Abbott Laboratories (ABT)

Healthcare · Medical Devices · S&P 500
$97.83 -0.34% on the day Market cap $171.7B 52-week range $81.97 to $135.13 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
7% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $171.7B, Abbott Laboratories's free cash flow of $7.4B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 7% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Abbott Laboratories's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price6.9% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years15.1% a year
Revenue, same period8.7% a year
Price to free cash flow23.2x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from ABT's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation5
Profitability6
Growth2
Financial health3
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)27.6x
P/E (forward)18.0x
Price / free cash flow23.2x
EV / EBITDA16.7x
Price / sales3.80x
Price / book3.29x
Revenue growth+7.8%
Operating margin17.1%
Net margin13.9%
Return on equity12.1%
Dividend yield2.5%
Debt / equity1.11x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Abbott Laboratories's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$43.1B$43.7B$40.1B$42.0B$44.3B
Net income$7.1B$6.9B$5.7B$13.4B$6.5B
Free cash flow$8.6B$7.8B$5.1B$6.4B$7.4B
EPS (diluted)$3.94$3.91$3.26$7.64$3.72
Operating margin19.6%19.2%16.2%16.3%18.2%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Medical Devices$21.4B48%
Diagnostics$8.9B20%
Nutritionals$8.5B19%
Established Pharmaceuticals$5.5B12%

Superinvestors who own ABT

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 11 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Ric Dillon
Diamond Hill Capital Management
Trimmed $448M3.6%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $380M0.13%Q2 2026
Mason Hawkins
Southeastern Asset Management
New position $76M4.0%Q2 2026
PRIMECAP Management
PRIMECAP Management Co
Trimmed $69M0.04%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $44M0.10%Q2 2026
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Trimmed $5M0.00%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Trimmed $2M0.02%Q2 2026
Eric Marshall
Hodges Capital Management
New position $2M0.13%Q2 2026
Dodge & Cox
Dodge & Cox
Held $2M0.00%Q2 2026
Murray Stahl
Horizon Kinetics LLC
Added $881,6300.01%Q2 2026
Will Nasgovitz
Heartland Advisors
Held $122,4990.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Abbott Laboratories's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Mar 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$104.87—
Mar 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$104.87—
Mar 19, 2026 Richard Mccormick
0$107.16—
Mar 19, 2026 Richard Mccormick
0$107.16—
Mar 10, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$110.60—
Mar 10, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$110.60—
Feb 24, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$114.65—
Feb 24, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$114.65—
Feb 5, 2026 Michael T. Mccaul
0$109.03—
Feb 5, 2026 Michael T. Mccaul
0$109.03—

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In the full deep dive

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Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Abbott Laboratories's stock price imply?

At a market value of $171.7B, Abbott Laboratories would need its free cash flow to grow about 7% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 15% a year.

Are Abbott Laboratories insiders buying the stock?

10 open-market insider purchases of ABT in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Abbott Laboratories?

11 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold ABT in their latest 13F, including Ric Dillon, Cliff Asness, Mason Hawkins.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.