Baxter International Inc. (BAX)

Baxter International Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 9 analysts that cover Baxter International stock have a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $27, which forecasts a 42.78% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $21 and the highest is $36.

Price Target: $27 (+42.78%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$21	$27	$25	$36
Change	+11.05%	+42.78%	+32.21%	+90.38%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Baxter International stock is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jun '25	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25
Strong Buy	2	2	1	1	0	0
Buy	2	2	2	2	2	2
Hold	4	3	5	5	7	7
Sell	1	1	1	1	1	1
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	9	8	9	9	10	10

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Joanne Wuensch Citigroup	Citigroup	Hold Maintains $26 → $21	Hold	Maintains	$26 → $21	+11.05%	Oct 31, 2025
David Roman Goldman Sachs	Goldman Sachs	Hold Maintains $25 → $22	Hold	Maintains	$25 → $22	+16.34%	Oct 31, 2025
Danielle Antalffy UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $24 → $21	Hold	Maintains	$24 → $21	+11.05%	Oct 31, 2025
Jasper Hellweg Argus Research	Argus Research	Strong Buy → Hold Downgrades n/a	Strong Buy → Hold	Downgrades	n/a	n/a	Oct 31, 2025
Vijay Kumar Evercore ISI Group	Evercore ISI Group	Buy Maintains $33 → $31	Buy	Maintains	$33 → $31	+63.93%	Oct 7, 2025

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

11.24B

Increased by 5.72%

from 10.64B

Revenue Next Year

11.53B

Increased by 2.52%

from 11.24B

EPS This Year

2.40

from -1.27

EPS Next Year

2.38

Decreased by -1.10%

from 2.40

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	11.67B	12.15B	10.06B	10.36B	10.64B	11.24B	11.53B
Revenue Growth	2.74%	4.05%	-17.20%	3.01%	2.66%	5.72%	2.52%
EPS	2.13	2.53	-4.83	5.25	-1.27	2.40	2.38
EPS Growth	10.36%	18.58%	-	-	-	-	-1.10%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	7.86	7.95
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	19	19

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	11.9B	12.4B
Avg	11.2B	11.5B
Low	10.7B	10.9B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	11.8%	10.7%
Avg	5.7%	2.5%
Low	0.9%	-3.1%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	2.57	2.85
Avg	2.40	2.38
Low	2.30	1.85

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	-	18.6%
Avg	-	-1.1%
Low	-	-23.0%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.