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BAX Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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BAXBaxter International Inc.
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BAX Dividend answer
Baxter International Inc. (BAX) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 0.17%, or $0.04 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 0.17%, from $0.04 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.01 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Nov 27, 2026. Payment date: Jan 4, 2027. Next dividend status: announced at $0.01 per share.
BAX Dividend Snapshot
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Next BAX Dividend Date
When BAX next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next BAX dividend
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Latest BAX Dividend Dates
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BAX Dividend History
Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.
Dividend reliability
Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.
BAX Annual Dividend History
BAX Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $0.01, event yield 15.31%.
This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.
Dividend growth
- 5-year regular dividend CAGR
- -11.45%
- 2020 regular DPS
- $0.955
- 2025 regular DPS
- $0.520
- Absolute change
- -$0.435
- Years increased
- 3
- Years reduced
- 2
BAX's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at -11.45% a year from 2020 through 2025.
BAX reduced its regular dividend in at least one calendar year between 2020 and 2025.
Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
BAX Dividend Yield
How BAX's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
BAX's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.
Dividend coverage
Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.
Recent BAX dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | $0.01 | $0.01 | 15.31% | Quarterly | $0.04 | Jul 29, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 | Oct 1, 2026 |
| May 29, 2026 | $0.01 | $0.01 | 1.06% | Quarterly | $0.20 | Apr 29, 2026 | May 29, 2026 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | $0.01 | $0.01 | 1.77% | Quarterly | $0.36 | Feb 11, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | Apr 1, 2026 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | $0.01 | $0.01 | 2.77% | Quarterly | $0.52 | Nov 11, 2025 | Nov 28, 2025 | Jan 2, 2026 |
| Aug 29, 2025 | $0.17 | $0.17 | 2.75% | Quarterly | $0.68 | Jul 14, 2025 | Aug 29, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 |
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| May 30, 2025 | $0.17 | $0.17 | 2.62% | Quarterly | $0.80 | May 6, 2025 | May 30, 2025 | Jul 1, 2025 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | $0.17 | $0.17 | 2.67% | Quarterly | $0.92 | Feb 11, 2025 | Feb 28, 2025 | Apr 1, 2025 |
| Nov 29, 2024 | $0.17 | $0.17 | 3.09% | Quarterly | $1.04 | Nov 11, 2024 | Nov 29, 2024 | Jan 2, 2025 |
| Aug 30, 2024 | $0.29 | $0.29 | 3.06% | Quarterly | $1.16 | Jul 16, 2024 | Aug 30, 2024 | Oct 1, 2024 |
| May 31, 2024 | $0.29 | $0.29 | 3.40% | Quarterly | $1.16 | May 7, 2024 | May 31, 2024 | Jul 1, 2024 |
| Feb 29, 2024 | $0.29 | $0.29 | 2.83% | Quarterly | $1.16 | Feb 12, 2024 | Mar 1, 2024 | Apr 1, 2024 |
| Nov 30, 2023 | $0.29 | $0.29 | 3.22% | Quarterly | $1.16 | Nov 14, 2023 | Dec 1, 2023 | Jan 2, 2024 |
| Aug 31, 2023 | $0.29 | $0.29 | 2.86% | Quarterly | $1.16 | Jul 18, 2023 | Sep 1, 2023 | Oct 2, 2023 |
| Jun 1, 2023 | $0.29 | $0.29 | 2.81% | Quarterly | $1.16 | May 1, 2023 | Jun 2, 2023 | Jul 3, 2023 |
| Feb 23, 2023 | $0.29 | $0.29 | 2.86% | Quarterly | $1.16 | Feb 14, 2023 | Feb 24, 2023 | Apr 3, 2023 |
