NYSE:BAXBaxter International Stock Price, Forecast & News

Baxter International's stock was trading at $77.97 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BAX stock has increased by 14.2% and is now trading at $89.06. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Baxter International in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Baxter International.

Baxter International is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Baxter International.

Baxter International Inc (NYSE:BAX) posted its earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The medical instruments supplier reported $0.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.09. The medical instruments supplier had revenue of $2.80 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.74 billion. Baxter International had a return on equity of 22.70% and a net margin of 8.85%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 6.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.76 earnings per share. View Baxter International's earnings history.

Baxter International announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 5th will be given a dividend of $0.245 per share on Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a $0.98 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.10%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 4th. This is an increase from Baxter International's previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. View Baxter International's dividend history.

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

Baxter International updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, March, 17th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.72-0.74 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.81.

19 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Baxter International's shares. Their forecasts range from $84.00 to $105.00. On average, they expect Baxter International's stock price to reach $96.42 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Baxter International.

Media coverage about BAX stock has trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. 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 media sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the medical instruments supplier a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutBaxter International.

Baxter International saw a decrease in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,570,000 shares, a decrease of 14.6% from the April 30th total of 6,520,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,330,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.7 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Baxter International's Current Options Chain.

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

Baxter International's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.14%), Wellington Management Group LLP (5.90%), State Street Corp (4.63%), Morgan Stanley (3.83%), Third Point LLC (2.28%) and Veritas Asset Management LLP (1.76%). Company insiders that own Baxter International stock include Albert P L Stroucken, Andrew Frye, Carole J Shapazian, Giuseppe Accogli, Jacqueline Kunzler, James R Gavin III, Jeanne K Mason, John D Forsyth, Peter S Hellman, Scott Pleau, Sean Martin, 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, Wellington Management Group LLP, Eaton Vance Management, First Trust Advisors LP, Mackenzie Financial Corp, Prudential PLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ. Company insiders that have sold Baxter International company stock in the last year include Albert P L Stroucken, Andrew Frye, Jacqueline Kunzler, James R Gavin III, Jeanne K Mason, and John D Forsyth. View insider buying and selling activity for Baxter International.

BAX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Capital International Investors, Veritas Asset Management LLP, Morgan Stanley, Bessemer Group Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Baxter International.

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Baxter International has a market capitalization of $45.17 billion and generates $11.36 billion in revenue each year. The medical instruments supplier earns $1.00 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.31 on an earnings per share basis. Baxter International employs 50,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Baxter International is 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]