Baxter International rose 9.5% in a year. None of its four medical device peers did more.

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BAX against four medical device peers, a year at 100

BAX is up 9.5% in a year. All four did less: 3M (+7.9%), Becton Dickinson (+1.4%), Stryker (−21.3%) and Boston Scientific (−55.3%). Weekly closes, Oct 17, 2025 = 100, on a log scale, so the same percentage move is the same height on every line.

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BAX +9.5%. 3M +7.9%, Becton Dickinson +1.4%, Stryker −21.3%, Boston Scientific −55.3%. Weekly closes, Oct 17, 2025 = 100, log scale.

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End-of-day closes (Databento EOD), the last close of each week. The four peers are the largest US-listed companies by market value in BAX’s SEC industry (Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus) with a year of closes. It shows what the closes did; a move here is not a cause, a forecast or a call.

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