| Dec 1, 2022 | $0.29 | $0.29 | 2.20% | Quarterly | $1.15 | Nov 15, 2022 | Dec 2, 2022 | Jan 3, 2023 |
| Sep 1, 2022 | $0.29 | $0.29 | 2.01% | Quarterly | $1.14 | Jul 12, 2022 | Sep 2, 2022 | Oct 3, 2022 |
| Jun 2, 2022 | $0.29 | $0.29 | 1.52% | Quarterly | $1.13 | May 3, 2022 | Jun 3, 2022 | Jul 1, 2022 |
| Feb 24, 2022 | $0.28 | $0.28 | 1.32% | Quarterly | $1.12 | Feb 14, 2022 | Feb 25, 2022 | Apr 1, 2022 |
| Dec 2, 2021 | $0.28 | $0.28 | 1.42% | Quarterly | $1.09 | Nov 16, 2021 | Dec 3, 2021 | Jan 3, 2022 |
| Sep 2, 2021 | $0.28 | $0.28 | 1.30% | Quarterly | $1.05 | Jul 12, 2021 | Sep 3, 2021 | Oct 1, 2021 |
| Jun 3, 2021 | $0.28 | $0.28 | 1.24% | Quarterly | $1.02 | May 3, 2021 | Jun 4, 2021 | Jul 1, 2021 |
| Feb 25, 2021 | $0.245 | $0.245 | 1.25% | Quarterly | $0.98 | Feb 16, 2021 | Feb 26, 2021 | Apr 1, 2021 |
| Dec 3, 2020 | $0.245 | $0.245 | 1.25% | Quarterly | $0.955 | Nov 16, 2020 | Dec 4, 2020 | Jan 4, 2021 |
| Aug 28, 2020 | $0.245 | $0.245 | 1.08% | Quarterly | $0.93 | Jul 14, 2020 | Aug 31, 2020 | Oct 1, 2020 |
| Jun 4, 2020 | $0.245 | $0.245 | 1.02% | Quarterly | $0.905 | May 5, 2020 | Jun 5, 2020 | Jul 1, 2020 |
| Feb 27, 2020 | $0.22 | $0.22 | 1.04% | Quarterly | $0.88 | Feb 18, 2020 | Feb 28, 2020 | Apr 1, 2020 |
| Dec 5, 2019 | $0.22 | $0.22 | 1.03% | Quarterly | $0.85 | Nov 19, 2019 | Dec 6, 2019 | Jan 2, 2020 |
| Aug 29, 2019 | $0.22 | $0.22 | 93.71% | Quarterly | $0.82 | Jul 16, 2019 | Aug 30, 2019 | Oct 1, 2019 |
| Jun 6, 2019 | $0.22 | $0.22 | 1.03% | Quarterly | $0.79 | May 7, 2019 | Jun 7, 2019 | Jul 1, 2019 |
| Feb 28, 2019 | $0.19 | $0.19 | 1.02% | Quarterly | $0.76 | Feb 19, 2019 | Mar 1, 2019 | Apr 1, 2019 |
| Nov 30, 2018 | $0.19 | $0.19 | 1.06% | Quarterly | $0.73 | Nov 13, 2018 | Dec 3, 2018 | Jan 2, 2019 |
| Aug 30, 2018 | $0.19 | $0.19 | 94.72% | Quarterly | $0.70 | Jul 17, 2018 | Aug 31, 2018 | Oct 1, 2018 |
| May 31, 2018 | $0.19 | $0.19 | 94.58% | Quarterly | $0.67 | May 8, 2018 | Jun 1, 2018 | Jul 2, 2018 |
| Mar 1, 2018 | $0.16 | $0.16 | 96.52% | Quarterly | $0.64 | Feb 20, 2018 | Mar 2, 2018 | Apr 2, 2018 |
| Nov 30, 2017 | $0.16 | $0.16 | 93.09% | Quarterly | $0.61 | Nov 14, 2017 | Dec 1, 2017 | Jan 2, 2018 |
| Aug 30, 2017 | $0.16 | $0.16 | 94.34% | Quarterly | — | Jul 18, 2017 | Sep 1, 2017 | Oct 2, 2017 |
| May 31, 2017 | $0.16 | $0.16 | 92.73% | Quarterly | — | May 2, 2017 | Jun 2, 2017 | Jul 3, 2017 |
| Mar 1, 2017 | $0.13 | $0.13 | 1.02% | Quarterly | — | Feb 21, 2017 | Mar 3, 2017 | Apr 3, 2017 |
| Nov 30, 2016 | $0.13 | $0.13 | 1.14% | Quarterly | — | Nov 8, 2016 | Dec 2, 2016 | Jan 3, 2017 |
Dividend yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with payout ratio, free cash flow coverage, balance-sheet risk, and the history of actual payments before treating income as durable.
A higher yield is more useful when earnings and free cash flow cover the distribution. A yield caused by a falling stock price can be a warning, not a bargain.
Stable or rising payments can indicate capital return discipline. Flat, skipped, or missing payments should be read with earnings and cash flow before drawing conclusions.
A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.
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BAX Dividends FAQ
Does BAX pay a dividend?
Baxter International Inc. (BAX) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.01 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is BAX's dividend yield?
BAX's trailing dividend yield is 0.17%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is BAX's next dividend?
BAX's next announced dividend is $0.01 per share with an ex-dividend date of Nov 27, 2026 and payment date of Jan 4, 2027.
When is BAX's ex-dividend date?
BAX's next announced ex-dividend date is Nov 27, 2026.
How has BAX's dividend changed?
BAX's one-year dividend growth is -94.12% based on comparable covered dividend history.