Abbott Laboratories

ABT Healthcare Medical Devices

Abbott Laboratories' revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $44.3 billion, up 5.67% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+14.5%
EPS
−43.6%
Free cash flow
+28.9%
Total debt
+142.7%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

110.56 3.04 −2.68%
Market cap
$196.6B
P/E
42.3×
Fwd P/E
35.1×
Dividend yield
2.22%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
5.61
Beneish M
−2.50
Dividend safety
62/100

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Operating margin

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Abbott Laboratories's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 13.8%, down 4.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (18.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.71% (fiscal 2017) to 19.6% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Medical Devices industry median of −15.1% and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 18.2% 1.90
FY2024 16.3% 0.12
FY2023 16.2% (3.01)
FY2022 19.2% (0.40)
FY2021 19.6% 4.08
FY2020 15.5% 1.27
FY2019 14.2% 2.27
FY2018 11.9% 6.23
FY2017 5.71% (8.80)
FY2016 14.5% 0.46

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 10.4% (3.00)
Jun 2026 13.4% 1.39
Mar 2026 12.1% (7.59)
Dec 2025 19.6% 1.55
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 5.71% High 19.6%
Ten-year median 15.5%
Current reading's percentile 35

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
DXCM DexCom, Inc. compare 24.0%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporation compare 21.6%
SYK Stryker Corporation compare 20.7%
STE STERIS plc compare 19.0%
BSX Boston Scientific Corporation compare 18.7%
MDT Medtronic PLC compare 18.1%
ABT Abbott Laboratories 13.8%
GEHC GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. compare 13.3%
PHG Koninklijke Philips N.V. compare 8.68%
Medical Devices industry median −15.1%
Healthcare sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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