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Baxter International
Health Care Equipment · Health Care · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$26.64
+2.7% on the session
1-year return
+13.8%
+21.9% over six months
Volatility
43.6%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-35.9%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Baxter International is a health care equipment name in the health care sector. Over the past year it returned +13.8%, against +45.4% over three months and +19.9% over one. It trades 34.1% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 43.6% is above the market's typical range.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -35.9%, and it has traded a median $141M a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.34 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Health Care#35 of 59
Stronger than 41% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#33 of 500

How BAX scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 15 others in Health Care Equipment.

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Full metrics
1 day+2.7%
1 week-1.2%
1 month+19.9%
3 months+45.4%
6 months+21.9%
1 year+13.8%
12-1 momentum-5.1%
Volatility (1y, annualized)43.6%
Max drawdown (1y)-35.9%
Distance vs 200-day average+34.1%
Return per unit of risk0.32
Median daily dollar volume$141M
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