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BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC (BAX)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC

Baxter International Inc. provides a wide range of healthcare products including sterile intravenous solutions, infusion systems, parenteral nutrition therapies, inhaled anesthetics, generic injectable pharmaceuticals, surgical hemostats, advanced surgical equipment, smart bed systems, patient monitoring technologies, and respiratory devices. These products serve hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, ambulatory surgery centers, doctors’ offices, kidney dialysis centers, and patients at home under physician supervision. The company operates globally, manufacturing in over 20 countries and selling in more than 100 countries.

Snapshot

Revenue
$11.24B
Revenue growth (YoY)
5.7%
Net income
$-957.0M
Diluted EPS
$-1.87
Gross margin
30.1%
Operating margin
-2.7%
Net margin
-8.5%
FCF margin
3.0%
ROE
-15.7%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$13.44B
Long-term debt / equity
1.55×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Baxter International

  • Revenue grew 5.7% to $11.2B in FY2025, faster than the 2.7% the year before.
  • Operating margin is now a 2.7% loss in FY2025, from 11.1% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $3.0B, up 5.3% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $332M in FY2025, 3.0% of revenue.
  • Net loss widened to $957M in FY2025, from $649M in FY2024.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Baxter International’s fundamentals sit among the 88 medical device companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin30.1%
8th percentile of 77
Operating margin-2.7%
54th percentile of 80
Net margin-8.5%
53rd percentile of 81
FCF margin3.0%
58th percentile of 74
Revenue growth (YoY)+5.7%
29th percentile of 87
ROE-15.7%
49th percentile of 79
Long-term debt / equity1.55×
79th percentile of 54
Short interest3.01d
45th percentile of 88

Baxter International’s gross margin of 30.1% ranks in the 8th percentile of the 77 medical device companies reporting it.

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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among industry peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 3 of the superinvestors we track (plus 4 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
3
+4 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
5
0 new, 5 added
Reduced / exited
2
2 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$1.31B
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Dodge & CoxQ2 2026$1.24B58.4MAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$41.3M1.9MAdded
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$18.4M862.1KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$4.7M222.7KReduced
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$369,83817.3KAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$338,39115.9KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$214,94810.1KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
23.9M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-26.8%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
3.01
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
8.0M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-1423.9M-26.8%3.01
2026-07-3132.7M-11.3%4.34
2026-07-1536.8M-4.5%6.52
2026-06-3038.6M-7.4%5.47
2026-06-1541.7M-1.8%6.00
2026-05-2942.4M+5.1%6.15
2026-05-1540.4M+15.0%5.60
2026-04-3035.1M-6.5%3.99

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$11.24B$10.64B$10.36B$10.06B$12.15B
Gross profit$3.38B$3.98B$4.15B$3.55B$4.72B
Operating income$-308.0M$14.0M$707.0M$-2.85B$1.35B
Net income$-957.0M$-649.0M$2.66B$-2.43B$1.28B
Diluted EPS$-1.87$-1.27$5.23$-4.83$2.53

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$845.0M$1.02B$1.73B$1.21B$2.22B
Capital expenditure$513.0M$446.0M$432.0M$377.0M$691.0M
Free cash flow$332.0M$573.0M$1.29B$834.0M$1.53B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$2.96B5.3%$126.0M$0.24
Q1 FY2026$2.70B2.9%$-15.0M$-0.03
Q4 FY2025$2.97B8.0%$-1.13B$-2.21
Q3 FY2025$2.83B5.0%$-46.0M$-0.09
Q2 FY2025$2.81B4.3%$91.0M$0.18
Q1 FY2025$2.63B5.4%$126.0M$0.25
Q4 FY2024$2.75B1.0%$-512.0M$-1.01
Q3 FY2024$2.70B3.8%$140.0M$0.27

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorHealthcare
SIC industrySurgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2016
SEC CIK10456

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-07-30
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10-Q2026-04-30
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8-K2026-08-19
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8-K2026-08-18
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8-K2026-08-04
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8-K2026-08-04
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.