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Company snapshot — Baxter International Inc

BAX in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Baxter makes hospital and home-care products across three areas: intravenous fluids, infusion pumps and nutrition therapies; hospital equipment such as smart beds and patient monitors; and injectable and inhaled generic drugs. It sells through direct sales teams, distributors and pharmacies to hospitals, clinics, dialysis centres and patients treated at home. The company is based in Deerfield, Illinois, and sells across North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.
Where it sits in the stack
Baxter carries no seat in our AI build-out index; it sits in the healthcare sleeve of our universe, under medical instruments and supplies, alongside hospital-equipment and consumables makers rather than chip or data-centre names.
Who it is priced against
Closelook has not fixed a peer group for Baxter; the comparison the market draws is with Becton Dickinson, another large maker of hospital devices and disposable medical supplies.
Why Closelook tracks it
Baxter is a constituent of the S&P 500 but holds no seat in Rubin or Halo, our AI-stack and infrastructure indices, and does not yet carry a Closelook score.
What the diary watches
The diary watches how the balance between recurring consumables, such as IV solutions and injectable generics, and one-off hospital equipment sales shifts over time.

Baxter International Inc (BAX) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for BAX, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Medical Instruments & Supplies · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Medical Instruments & Supplies · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against BAX on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · last 0.17 USD on 2025-08-29

Dividends and capital return

What BAX pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months No cash distribution in the last twelve months earlier distributions show in the price series, see the years below
  • Last distribution 0.17 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2025-08-29
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.29 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.04 USD · 2025: 0.51 USD first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-30

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Baxter International Inc (BAX)?

Baxter International Inc trades as BAX on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is BAX in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Baxter International Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does BAX trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -8.8% vs the 50-day and +10.8% vs the 200-day average, 24% below the 52-week high and +45% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 49 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Baxter International Inc do?

Baxter makes hospital and home-care products across three areas: intravenous fluids, infusion pumps and nutrition therapies; hospital equipment such as smart beds and patient monitors; and injectable and inhaled generic drugs. It sells through direct sales teams, distributors and pharmacies to hospitals, clinics, dialysis centres and patients treated at home. The company is based in Deerfield, Illinois, and sells across North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. Closelook has not fixed a peer group for Baxter; the comparison the market draws is with Becton Dickinson, another large maker of hospital devices and disposable medical supplies.

Where does Baxter International Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Baxter carries no seat in our AI build-out index; it sits in the healthcare sleeve of our universe, under medical instruments and supplies, alongside hospital-equipment and consumables makers rather than chip or data-centre names. Baxter is a constituent of the S&P 500 but holds no seat in Rubin or Halo, our AI-stack and infrastructure indices, and does not yet carry a Closelook score.

Does Baxter International Inc pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Baxter International Inc’s price series over the last twelve months. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for BAX, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Medical Instruments & Supplies. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.