Baxter International Inc vs Ross Stores, Inc. — how do they compare? Baxter International Inc trades at $27.61 (market cap $14.27B), while Ross Stores, Inc. trades at $251.3 (market cap $80.78B). The key difference: Ross Stores, Inc. is far larger — about 5.7× Baxter International Inc's market cap, and Ross Stores, Inc. pays the higher dividend (0.71%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BAX | ROST | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $14.27B | $80.78B |
Sector | Health | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $28.35 | $255.23 |
52-Week Low | $15.80 | $144.67 |
Enterprise Value | $21.79B | $81.37B |
Dividend Yield | 0.14% | 0.71% |
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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 →Ross Stores is a leading American off-price apparel and home fashion retailer, operating over 1,920 stores (at the end of fiscal 2021) across the Ross Dress for Less and dd's Discounts banners. Ross offers a variety of name-brand products and targets undercutting conventional retailers' regular prices by 20%-70%. The company uses an opportunistic, flexible merchandising approach
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