Growth Metrics

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

Baxter International (BAX) reported Gross Margin of 32.99% for Q1 2026, up 19.0% year-over-year from 27.72% in Q1 2025, and up 0.57% on a QoQ basis from 32.8% in Q1 2025.

Baxter International (BAX) has 18 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 32.99% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin rose 19.0% year-over-year to 32.99% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 34.74% (down 132.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 30.05%, down 741.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin grew to 32.99% in Q1 2026 per BAX's latest filing, from 32.8% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 40.63% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 28.96% in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 38.21% (2024), against an average of 36.83%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Gross Margin sank 1199 bps; it then jumped 1168 bps in 2023.
  • Tracing BAX's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 37.06% in 2022, then advanced by 9 bps to 40.31% in 2023, then dropped by 14 bps to 34.83% in 2024, then fell by 6 bps to 32.8% in 2025, then climbed by 1 bps to 32.99% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest BAX Gross Margin figures stand at 32.99% (Q1 2026), 32.8% (Q1 2025), and 34.83% (Q4 2024).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Intuitive Surgical 156.17 Bn 151.78 Bn 1.83 Bn 66.06%
2 Becton Dickinson 41.51 Bn 40.49 Bn 2.15 Bn 45.69%
3 Resmed 30.43 Bn 28.77 Bn 890.98 Mn 62.25%
4 West Pharmaceutical Services 22.78 Bn 22.26 Bn 296.40 Mn 35.08%
5 Solventum 13.39 Bn 13.39 Bn 1.10 Bn 54.66%
6 Cooper Companies 12.33 Bn 12.20 Bn 695.20 Mn 67.88%
7 Align Technology 11.65 Bn 10.59 Bn 736.59 Mn 70.82%
8 Baxter International 9.81 Bn 7.77 Bn 891.00 Mn 32.99%
9 Aptargroup 7.39 Bn 7.19 Bn 351.91 Mn 35.80%
10 Repligen 6.39 Bn 5.41 Bn 108.28 Mn 55.74%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 32.99%
Mar 31, 2025 32.80%
Dec 31, 2024 34.83%
Sep 30, 2024 38.27%
Jun 30, 2024 38.27%
Mar 31, 2024 38.59%
Dec 31, 2023 40.31%
Sep 30, 2023 40.63%
Jun 30, 2023 39.75%
Mar 31, 2023 39.49%
Dec 31, 2022 37.06%
Sep 30, 2022 28.96%
Jun 30, 2022 38.15%
Mar 31, 2022 35.47%
Dec 31, 2021 35.50%
Sep 30, 2021 40.95%
Jun 30, 2021 39.80%
Mar 31, 2021 38.87%
Dec 31, 2020 37.44%
Sep 30, 2020 40.21%
Jun 30, 2020 38.19%
Mar 31, 2020 41.51%
Dec 31, 2019 42.71%
Sep 30, 2019 43.14%
Jun 30, 2019 40.68%
Mar 31, 2019 40.94%
Dec 31, 2018 41.76%
Sep 30, 2018 44.62%
Jun 30, 2018 43.48%
Mar 31, 2018 41.64%
Dec 31, 2017 41.96%
Sep 30, 2017 41.74%
Jun 30, 2017 43.45%
Mar 31, 2017 42.18%
Dec 31, 2016 41.66%
Sep 30, 2016 41.87%
Jun 30, 2016 37.60%
Mar 31, 2016 40.63%
Dec 31, 2015 41.18%
Sep 30, 2015 41.58%
Jun 30, 2015 41.25%
Mar 31, 2015 42.41%
Dec 31, 2014 43.28%
Sep 30, 2014 44.04%
Jun 30, 2014 40.44%
Mar 31, 2014 43.21%
Dec 31, 2013 46.18%
Sep 30, 2013 51.37%
Jun 30, 2013 52.48%
Mar 31, 2013 50.42%
Dec 31, 2012 50.76%
Sep 30, 2012 52.06%
Jun 30, 2012 52.41%
Mar 31, 2012 50.59%
Dec 31, 2011 49.11%
Sep 30, 2011 50.91%
Jun 30, 2011 51.89%
Mar 31, 2011 51.00%
Dec 31, 2010 46.26%
Sep 30, 2010 51.46%
Jun 30, 2010 51.28%
Mar 31, 2010 35.63%
Dec 31, 2009 50.92%
Sep 30, 2009 51.89%
Jun 30, 2009 52.45%
Mar 31, 2009 52.69%