NYSE:BAX - Baxter International Stock Price, Forecast & News

Baxter International trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BAX."

Baxter International announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 6th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share on Thursday, January 2nd. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.07%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. View Baxter International's Dividend History.

Baxter International announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase program on Tuesday, November 13th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 6.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Baxter International Inc (NYSE:BAX) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 31st. The medical instruments supplier reported $0.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.06. The medical instruments supplier earned $2.77 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.79 billion. Baxter International had a return on equity of 22.99% and a net margin of 13.80%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.64 earnings per share. View Baxter International's Earnings History.

Baxter International is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Baxter International.

13 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Baxter International's stock. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $109.00. On average, they expect Baxter International's share price to reach $90.08 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Baxter International.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Baxter International in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Baxter International.

News headlines about BAX stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Baxter International earned a news impact score of 2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the medical instruments supplier a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Baxter International.

Baxter International saw a decrease in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,490,000 shares, a decrease of 16.9% from the September 30th total of 6,610,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,830,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Baxter International's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Baxter International include Medtronic (MDT), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Stryker (SYK), Becton Dickinson and (BDX), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Boston Scientific (BSX), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), ResMed (RMD), DexCom (DXCM), Teleflex (TFX), Hologic (HOLX), Steris (STE), Varian Medical Systems (VAR) and Insulet (PODD).

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Baxter International's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.74%), Third Point LLC (3.30%), Veritas Asset Management LLP (1.25%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.74%), Voya Investment Management LLC (0.59%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.39%). Company insiders that own Baxter International stock include Andrew Frye, Brik V Eyre, Carole J Shapazian, Giuseppe Accogli, Jacqueline Kunzler, James R Gavin III, Jeanne K Mason, John D Forsyth, Peter S Hellman, Scott Pleau, Third Point Llc and Thomas T Stallkamp. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Baxter International.

BAX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Third Point LLC, Veritas Asset Management LLP, Man Group plc, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Voya Investment Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Alberta Investment Management Corp and Stifel Financial Corp. Company insiders that have sold Baxter International company stock in the last year include Andrew Frye, Giuseppe Accogli, Jacqueline Kunzler, James R Gavin III, Jeanne K Mason, John D Forsyth, Peter S Hellman, Scott Pleau, Third Point Llc and Thomas T Stallkamp. View Insider Buying and Selling for Baxter International.

BAX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS, California Public Employees Retirement System, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co. View Insider Buying and Selling for Baxter International.

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One share of BAX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $82.29.

Baxter International has a market capitalization of $42.01 billion and generates $11.13 billion in revenue each year. The medical instruments supplier earns $1.62 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.05 on an earnings per share basis. Baxter International employs 50,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Baxter International.

The official website for Baxter International is http://www.baxter.com/.

Baxter International's mailing address is One Baxter Parkway DF2-1W, DEERFIELD IL, 60015. The medical instruments supplier can be reached via phone at 224-948-2000 or via email at [email protected]