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Baxter International Inc.

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Healthcare · 24.18 -0.9% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

Baxter International Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 20 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 9 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

What changed
  • Revenue increased 2.9% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Cash declined 277.0M versus the comparable period.
Company-0.9% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 20 activeMedical Devices · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 8 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • BAX's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if BAX's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Healthcare · Medical Instruments & Supplies

The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 20 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 9 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports
  • Revenue increased 2.9% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating cash flow moved from negative to positive in the comparable period.
Evidence that challenges
  • Cash declined 277.0M versus the comparable period.
  • Net margin fell 5.4 percentage points.
What would clarify the read
  • BAX's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 11, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations601
Usable filing statements207
Verified relationships9
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +5.7% year over year.
  • Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
  • Capital investment and capacity has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Operating margin changed -2.9 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Net margin changed -2.4 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
  • Restructuring and cost reductions has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
  • Supply chain and availability has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
  • Tariffs and trade policy has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
  • Input and raw-material costs has repeated adverse evidence across 3 filings.
Questions before a position

No credible peer-relative valuation comparison is available yet.

Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 10, 2026

24.18
6m+34.0%12m-1.1%24m-37.7%
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-12-31$12.1B+4.1%$2.53-1.7%
2022-12-31$10.1B-17.2%$-4.83-0.8%
2023-12-31$10.4B+3.0%$5.23+0.8%
2024-12-31$10.6B+2.7%$-1.27+0.4%
2025-12-31$11.2B+5.7%$-1.87+0.6%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Credit and interest ratesnegative · 5 filings
For the six months ended June 30, 2025, cash used in financing activities included debt repayments of $3.51 billion, a decrease in commercial paper borrowings of $300 million, and dividend payments of $174 million, partially offset by proceeds from stock issu…
10-Q · Jul 30, 2026
Demand and volumemixed · 5 filings
Sales performance in the first six months was driven by increased demand across our respiratory health products, confirm cardiology products and patient monitoring systems, offset by planned global product exits.
10-Q · Jul 30, 2026
Restructuring and cost reductionsmixed · 5 filings
We continue to pursue cost savings initiatives, including those intended to mitigate a portion of the dis-synergies that arose as a result of the sale of our Kidney Care business, and we expect to incur additional restructuring charges and costs in future per…
10-Q · Jul 30, 2026
Supply chain and availabilitymixed · 5 filings
These increases were partially offset by a sales decline in our Injectables portfolio due to ongoing supply constraints in the U.S.
10-Q · Jul 30, 2026

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 1.1× · EV/sales 1.8×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

24.18-0.9% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for BAX. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Latest filing assessment · baseline

The latest filing presents a mixed picture

10-Q filed 2026-04-30 against the comparable filing from 2025-05-06.

mixed
OperationsmixedEvidence score +1
liquidityneutralEvidence score 0
valuationdiscount

What improved

  • Revenue increased 2.9% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating cash flow moved from negative to positive in the comparable period.

What weakened

  • Cash declined 277.0M versus the comparable period.
  • Net margin fell 5.4 percentage points.

Filing receipts

Sales performance was primarily driven by increased volume associated with increased capital spending by customers in the U.S. for patient support systems, offset by lower installations in our care communications portfolio.

Segment operating income decreased in the first quarter compared to the prior year period primarily due to increased manufacturing and supply costs, price impacts resulting from increased competition and supply constraints which impacted select higher margin products.

For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the difference between our effective income tax rate and the U.S. federal statutory rate was primarily driven by our near break-even pre-tax income and a tax benefit driven by an entity classification election that we made for U.S. tax purposes, which resulted in a capital loss.

Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind BAX

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

CGThe Carlyle Group Inc.investeeApr 30, 2026

COMPLETED STRATEGIC ACTION; ONGOING BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION On January 31, 2025, we completed the sale of our former Kidney Care segment (which is now known as Vantive Health LLC (Vantive)) to certain affiliates of Carlyle Group Inc.

Depended on by

AORTArtivion, Inc.supplierFeb 18, 2026

We began to manufacture and supply PerClot ® hemostatic powder (“PerClot”) during the second quarter of 2023 (as part of our Transitional Manufacturing and Supply Agreement with Baxter International, Inc.).

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

BAX is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Medical Devices. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 2 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.