Baxter International (BAX) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Baxter International (BAX) reported EBIT Margin of 2.44% for Q1 2026, up 23.0% year-over-year from 1.99% in Q1 2025, and up 10.59% quarter-over-quarter from 2.21% in Q1 2025.

Baxter International (BAX) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Baxter International (BAX) has 18 years of EBIT Margin data on file, last reported at 2.44% in Q1 2026.

  • EBIT Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 2.44%, up 23.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 19.63% (down 897.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 2.74%, down 287.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin advanced to 2.44% in Q1 2026 per BAX's latest filing, from 2.21% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBIT Margin peaked at 38.27% in Q3 2024 and troughed at 79.8% in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 5.26% and a median of 4.93% in 2022 frame the typical range for EBIT Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: EBIT Margin slumped 9570 bps in 2022, then jumped 7784 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of EBIT Margin shows it stood at 8.33% in 2022, then surged by 384 bps to 23.67% in 2023, then soared by 47 bps to 34.83% in 2024, then plunged by 94 bps to 2.21% in 2025, then advanced by 11 bps to 2.44% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BAX's EBIT Margin at 2.44% in Q1 2026, 2.21% in Q1 2025, and 34.83% in Q4 2024.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 Intuitive Surgical 148.09 Bn 143.69 Bn 1.83 Bn 30.87%
2 Becton Dickinson 41.00 Bn 39.99 Bn 2.15 Bn 1.97%
3 Medline 30.38 Bn 36.22 Bn 1.84 Bn 5.74%
4 Resmed 28.22 Bn 26.56 Bn 890.98 Mn 34.92%
5 West Pharmaceutical Services 23.72 Bn 23.19 Bn 296.40 Mn 20.96%
6 Solventum 13.33 Bn 13.33 Bn 1.10 Bn 4.04%
7 Cooper Companies 13.12 Bn 12.99 Bn 735.40 Mn -2.87%
8 Align Technology 12.86 Bn 11.80 Bn 736.59 Mn 13.65%
9 Baxter International 10.51 Bn 8.47 Bn 891.00 Mn 2.44%
10 Aptargroup 7.72 Bn 7.52 Bn 351.91 Mn 10.94%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 2.44%
Mar 31, 2025 2.21%
Dec 31, 2024 34.83%
Sep 30, 2024 38.27%
Jun 30, 2024 38.27%
Mar 31, 2024 7.51%
Dec 31, 2023 23.67%
Sep 30, 2023 -1.96%
Jun 30, 2023 -0.66%
Mar 31, 2023 5.28%
Dec 31, 2022 -8.33%
Sep 30, 2022 -79.80%
Jun 30, 2022 7.35%
Mar 31, 2022 4.58%
Dec 31, 2021 0.80%
Sep 30, 2021 15.90%
Jun 30, 2021 13.69%
Mar 31, 2021 13.24%
Dec 31, 2020 12.76%
Sep 30, 2020 15.81%