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Baxter International BAX Price / earnings

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.7B+2.9%
Gross profit$891.0M+3.5%
Operating income$66.0M+13.8%
Net income-$15.0M-112%
EPS (diluted)-$0.03-112%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$2.0B-12.1%
Total debt$224.0M-8.9%
Total equity$6.0B-14.7%
Total assets$19.8B-6.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$213.0M+210%
CapEx$128.3M+15.0%
Free cash flow$83.0M-42.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$10.27B-50.6%
Enterprise value$8.48B-55.6%
P/S0.9×-1.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin30.1%-5.9pp
Operating margin-2.7%
Net margin-9.7%+62.5pp
FCF margin3%-2.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-16.7%-76.7pp
Debt / equity0.0×
Current ratio1.9×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Baxter International’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Baxter International’s 10-Q, filed November 4, 2025, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Baxter International's price / earnings?
Baxter International (BAX) reported price / earnings of 179.4× in Q3 2024.
How has Baxter International's price / earnings changed year-over-year?
Baxter International's price / earnings increased by 2332.6% year-over-year, from 7.4× to 179.4×.
What is the long-term trend for Baxter International's price / earnings?
Over 2 years (2020 to 2023), Baxter International's price / earnings has grown at a -55.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 36.5× to 7.4×.
What does price / earnings mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual profit.
How do you interpret price / earnings?
Lower can mean cheaper — or that the market expects earnings to fall. High multiples embed growth expectations. Meaningless when earnings are negative, so it is suppressed there.
How does price / earnings compare across companies?
Compare against the company's own history and sector peers, not across sectors with different growth and risk profiles.