Baxter International (BAX) closed at $25.00 on Oct 19, 2026, down 1.1% on the day. The stock is up 9.7% over the past month, up 12.6% over three months, up 30.9% year to date and up 9.0% over the past year. It trades 16.7% below its 52-week high of $30.00 and 59.0% above its 52-week low of $15.73. The close sits above its 50-day moving average ($24.96) and above its 200-day moving average ($21.13).
NextPick tracks BAX in its Medical Devices basket alongside ABT, ISRG, MDT, SYK and BSX. As of Oct 19, 2026, the basket's money-flow score is 4 (neutral), and the basket is up 2.2% over five sessions. Over the past month BAX ranks 2nd of 13 basket members by price change.
Yes — the Oct 19, 2026 close of $25.00 is 18.3% above the 200-day average of $21.13.
BAX closed 16.7% below its 52-week high of $30.00.
NextPick groups BAX with ABT, ISRG, MDT, SYK and BSX in its Medical Devices basket.
Baxter International Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides a portfolio of healthcare products in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Medical Products & Therapies, Healthcare Systems & Technologies, and Pharmaceuticals. It offers sterile intravenous (IV) solutions; infusion systems and devices; parenteral nutrition therapies; inhaled anesthetics; generic injectable pharmaceuticals; surgical hemostat and sealant products; advanced surgical equipment; smart bed systems; patient monitoring and diagnostic technologies; and respiratory health devices, as well as advanced equipment for the surgical space comprising operating room integration technologies, precision positioning devices, and other accessories. The company also provides specialty injectable pharmaceuticals, inhaled anesthetics, and drug compounding services. Its products are used in hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, ambulatory surgery centers, doctors' offices, kidney dialysis centers, and patients at home under physician supervision. The company sells its products through direct sales force, independent distributors, drug wholesalers, and specialty pharmacy or other alternate site providers. It operates in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Asia, Western Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. Baxter International Inc. was incorporated in 1931 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.
