BAXBaxter International

$26.49

Is it safe?

Can BAX take a bad year?

Baxter International holds $1.18B more cash than debt, so a bad year is a question about profits, not about lenders.

$1.18B

Net cash

Net debt / EBITDA
net cash

Net debt / EBITDA · no net borrowings to measure against earnings

Altman Z-score
2.17

Altman Z-score · grey zone, between 1.8 and 3

Debt / equity
0.14×

Debt / equity

Details
Total debtQ1 2026
$842M
Cash and short-term investments
$2.02B
Net cash
$1.18B
EBITDA, trailing twelve months
$373M
Operating profit, trailing twelve months
−$300M
Debt / equity
0.14×
Total debt / EBITDA
2.26×
Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
43%
Worst drawdown on file
−81%
Below its 52-week high
−6.6%

Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.