Abbott Laboratories ABT

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Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Return on invested capital

Abbott Laboratories's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 5.83%, down 3.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.87%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.99% (fiscal 2017) to 12.0% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Medical Devices industry median of −10.3% and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 8.87% 0.98
FY2024 7.89% (0.87)
FY2023 8.76% (3.25)
FY2022 12.0% (0.01)
FY2021 12.0% 4.48
FY2020 7.54% 1.26
FY2019 6.28% 1.32
FY2018 4.96% 2.97
FY2017 1.99% (6.37)
FY2016 8.36% (0.14)

Against its own ten years

Low 1.99% High 12.0%
Ten-year median 8.36%
Current reading's percentile 82

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
DXCM DexCom, Inc. compare 37.1%
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporation compare 12.8%
SYK Stryker Corporation compare 9.76%
GEHC GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. compare 8.37%
STE STERIS plc compare 8.27%
BSX Boston Scientific Corporation compare 6.96%
PHG Koninklijke Philips N.V. compare 6.69%
MDT Medtronic PLC compare 6.04%
ABT Abbott Laboratories 5.83%
Medical Devices industry median −10.3%
Healthcare sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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