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 declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 19th. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 0.97%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 permits the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase up to 6.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Baxter International Inc (NYSE:BAX) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 31st. The medical instruments supplier reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' 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 net margin of 13.80% and a return on equity of 22.99%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter 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, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Baxter International.

15 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Baxter International's shares. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $109.00. On average, they anticipate Baxter International's stock price to reach $93.15 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.6% from the stock's current price. 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.

Press coverage about BAX stock has trended positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. 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 daily sentiment score of 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the medical instruments supplier a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Baxter International.

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), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), ResMed (RMD), DexCom (DXCM), Teleflex (TFX), Hologic (HOLX), Varian Medical Systems (VAR), Steris (STE) and Insulet (PODD).

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Baxter International's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.74%), SPF Beheer BV (0.20%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.19%), Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.17%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%) and Anchor Capital Advisors LLC (0.11%). 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 Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System, Bangor Savings Bank and United Services Automobile Association. 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 PGGM Investments, Anchor Capital Advisors LLC, Marathon Asset Management LLP, Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware, Benson Investment Management Company Inc., SPF Beheer BV, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Arizona State Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Baxter International.

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One share of BAX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $90.80.

Baxter International has a market capitalization of $46.36 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]