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NYSE · BAX

Baxter International Inc.

Healthcare · Medical - Instruments & Supplies

$23.50

Down-$0.50 (-2.13%)

Updated Oct 31, 2026, 12:34 AM

SID Score

5.2/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

47/100

Neutral

Market cap
9.71B
P/E ratio
-28.49
Dividend yield
2.21%
52-week range
$15.73 – $30.00
Volume
15.67M
Avg. volume
7.88M

Price performance · BAX

BAX price history

1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

Prices through Oct 29, 2026

BAX closed at $23.50 after 20 trading sessions, up 0.04% for the selected period.

Last close
$23.50
Period change
+0.04%
Period low
$23.49
Period high
$25.76
Daily close
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BAX OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Oct 29, 2026$26.00$26.10$23.37$23.5015.67M
Oct 28, 2026$25.11$26.025$24.93$25.4612.43M
Oct 27, 2026$25.20$25.25$24.81$24.925.49M
Oct 26, 2026$25.62$25.62$25.06$25.294.04M
Oct 23, 2026$25.71$25.71$25.20$25.304.94M
Oct 22, 2026$24.73$25.705$24.68$25.655.21M
Oct 21, 2026$24.36$24.83$24.26$24.705.38M
Oct 20, 2026$25.08$25.23$23.62$24.5112.18M
Oct 19, 2026$25.09$25.45$24.90$24.995.35M
Oct 16, 2026$25.95$25.985$25.1326$25.284.41M
Oct 15, 2026$25.25$25.885$25.22$25.764.51M
Oct 14, 2026$24.86$25.04$24.585$24.805.21M
Oct 13, 2026$25.06$25.26$24.52$24.893.25M
Oct 12, 2026$24.44$24.85$24.34$24.785.23M
Oct 9, 2026$23.93$24.465$23.84$24.353.01M
Oct 8, 2026$23.97$24.14$23.50$23.907.56M
Oct 7, 2026$24.20$24.60$23.82$23.974.77M
Oct 6, 2026$24.32$24.42$23.915$24.366.52M
Oct 5, 2026$23.46$24.285$23.235$24.2210.16M
Oct 2, 2026$23.84$23.85$23.40$23.494.81M

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Company profile

Baxter offers a variety of medical supplies and equipment to providers. From its legacy operations, Baxter sells injectable therapies for use in care settings, including IV pumps, administrative sets, and solutions; nutritional products; and surgical sealants and hemostatic agents. Baxter expanded its portfolio of hospital-focused offerings by acquiring Hillrom in late 2021, which added basic equipment like hospital beds, operating room equipment, and patient monitoring tools to the portfolio. Baxter also sold its kidney care tools in early 2025.

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Consensus
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Average target
$23.80
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BAX recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Oct 7, 2026BarclaysUnderweight—
Oct 5, 2026CitigroupNeutral—
Jul 31, 2026TD CowenHold—
Jul 31, 2026Wells FargoEqual-Weight—
Jul 31, 2026StifelHold—
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Yahoo · Oct 20, 2026

Why Baxter (BAX) Stock Is Down Today

Shares of healthcare company Baxter International (NYSE:BAX) fell 3.8% in the afternoon session after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration publicly posted a warning letter citing significant manufacturing and contamination-control violations at its primary Round Lake, Illinois drug facility.

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