Baxter International (XTER:BTL) Forward Dividend Yield % : 1.96% (As of May. 27, 2024)

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What is Baxter International Forward Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-05-27), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of Baxter International is 1.96%.

As of today (2024-05-27), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Baxter International is 1.73%.

XTER:BTL's Forward Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
73.05% of 308 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 1.96 vs XTER:BTL: 1.96

Baxter International's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €0.00.

During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -3.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Baxter International was 75.80% per year. The lowest was -35.90% per year. And the median was 11.70% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.

Competitive Comparison of Baxter International's Forward Dividend Yield %

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Baxter International's Forward Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Forward Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Baxter International's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Baxter International's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

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Baxter International Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Baxter International (XTER:BTL) Forward Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

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Baxter International (XTER:BTL) Business Description

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Address

One Baxter Parkway, Deerfield, IL, USA, 60015

Website

https://www.baxter.com

Baxter offers a variety of medical instruments and supplies to caregivers. It enhanced its portfolio of hospital-focused offerings by acquiring Hillrom in late 2021, which added basic equipment, including hospital beds, to the portfolio, although about half of Hillrom's revenue comes from more digitally connected offerings like its smart beds and Voalte medical communications app. From its legacy operations, Baxter offers tools to help patients with acute and chronic kidney failure, which it plans to spin off by mid-2024. It also sells a variety of injectable therapies for use in care settings, such as IV pumps, administrative sets, and solutions; nutritional products; and surgical sealants and hemostatic agents.

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