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Baxter International BAX Return on assets

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10%+7.4pp

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 trailing twelve months.

The official record: Baxter International’s 10-Q, filed April 30, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Baxter International's return on assets?
Baxter International (BAX) reported return on assets of -5.3% in Q1 2026.
How has Baxter International's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Baxter International's return on assets decreased by 133.9% year-over-year, from -2.3% to -5.3%.
What is the long-term trend for Baxter International's return on assets?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Baxter International's return on assets has grown at a -6.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 5.8% to -4.2%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.