Baxter International's most recent dividend of $0.29 per share was on Aug 30, 2024 (ex-date). The annualized payout of $1.16 per share represents a current dividend yield of 3.17%.
BAX has a dividend yield of 3.17% which is above the Healthcare sector, the industry and its peers average. Compared to its Healthcare sector average of 1.95%, Baxter International's dividend yield is 63% higher. The historical 5-year average of BAX's dividend yield is 1.9%, which is below the current yield.
Baxter International has a history of paying dividends since 1995. Our records of BAX show that the company has distributed four quarterly dividends in the past year. The annualized dividend per share has remained the same for the last twelve months. But since the stock price has gone up by 12% from a year ago, the dividend yield has decreased by 11%.
Ex-date | Amount | Yield (TTM) |
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Aug 30, 2024 | $0.29 | 3.06% |
May 31, 2024 | $0.29 | 3.4% |
Feb 29, 2024 | $0.29 | 2.83% |
Nov 30, 2023 | $0.29 | 3.22% |
Aug 31, 2023 | $0.29 | 2.86% |
Jun 1, 2023 | $0.29 | 2.81% |
Feb 23, 2023 | $0.29 | 2.86% |
Dec 1, 2022 | $0.29 | 2.2% |
Sep 1, 2022 | $0.29 | 2.01% |
Jun 2, 2022 | $0.29 | 1.52% |
Feb 24, 2022 | $0.28 | 1.32% |
Dec 2, 2021 | $0.28 | 1.42% |
Sep 2, 2021 | $0.28 | 1.3% |
Jun 3, 2021 | $0.28 | 1.24% |
Feb 25, 2021 | $0.245 | 1.25% |
Dec 3, 2020 | $0.245 | 1.25% |
Aug 28, 2020 | $0.245 | 1.08% |
Jun 4, 2020 | $0.245 | 1.02% |
Feb 27, 2020 | $0.22 | 1.04% |
Dec 5, 2019 | $0.22 | 1.03% |
Aug 29, 2019 | $0.22 | 0.94% |
Jun 6, 2019 | $0.22 | 1.03% |
Feb 28, 2019 | $0.19 | 1.02% |
Nov 30, 2018 | $0.19 | 1.06% |
Aug 30, 2018 | $0.19 | 0.95% |
May 31, 2018 | $0.19 | 0.95% |
Mar 1, 2018 | $0.16 | 0.97% |
Nov 30, 2017 | $0.16 | 0.93% |
Aug 30, 2017 | $0.16 | 0.94% |
May 31, 2017 | $0.16 | 0.93% |
Mar 1, 2017 | $0.13 | 1.02% |
Nov 30, 2016 | $0.13 | 1.14% |
Aug 31, 2016 | $0.13 | 1.05% |
Jun 1, 2016 | $0.13 | 1.1% |
Mar 2, 2016 | $0.115 | 2.18% |
Dec 2, 2015 | $0.115 | 3.4% |
Sep 2, 2015 | $0.115 | 4.48% |
May 28, 2015 | $0.52 | 3.1% |
Mar 9, 2015 | $0.52 | 3.07% |
BAX has a payout ratio of 23.7% which is lower than the Healthcare sector, the industry and its peers average. If we compare it with the Healthcare sector average of 37.5%, Baxter International's payout ratio is 37% lower.
Name | Dividend yield | DPS | Payout ratio |
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BAX Baxter International Inc | 3.19% | $1.16 | 23.7% |
MDT Medtronic plc | 3.07% | $2.78 | 93.3% |
CAH Cardinal Health Inc | 1.79% | $2.01 | 57.8% |
BDX Becton Dickinson & Co | 1.58% | $3.8 | 78.4% |
SYK Stryker Corp | 0.88% | $3.2 | 35.3% |
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc | 0.26% | $1.52 | 9.4% |
OMI Owens & Minor Inc | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Yes, Baxter International has paid four dividends in the last twelve months. BAX has been paying dividends since 1995.
Baxter International's last regular dividend was on Aug 30, 2024 (ex-date) with the amount of $0.29 per share.
BAX has paid dividend of $1.16 per share in the last year.
The current dividend yield of Baxter International is 3.17%.
Baxter International has a quarterly dividend frequency.
The dividend payout ratio of Baxter International is 23.7%.
Baxter International's dividend yield is above the Healthcare sector average.
Special dividends are included in TTM DPS and yield. Data from and Sharadar.