Baxter International Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:BAX)

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

Baxter International announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 30th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share on Tuesday, October 1st. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 29th. 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 buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 6.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Baxter International Inc (NYSE:BAX) issued its earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The medical instruments supplier reported $0.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.81 by $0.08. The medical instruments supplier had revenue of $2.84 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.80 billion. Baxter International had a return on equity of 21.21% and a net margin of 14.28%. The company's revenue was down .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.77 earnings per share. View Baxter International's Earnings History.

Baxter International is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Baxter International.

Baxter International will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 24th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Baxter International issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.34-3.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.33. The company issued revenue guidance of $11.24-11.35 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $11.23 billion.

15 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Baxter International's shares. Their predictions range from $70.00 to $95.00. On average, they expect Baxter International's share price to reach $85.64 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for Baxter International.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Baxter International in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 11 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, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Baxter International earned a coverage optimism score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the medical instruments supplier a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Baxter International.

Baxter International saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 6,470,000 shares, an increase of 32.6% from the August 30th total of 4,880,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,380,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 1.3% 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 3M (MMM), Stryker (SYK), Becton Dickinson and (BDX), Boston Scientific (BSX), FRESENIUS SE &/S (FSNUY), ResMed (RMD), Teleflex (TFX), DexCom (DXCM), Insulet (PODD), ABIOMED (ABMD), Novocure (NVCR), Hill-Rom (HRC), Haemonetics (HAE), Integra Lifesciences (IART) and Penumbra (PEN).

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Baxter International's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.06%), Meyer Handelman Co. (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co (0.03%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.02%) and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%). 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 Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Decatur Capital Management Inc., Northpointe Capital LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, CenturyLink Investment Management Co, Exane Derivatives, Tributary Capital Management LLC and Park National Corp OH. Company insiders that have sold Baxter International company stock in the last year include Andrew Frye, 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 Insider Buying and Selling for Baxter International.

BAX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co, TIAA FSB, Pacer Advisors Inc., Cerebellum GP LLC, DNB Asset Management AS and NuWave Investment Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Baxter International.

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One share of BAX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $87.02.

Baxter International has a market capitalization of $44.43 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]