capital -1.4% – 5.4%
Return on capital employed -1.4% -6.2% 5.6%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.7x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -2.3x – 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% 14.8% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBAXFENCMDLN
Debt / assets 44.3% – 32.0%
Debt / equity 1.3x – 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 9.0x – 3.2x
Debt / FCF 7.4x – 7.9x
Liabilities / assets 66.5% 44.0% 51.5%
Equity / assets 33.5% 56.0% 48.5%
Interest coverage – -2.5x –
Current ratio 1.8x 5.8x 4.3x
Quick ratio 1.0x 5.2x 2.3x
Cash ratio 0.5x 3.3x 1.0x
Altman Z-score 2.33 4.21 2.42

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBAXFENCMDLN
Dividend yield 0.2% – –
Net buyback yield -0.2% – 0.0%
Shareholder yield 0.0% – 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) -14.1% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 8.8% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) -75.0% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -44.1% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBAXFENCMDLN
Forward P/E 11.9xFY2026 37.8xFY2026 22.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.98FY2026 $0.29FY2026 $1.44FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -10.4%FY2026 – +0.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -3.5% +241.4% +13.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $11.05BFY2026 $75.58MFY2026 $32.52BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.7%FY2026 +69.3%FY2026 +14.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.7% +28.3% +8.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBAXFENCMDLN
Held by institutions 100.0% 46.6% 85.5%
Institutions holding 691 107 408
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.2% +0.7% +17.9%
Institutions buying 359 71 322
Institutions selling 193 19 69
Buyers to sellers 1.86 3.74 4.67

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BAXFENCMDLN
BAX 1.00 0.15 0.30
FENC 0.15 1.00 0.09
MDLN 0.30 0.09 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BAX, FENC and MDLN?

Medline (MDLN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Baxter International (BAX) $11.81B, Fennec Pharmaceuticals (FENC) $354.09M, Medline (MDLN) $27.54B.

Which company is growing faster?

Fennec Pharmaceuticals (FENC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Baxter International (BAX) +5.3%, Fennec Pharmaceuticals (FENC) +61.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Medline (MDLN) has the highest net margin (Baxter International (BAX) -6.2%, Fennec Pharmaceuticals (FENC) -12.3%, Medline (MDLN) 2.9%). On return on invested capital, Medline (MDLN) leads (Baxter International (BAX) -1.4%, Medline (MDLN) 5.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Fennec Pharmaceuticals (FENC) returned the most: Baxter International (BAX) +4.8%, Fennec Pharmaceuticals (FENC) +29.3%. Over five years, Fennec Pharmaceuticals (FENC) compounded fastest (Baxter International (BAX) -21.5%/yr, Fennec Pharmaceuticals (FENC) +3.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Baxter International (BAX) 0.01%, Fennec Pharmaceuticals (FENC) 0.00%, Medline (MDLN) 0.00%. Fennec Pharmaceuticals (FENC) and Medline (MDLN) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Medline (MDLN) has been the steadiest (Baxter International (BAX) 45.1%, Fennec Pharmaceuticals (FENC) 64.1%, Medline (MDLN) 44.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BAX, FENC and MDLN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Medline (MDLN) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.