BAX vs Peers Stock Comparison

Baxter International Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Percentile Scorecard

BAX

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

AxisBAX
Valuation 82 #41 of 228
Growth 19 #180 of 221
Profitability 73 #57 of 208
Financial Health 19 #194 of 239
Shareholder Returns 27 #101 of 137
Overall 44
  • BAX ranked among 248 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBAXSPY
1 month +8.2% -0.8%
3 months +8.4% +3.5%
6 months +36.8% +7.0%
Year to date +32.3% +12.2%
1 year +9.9% +13.0%
3 years -21.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year -7.7% +23.1%
5 years -69.1% +68.6%
5 years, per year -21.0% +11.0%
10 years -46.7% +258.0%
10 years, per year -6.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBAXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 48.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.16 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.22 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -10.8% -1.8%
52-week high $28.35 $779.14
52-week low $15.80 $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.

MultipleBAX
P/E now vs peer median -12.3xmedian 30.6x
P/S now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.5xmedian 17.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.6xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median -0.43median 0.87

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 monthsBAX
Revenue $5.55B
Gross profit $3.78B
Operating income $532.00M
Net income -$1.06B
Free cash flow $839.00M
R&D $542.00M
EPS (diluted) $-2.05
Cash & equivalents $2.15B
Total debt $9.46B
Shares (diluted) 518.00M
Enterprise value $5.02B

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
MetricBAX
P/E -12.3x
P/FCF 15.6x
P/Operating cash flow 9.7x
P/S 2.4x
P/B 2.1x
P/Tangible book 6.1x
EV/EBITDA 13.5x
EV/EBIT 38.3x
EV/Revenue 3.7x
EV/FCF 24.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.43

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBAX
Revenue growth (1Y) -49.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -23.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -1.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -5.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) -50.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 29.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -604.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 28.0%
EPS growth (1Y) -580.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 28.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 56.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -4.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 153.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -9.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBAX
Gross margin 68.1%
EBITDA margin 27.3%
Operating margin 9.6%
Pretax margin 5.1%
Net margin -19.2%
FCF margin 15.1%
Operating cash flow margin 24.2%
Return on equity -17.4%
Return on assets -5.4%
Return on invested capital 3.4%
Return on capital employed 3.3%
Asset turnover 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 2.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBAX
Debt / assets 47.8%
Debt / equity 1.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 4.8x
Debt / FCF 11.3x
Liabilities / assets 68.6%
Equity / assets 31.4%
Interest coverage –
Current ratio 1.9x
Quick ratio 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.6x
Altman Z-score 2.13

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBAX
Dividend yield 0.2%
Net buyback yield -0.2%
Shareholder yield 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) -17.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) 21.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) -60.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -32.0%

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.

ConsensusBAX
Forward P/E 12.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.98FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -10.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -3.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $11.05BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBAX
Held by institutions 100.0%
Institutions holding 690
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.2%
Institutions buying 359
Institutions selling 193
Buyers to sellers 1.86

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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.