How Baxter International Inc. stacks up

BAX · against 557 other Healthcare companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

33/ 100

Above the middle of the pack.

Ranked #242 of 558 · scores higher than 56% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

41 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including BAX · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 33?

Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.

Mainly because of its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Healthcare peers.

a lower return on assets: weaker than 71% of peers. Return on assets: -5.4% vs peer median 1.7%
a thinner operating margin: weaker than 69% of peers. Operating margin: -2.4% vs peer median 7.1%
a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 67% of peers. Return on invested capital: -1.6% vs peer median 4.7%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = BAX, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	BAX	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 517 reported	-1.6%	-7.0%	54%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 479 reported	-2.4%	-2.4%	50%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 582 reported	-5.4%	-7.8%	54%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 531 reported	-14.4%	-19.7%	54%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 601 reported	34.1%	43.9%	45%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around BAX

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Arbutus Biopharma CorporationABUS · US-listed	595M USD	99	97
1	CorMedix Inc.CRMD · US-listed	433M USD	99	81
1	Exelixis, Inc.EXEL · US-listed	17.9B USD	99	76
1	IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.IDXX · US-listed	52.9B USD	99	57
1	Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.IRWD · US-listed	578M USD	99	73
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239	Cerus CorporationCERS · US-listed	472M USD	34	33
239	Immunocore Holdings plcIMCR · US-listed	1.5B USD	34	43
239	Travere Therapeutics, Inc.TVTX · US-listed	4.7B USD	34	42
242	Assembly Biosciences, Inc.ASMB · US-listed	406M USD	33	59
242	Baxter International Inc.BAX · US-listed	13.2B USD	33	30
242	InterCure Ltd.INCR · US-listed	60M USD	33	33
242	Sonida Senior Living, Inc.SNDA · US-listed	1.6B USD	33	43
242	Talkspace IncTALK · US-listed	871M USD	33	53
247	AdaptHealth Corp.AHCO · US-listed	838M USD	32	33

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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