BAX Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Baxter International | NYSE:BAX)

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.

What symbol and exchange does Baxter International shares trade?

Baxter International trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol BAX.

What is Baxter International stock price doing today?

As of August 17, 2026, BAX stock price declined to $26.22 with 1,143,124 million shares trading.

What is Baxter International's Beta?

BAX has a beta of 1.37, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. BAX has a correlation of 0.13 to the broad based SPY ETF.

How much is Baxter International worth?

BAX has a market cap of $13.56 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

How much money does Baxter International make?

Last quarter Baxter International reported $3 billion in Revenue and $.54 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $164 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.17.

What is the highest and lowest price Baxter International traded in the last 3 year period?

In the last 3 years, BAX traded as high as $44.01 and as low as $15.73.

What are the top ETFs holding Baxter International?

The top ETF exchange traded funds that BAX belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, VB, RSP, IVV.

Is Baxter International (BAX) a good investment?

BAX has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +8.1% while the SPY ETF gained +21.4%. However, in the short term, BAX had mixed performance relative to the market. It has outperformed in the last 3 months, returning +47.5% vs +3.9% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, BAX shares have been beat by the market, returning +0.2% compared to an SPY return of +3.8%.

What are the support and resistance levels for Baxter International (BAX)?

BAX support price is $26.02 and resistance is $27.44 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that BAX shares will trade within this expected range on the day.