BAX dividend analysis

BAX dividend deep dive

BAX dividend ledger: $10.02/share, 2.80% yield, 78% earnings payout, 9.8% 5-year CAGR. The streak of consecutive dividend increases stands at 9 years.

BAX dividend safety: 72/100. The score combines the company's Quality pillar (83/100) with the strain on free cash flow implied by the 78% payout. Risk pillar reads 0/100 alongside.

BAX DRIP scenario at $358.00 entry: 5-year horizon ≈ 16.3%, 10-year ≈ 35.4%, 20-year ≈ 83.2% on the income leg alone. Capital return depends on the multiple at exit and is not part of this number.

Peer dividend set for BAX (yield 2.80%): KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). The peer-mean yield prints 3.13%, so BAX sits below the cohort by 0.33 percentage points.

Distribution schedule for BAX: ex 2026-03-01, payment 2026-03-15. On a quarterly cadence at $2.505 per share, the annualized total works out to $10.02 — the figure used in the trailing yield calculation.

BAX closes the loop with a 2.80% / 9.8% / 72/100 yield-growth-safety triplet. The forward question for the next 12 months is whether earnings growth keeps pace with distribution growth at the current 78% payout.