Baxter International (BAX) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

Baxter International (BAX) reported Research & Development of $139.0 million for Q1 2026, down 0.71% year-over-year from $140.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 0.71% quarter-over-quarter from $140.0 million in Q1 2025.

Baxter International (BAX) Research & Development (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Baxter International (BAX) has 18 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $139.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Research & Development for Q1 2026 came in at $139.0 million, down 0.71% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $478.0 million (down 5.35% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $518.0 million, down 12.2% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development eased to $139.0 million in Q1 2026 per BAX's latest filing, from $140.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Research & Development peaked at $176.0 million in Q1 2024 and troughed at $2.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $129.5 million and a median of $150.0 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Research & Development plunged 98.52% in 2022, then jumped 1050.0% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $2.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 1050.0% to $23.0 million in 2023, then jumped by 665.22% to $176.0 million in 2024, then declined by 20.45% to $140.0 million in 2025, then decreased by 0.71% to $139.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BAX's Research & Development at $139.0 million in Q1 2026, $140.0 million in Q1 2025, and $176.0 million in Q1 2024.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Intuitive Surgical 148.09 Bn 143.69 Bn 1.83 Bn 361.90 Mn
2 Becton Dickinson 41.00 Bn 39.99 Bn 2.15 Bn 249.00 Mn
3 Medline 30.38 Bn 36.22 Bn 1.84 Bn -
4 Resmed 28.22 Bn 26.56 Bn 890.98 Mn 94.27 Mn
5 West Pharmaceutical Services 23.72 Bn 23.19 Bn 296.40 Mn 15.80 Mn
6 Solventum 13.33 Bn 13.33 Bn 1.10 Bn 189.00 Mn
7 Cooper Companies 13.12 Bn 12.99 Bn 735.40 Mn 42.50 Mn
8 Align Technology 12.86 Bn 11.80 Bn 736.59 Mn 98.66 Mn
9 Baxter International 10.51 Bn 8.47 Bn 891.00 Mn 139.00 Mn
10 Aptargroup 7.72 Bn 7.52 Bn 351.91 Mn -

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 139.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 140.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 176.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 23.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 166.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 165.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 164.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 2.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 151.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 148.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 150.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 135.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 129.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 139.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 128.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 135.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 123.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 117.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 146.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 156.00 Mn