Healthcare
Live Price
Offline$22.04
+2.27% today
1Y Change
-30.52%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026
Coverage: 247 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Baxter International Inc. (BAX) is a Healthcare stock with a market cap of $8.65B. The stock last traded around $22.04 and down 30.5% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +5.7%, EPS growth of -37.8%, a dividend yield of 2.1%. What stands out right now is revenue +5.7%, EPS -37.8%, free cash flow -42.2% with operating margin -2.7% and ROIC -1.8%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 2.1%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.8. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines BAX price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Healthcare peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
BAX is 49.19 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.
BAX had 40.27 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
BAX beat SPY in 1 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 1.
BAX
-30.52%
Normalized return
SPY
+18.68%
S&P 500
Excess Return
-49.19 pts
Relative to SPY
BAX Max Drawdown
-49.41%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for BAX and SPY.
| Year | BAX | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +7.90% | +6.71% | +1.19 pts | BAX |
| 2025 | -36.26% | +11.19% | -47.46 pts | SPY |
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
2.15%
Trailing 12M Payout
$0.19
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | Apr 1, 2026 | $0.01 | $0.01 | Quarterly |
| Nov 28, 2025 | Nov 28, 2025 | Jan 2, 2026 | $0.01 | $0.01 | Quarterly |
| Aug 29, 2025 | Aug 29, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| May 30, 2025 | May 30, 2025 | Jul 1, 2025 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Feb 28, 2025 | Feb 28, 2025 | Apr 1, 2025 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Nov 29, 2024 | Nov 29, 2024 | Jan 2, 2025 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Aug 30, 2024 | Aug 30, 2024 | Oct 1, 2024 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| May 31, 2024 | May 31, 2024 | Jul 1, 2024 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Mar 1, 2024 | Apr 1, 2024 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Nov 30, 2023 | Dec 1, 2023 | Jan 2, 2024 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Aug 31, 2023 | Sep 1, 2023 | Oct 2, 2023 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Jun 1, 2023 | Jun 2, 2023 | Jul 3, 2023 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Feb 23, 2023 | Feb 24, 2023 | Apr 3, 2023 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Dec 1, 2022 | Dec 2, 2022 | Jan 3, 2023 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Sep 1, 2022 | Sep 2, 2022 | Oct 3, 2022 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Jun 2, 2022 | Jun 3, 2022 | Jul 1, 2022 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Feb 24, 2022 | Feb 25, 2022 | Apr 1, 2022 | $0.28 | $0.28 | Quarterly |
| Dec 2, 2021 | Dec 3, 2021 | Jan 3, 2022 | $0.28 | $0.28 | Quarterly |
| Sep 2, 2021 | Sep 3, 2021 | Oct 1, 2021 | $0.28 | $0.28 | Quarterly |
| Jun 3, 2021 | Jun 4, 2021 | Jul 1, 2021 | $0.28 | $0.28 | Quarterly |
| Feb 25, 2021 | Feb 26, 2021 | Apr 1, 2021 | $0.24 | $0.24 | Quarterly |
| Dec 3, 2020 | Dec 4, 2020 | Jan 4, 2021 | $0.24 | $0.24 | Quarterly |
| Aug 28, 2020 | Aug 31, 2020 | Oct 1, 2020 | $0.24 | $0.24 | Quarterly |
| Jun 4, 2020 | Jun 5, 2020 | Jul 1, 2020 | $0.24 | $0.24 | Quarterly |
| Feb 27, 2020 | Feb 28, 2020 | Apr 1, 2020 | $0.22 | $0.22 | Quarterly |
| Dec 5, 2019 | Dec 6, 2019 | Jan 2, 2020 | $0.22 | $0.22 | Quarterly |
| Aug 29, 2019 | Aug 30, 2019 | Oct 1, 2019 | $0.22 | $0.22 | Quarterly |
| Jun 6, 2019 | Jun 7, 2019 | Jul 1, 2019 | $0.22 | $0.22 | Quarterly |
| Feb 28, 2019 | Mar 1, 2019 | Apr 1, 2019 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| Nov 30, 2018 | Dec 3, 2018 | Jan 2, 2019 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| Aug 30, 2018 | Aug 31, 2018 | Oct 1, 2018 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| May 31, 2018 | Jun 1, 2018 | Jul 2, 2018 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| Mar 1, 2018 | Mar 2, 2018 | Apr 2, 2018 | $0.16 | $0.16 | Quarterly |
| Nov 30, 2017 | Dec 1, 2017 | Jan 2, 2018 | $0.16 | $0.16 | Quarterly |
| Aug 30, 2017 | Sep 1, 2017 | Oct 2, 2017 | $0.16 | $0.16 | Quarterly |
| May 31, 2017 | Jun 2, 2017 | Jul 3, 2017 | $0.16 | $0.16 | Quarterly |
| Mar 1, 2017 | Mar 3, 2017 | Apr 3, 2017 | $0.13 | $0.13 | Quarterly |
| Nov 30, 2016 | Dec 2, 2016 | Jan 3, 2017 | $0.13 | $0.13 | Quarterly |
| Aug 31, 2016 | Sep 2, 2016 | Oct 3, 2016 | $0.13 | $0.13 | Quarterly |
| Jun 1, 2016 | Jun 3, 2016 | Jul 1, 2016 | $0.13 | $0.13 | Quarterly |
Next Step
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