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 paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Thursday, January 2nd. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.05%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. View Baxter International's Dividend History.

Baxter International announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, November 13th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 6.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Baxter International Inc (NYSE:BAX) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 31st. The medical instruments supplier reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.06. The medical instruments supplier earned $2.77 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.79 billion. Baxter International had a net margin of 13.80% and a return on equity of 22.99%. The firm's revenue was up 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Baxter International's shares. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $109.00. On average, they expect Baxter International's stock price to reach $90.08 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.3% 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.

Media headlines about BAX stock have trended positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Baxter International earned a media sentiment score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media 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 impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Baxter International.

Baxter International saw a decrease in short interest in 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 days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Baxter International's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Baxter International include Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Medtronic (MDT), Stryker (SYK), Becton Dickinson and (BDX), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Boston Scientific (BSX), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), ResMed (RMD), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), 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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS, Nomura Holdings Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View Insider Buying and Selling for Baxter International.

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One share of BAX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $83.96.

Baxter International has a market capitalization of $42.87 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]