Baxter International (BAX) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Baxter International's (BAX) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.07 in Q1 2026, up 116.71% year-on-year from 0.03 in Q1 2025, and down 65.52% on a QoQ basis from 0.19 in Q4 2025.

Baxter International (BAX) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Baxter International (BAX) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.07 in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio rose 116.71% year-over-year to 0.07 in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.36, a 79.74% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.79, down 22.84% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.07, down from 0.19 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for BAX reached as high as 6.12 in Q2 2022 and fell as low as 31.0 in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 1.04 across 5 years, with a median of 0.42 in 2023.
  • On a YoY basis, FCF Payout Ratio climbed as much as 1275.97% in 2022 and fell as far as 10170.06% in 2022.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 31.0 in 2022, then soared by 94.07% to 1.84 in 2023, then surged by 122.47% to 0.41 in 2024, then tumbled by 53.8% to 0.19 in 2025, then tumbled by 65.52% to 0.07 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent FCF Payout Ratio figures were 0.07 in Q1 2026, 0.19 in Q4 2025, and 0.4 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Alcon 32,734,969.19 Bn 32,734,967.53 Bn 1.53 Bn -
2 Intuitive Surgical 117.50 Bn 112.41 Bn 1.96 Bn -
3 Becton Dickinson 42.93 Bn 42.11 Bn 2.15 Bn 0.53
4 Medline 30.82 Bn 36.66 Bn 1.84 Bn 0.03
5 Resmed 27.90 Bn 26.23 Bn 890.98 Mn 0.17
6 West Pharmaceutical Services 26.76 Bn 26.23 Bn 329.20 Mn 0.19
7 Cooper Companies 15.30 Bn 15.16 Bn 735.40 Mn -
8 Solventum 13.46 Bn 12.90 Bn 1.10 Bn -
9 Align Technology 12.02 Bn 10.96 Bn 736.59 Mn -
10 Baxter International 11.17 Bn 9.12 Bn 891.00 Mn 0.07

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.07
Dec 31, 2025 0.19
Sep 30, 2025 0.40
Jun 30, 2025 -5.12
Mar 31, 2025 -0.39
Dec 31, 2024 0.41
Sep 30, 2024 1.26
Jun 30, 2024 3.33
Mar 31, 2024 2.77
Dec 31, 2023 -1.84
Sep 30, 2023 0.42
Jun 30, 2023 0.80
Mar 31, 2023 0.47
Dec 31, 2022 -31.00
Sep 30, 2022 2.30
Jun 30, 2022 6.13
Mar 31, 2022 2.06
Dec 31, 2021 0.31
Sep 30, 2021 0.28
Jun 30, 2021 0.45