ABBOTT LABORATORIES financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
ABT on NYSE
Location
Abbott Park, IL
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
20 Feb 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • ABT - ABBOTT LABORATORIES financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 13%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-58%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 31 Jan 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

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Latest SEC snapshot (2026-01-31) highlights Return On Equity 13.0%, Return On Assets 6.6%, and Operating Margin 21.6%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

61.9/100

Balanced Confidence high

Return On Equity

13%

Metric score 29.2/100

Return On Assets

6.6%

Metric score 57.9/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
1.58x
Quick Ratio
1.02x
Debt to Equity
0.27x

Strengths

Operating Margin, Current Ratio, and Quick Ratio

Watchpoints

Return On Equity and NetIncomeLoss YoY

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

13%

YoY: -58%

Industry median: -43% (n=675)

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Return On Assets

6.6%

YoY: -55%

Industry median: -47% (n=673)

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Operating Margin

22%

YoY: +12%

Industry median: -121% (n=298)

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Current Ratio

1.58x

YoY: -5.7%

Industry median: 3.39x (n=667)

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Quick Ratio

1.02x

YoY: -2.9%

Industry median: 1.51x (n=289)

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Debt-to-equity

0.27x

YoY:

Industry median: 0.26x (n=530)

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Revenues YoY

5.7%

YoY:

Industry median: 7.3% (n=302)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

-51%

YoY:

Industry median: -0.93% (n=641)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 13% -58%
Return On Assets 6.6% -55%
Operating Margin 22% +12%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 1.58x -5.7%
Quick Ratio 1.02x -2.9%
Debt-to-equity 0.27x

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 5.7%
NetIncomeLoss YoY -51%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 1,737,682,887 +0.19%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $25,527,000,000 +1.5%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 1,741,000,000 +0.06%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 1,748,000,000 0%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $44,328,000,000 +5.7%
Research and Development Expense $2,942,000,000 +3.4%
Costs and Expenses $36,275,000,000 +3.3%
Operating Income (Loss) $8,053,000,000 +18%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $8,466,000,000 +21%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $1,942,000,000
Earnings Per Share, Basic 3.73 -51%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 3.72 -51%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $8,522,000,000 +12%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $7,929,000,000 +14%
Inventory, Net $6,488,000,000 +4.7%
Assets, Current $25,996,000,000 +9.9%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $11,816,000,000 +11%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $1,126,000,000 +4.7%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $5,526,000,000 -17%
Goodwill $24,035,000,000 +4%
Assets $86,713,000,000 +6.5%
Employee-related Liabilities, Current $1,745,000,000 +2.6%
Liabilities, Current $16,496,000,000 +17%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $931,000,000 +3.9%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $2,538,000,000 -1.9%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $6,001,000,000 +24%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $49,781,000,000 +5.3%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $52,130,000,000 +9.4%
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest $52,771,000,000 +10%
Liabilities and Equity $86,713,000,000 +6.5%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 2,400,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 1,996,795,525 +0.27%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $8,522,000,000 +12%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $1,771,000,000 +6.4%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $11,604,000,000 -3.9%
Operating Lease, Liability $1,207,000,000 +5%
Depreciation $1,434,000,000 +7%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $8,429,000,000 -37%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $1,391,000,000 +5.5%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $25,222,000,000 +11%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $276,000,000 +8.7%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $254,000,000 +0.79%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $316,000,000 +9%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.039 +8.3%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $184,000,000 +9.5%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $197,000,000 +7.6%
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued 0
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 1,000,000 0%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $4,037,000,000 +13%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $151,000,000 +13%
Amortization of Intangible Assets $1,682,000,000 -10%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $9,833,000,000 -5.5%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 1 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY