Baxter International Shares Outstanding History (BAX)

Baxter International reported 514.5M shares outstanding at the end of fiscal 2025.

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Baxter International annual shares outstanding history

Baxter International annual shares outstanding

Fiscal yearPeriod endedShares outstandingChangeGrowth
20252025-12-31514.5M2.9M+0.56%
20242024-12-31511.6M3.8M+0.75%
20232023-12-31507.8M3.2M+0.63%
20222022-12-31504.7M2.4M+0.47%
20212021-12-31502.3M−2.8M−0.56%
20202020-12-31505.1M−2.2M−0.43%
20192019-12-31507.3M−5.3M−1.03%
20182018-12-31512.5M−27.6M−5.11%
20172017-12-31540.1M56,585+0.01%
20162016-12-31540.1M−7.8M−1.42%
20152015-12-31547.9M5.3M+0.98%
20142014-12-31542.6M−606,229−0.11%
20132013-12-31543.2M−2.7M−0.50%
20122012-12-31545.9M−14.4M−2.57%
20112011-12-31560.3M−19.1M−3.29%
20102010-12-31579.4M−23.2M−3.86%
20092009-12-31602.7M

Baxter International Share Buyback History

A share buyback, also called a stock repurchase, is when a company uses cash to buy its own shares. Baxter International share buyback history shows the reported cash used for repurchases. Buybacks can reduce shares outstanding, but issuance, stock-based compensation, acquisitions, and stock splits can change the share count separately.

Baxter International used $0 to repurchase common stock in fy 2024. Across the latest 5 reported fiscal years, total share repurchases were $1.13B. The latest reported quarter showed $0 of share repurchases.

Baxter International annual share buyback history
Fiscal yearPeriod endedShare repurchases
20242024-12-31$0
20232023-12-31$0
20222022-12-31$32.0M
20212021-12-31$600.0M
20202020-12-31$500.0M
20192019-12-31$1.27B
20182018-12-31$2.45B
20172017-12-31$564.0M
20162016-12-31$292.0M
20142014-12-31$550.0M

TickerStat uses SEC-reported cash payments for common-stock repurchases. The amounts describe capital returned through buybacks; they are not a forecast or a measure of the number of shares retired.

Baxter International shares outstanding trends

Over the last five fiscal years, Baxter International's shares outstanding moved from 505.1M to 514.5M, a change of 9.4M. The latest reported quarter, Q2 2026, shows 517.0M.

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What shares outstanding means

Shares outstanding is the number of common shares held by investors at a reporting-period end. The count can change because of stock issuance, repurchases, conversions, acquisitions, or stock splits.

Calculation and source

SEC-reported period-end shares

TickerStat displays period-end common shares from SEC filings and adjusts older values to the current share basis when a stock-split conversion ratio is reported directly or evidenced by a later filing’s restated historical share balance. After repeated reverse splits, an old period can represent less than one current-basis share; this is a split-adjusted equivalent, not a literal historical certificate count. Values remain as reported when no reliable split ratio is available. Fiscal periods can differ from calendar years, so exact period-end dates are included.

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