Growth Metrics

Baxter International (BAX) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Baxter International (BAX) reported Debt Ratio of 0.48 for Q1 2026, up 0.95% year-over-year from 0.47 in Q1 2025, and up 0.93% on a QoQ basis from 0.47 in Q4 2025.

Baxter International (BAX) has 18 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.48 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio rose 0.95% year-over-year to 0.48 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.48 (up 0.95% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.47, up 10.73% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio grew to 0.48 in Q1 2026 per BAX's latest filing, from 0.47 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.59 in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 0.39 in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.48 (2024), against an average of 0.49.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Debt Ratio jumped 105.76%; it then slipped 28.57% in 2023.
  • Tracing BAX's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.55 in 2022, then fell by 28.57% to 0.39 in 2023, then gained by 8.79% to 0.43 in 2024, then rose by 10.73% to 0.47 in 2025, then increased by 0.93% to 0.48 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest BAX Debt Ratio figures stand at 0.48 (Q1 2026), 0.47 (Q4 2025), and 0.45 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Intuitive Surgical 156.17 Bn 151.78 Bn 1.83 Bn -
2 Becton Dickinson 41.51 Bn 40.49 Bn 2.15 Bn 0.34
3 Resmed 30.43 Bn 28.77 Bn 890.98 Mn 0.03
4 West Pharmaceutical Services 22.78 Bn 22.26 Bn 296.40 Mn 0.05
5 Solventum 13.39 Bn 13.39 Bn 1.10 Bn 0.36
6 Cooper Companies 12.33 Bn 12.20 Bn 695.20 Mn 0.20
7 Align Technology 11.65 Bn 10.59 Bn 736.59 Mn -
8 Baxter International 9.81 Bn 7.77 Bn 891.00 Mn 0.48
9 Aptargroup 7.39 Bn 7.19 Bn 351.91 Mn 0.23
10 Repligen 6.39 Bn 5.41 Bn 108.28 Mn 0.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.48
Dec 31, 2025 0.47
Sep 30, 2025 0.45
Jun 30, 2025 0.45
Mar 31, 2025 0.47
Dec 31, 2024 0.43
Sep 30, 2024 0.48
Jun 30, 2024 0.49
Mar 31, 2024 0.49
Dec 31, 2023 0.39
Sep 30, 2023 0.48
Jun 30, 2023 0.52
Mar 31, 2023 0.54
Dec 31, 2022 0.55
Sep 30, 2022 0.59
Jun 30, 2022 0.52
Mar 31, 2022 0.52
Dec 31, 2021 0.52
Sep 30, 2021 0.29
Jun 30, 2021 0.29
Mar 31, 2021 0.31
Dec 31, 2020 0.31
Sep 30, 2020 0.32
Jun 30, 2020 0.33
Mar 31, 2020 0.33
Dec 31, 2019 0.28
Sep 30, 2019 0.29
Jun 30, 2019 0.29
Mar 31, 2019 0.21
Dec 31, 2018 0.22
Sep 30, 2018 0.21
Jun 30, 2018 0.21
Mar 31, 2018 0.21
Dec 31, 2017 0.21
Sep 30, 2017 0.20
Jun 30, 2017 0.20
Mar 31, 2017 0.18
Dec 31, 2016 0.18
Sep 30, 2016 0.18
Jun 30, 2016 0.15
Mar 31, 2016 0.17
Dec 31, 2015 0.27
Sep 30, 2015 0.29
Jun 30, 2015 0.42
Mar 31, 2015 0.32
Dec 31, 2014 0.32
Sep 30, 2014 0.32
Jun 30, 2014 0.30
Mar 31, 2014 0.34
Dec 31, 2013 0.33
Sep 30, 2013 0.36
Jun 30, 2013 0.38
Mar 31, 2013 0.27
Dec 31, 2012 0.29
Jun 30, 2012 0.26
Mar 31, 2012 0.26
Dec 31, 2011 0.26
Sep 30, 2011 0.25
Jun 30, 2011 0.25
Mar 31, 2011 0.25
Dec 31, 2010 0.25
Sep 30, 2010 0.28
Jun 30, 2010 0.29
Mar 31, 2010 0.24
Dec 31, 2009 0.24
Sep 30, 2009 0.25
Jun 30, 2009 0.24