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Baxter International Inc (NYSE: BAX) closed the day trading at $31.04 up 2.37% from the previous closing price of $30.32. In other words, the price has increased by $2.37 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.84 million shares were traded. BAX stock price reached its highest trading level at $31.069 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $30.04.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of BAX, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 6.94 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 58.78. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.40 and its Current Ratio is at 2.02. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.46 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.36.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 16 ’24 when Stevens Brian bought 976 shares for $40.01 per share.
Stevens Brian bought 16,063 shares of BAX for $639,465 on Sep 13 ’24.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, BAX now has a Market Capitalization of 15928952832 and an Enterprise Value of 23916941312. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.34 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.25. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.22 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.234.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BAX is 0.61, which has changed by -0.11943263 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11571348 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BAX has reached a high of $40.49, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $26.25. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -1.94%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -7.83%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, BAX traded about 5.04M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, BAX traded about 4056930 shares per day. A total of 513.08M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 508.37M. Insiders hold about 0.94% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 96.00% stake in the company. Shares short for BAX as of 1745971200 were 17435420 with a Short Ratio of 3.46, compared to 1743379200 on 18157867. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 17435420 and a Short% of Float of 5.12.
Dividends & Splits
BAX’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.92, up from 0.92 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.03034301The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.15.
