Baxter International Inc vs KLA Corp. — how do they compare? Baxter International Inc trades at $27.61 (market cap $14.36B), while KLA Corp. trades at $204.9 (market cap $251.82B). The key difference: KLA Corp. is far larger — about 17.5× Baxter International Inc's market cap, and KLA Corp. pays the higher dividend (0.48%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BAX | KLAC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $14.36B | $251.82B |
Sector | Health | Technology |
52-Week High | $28.35 | $301.71 |
52-Week Low | $15.80 | $84.39 |
Enterprise Value | $21.88B | $253.07B |
Dividend Yield | 0.14% | 0.48% |
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Baxter offers a variety of medical instruments and supplies to caregivers. It enhanced its portfolio of hospital-focused offerings by acquiring Hillrom in late 2021. Legacy Baxter offers tools to help patients with acute and chronic kidney failure. It also sells a variety of injectable therapies for use in care settings, such as IV pumps, and administrative sets.
Read more on BAX →KLA designs and manufactures yield-management and process-monitoring diagnostic and control systems for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The systems are used to analyze the manufacturing process at various steps in a semiconductor's development. The firm's laser-scanning products are used for wafer qualification, process monitoring, and equipment monitoring. KLA also provides inspection tools and systems for optical metrology and e-beam metrology.
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