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Solventum vs Baxter International

Over the past year SOLV returned +32.3% and BAX returned +47.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.49.

SOLV +32.3% BAX +47.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricSOLVBAX
Price$90.12$26.91
Market cap$15.34B$13.92B
Today+6.32%+5.55%
1 month+3.5%+10.4%
6 months+26.9%+58.5%
Year to date+13.7%+40.8%
1 year+32.3%+47.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+2.2%+5.0%
Gross margin58.2%33.4%
Net margin4.2%9.9%
P/E (TTM)10.7×—
Price / sales1.8×1.2×
Net cash-$4.88B-$6.63B
Dividend yield—0.15%
Volatility (60d)25.6%35.6%
Short % of float3.4%4.6%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).