ABT vs BSX vs LMAT Stock Comparison

Abbott Laboratories, Boston Scientific and Lemaitre Vascular Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ABT Abbott Laboratories
$104.57 +3.6% 1M -16.0% 1Y
Market cap
$184.72B
P/E
39.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$48.23B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
2 wins
BSX Boston Scientific Corp
$42.68 -2.8% 1M -57.4% 1Y
Market cap
$61.64B
P/E
17.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$21.07B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
2 wins
LMAT Lemaitre Vascular Inc
$85.27 +2.9% 1M -4.1% 1Y
Market cap
$1.85B
P/E
28.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$262.43M
Div. yield
0.01%
Medical Devices Healthcare
4 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Lemaitre Vascular leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Lemaitre Vascular 4, Abbott Laboratories 2, Boston Scientific 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionABTBSXLMATLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $184.72B $61.64B $1.85B ABT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 39.3x 17.6x 28.1x BSX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.4x 13.7x 28.9x BSX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.0% +8.9% +11.8% LMAT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — — 25.0% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -16.0% -57.4% -4.1% LMAT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.1%/yr -0.2%/yr +10.4%/yr LMAT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.5% 40.3% 46.2% ABT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 — 82/100 LMAT

Percentile Scorecard

ABTBSXLMAT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisABTBSXLMAT
Valuation 73 #63 of 227 86 #32 of 227 74 #60 of 227
Growth 18 #178 of 218 71 #64 of 218 89 #26 of 218
Profitability – – 96 #9 of 202
Financial Health – – 89 #26 of 233
Shareholder Returns 89 #15 of 130 – 64 #48 of 130
Overall 60 – 82
  • ABT ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • BSX ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • LMAT ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodABTBSXLMATSPY
1 month +3.6%-2.8%+2.9% +0.7%
3 months -1.0%-7.2%-16.6% +3.7%
6 months +15.2%-25.9%-22.3% +7.1%
Year to date -16.5%-55.2%+5.1% +12.8%
1 year -16.0%-57.4%-4.1% +11.9%
3 years +12.4%-14.7%+78.0% +85.2%
3 years, per year +4.0%-5.2%+21.2% +22.8%
5 years -18.9%-1.0%+63.9% +67.6%
5 years, per year -4.1%-0.2%+10.4% +10.9%
10 years +164.5%+93.2%+295.1% +262.0%
10 years, per year +10.2%+6.8%+14.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureABTBSXLMATSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.5%40.3%46.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.5%47.8%53.2% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.010.130.42 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.58-1.43-0.09 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -41.6%-61.6%-33.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -19.9%-59.3%-27.4% -1.2%
52-week high $130.59$104.98$117.39 $779.14
52-week low $82.56$41.57$78.80 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleABTBSXLMAT
P/E now vs peer median 38.7xmedian 28.7x 17.9xmedian 28.7x 29.7xmedian 28.7x
P/S now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 3.0x 2.9xmedian 3.0x 7.4xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.8x —median 17.8x 17.7xmedian 17.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 22.3xmedian 26.4x 17.6xmedian 26.4x 26.4xmedian 26.4x
P/B now vs peer median —median 2.4x —median 2.4x 4.6xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median -13.03median 0.99 0.41median 0.99 0.88median 0.99

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsABTBSXLMAT
Revenue $48.23B $21.07B $262.43M
Gross profit – $14.57B $191.31M
Operating income $6.65B $3.93B $77.32M
Net income – – $65.67M
Free cash flow – – $73.83M
R&D $3.31B $2.16B $15.41M
EPS (diluted) $2.70 $2.37 $2.68
Cash & equivalents – – $26.63M
Shares (diluted) 1.74B 1.47B 24.53M
Enterprise value $184.72B $61.64B $402.19M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricABTBSXLMAT
P/E 38.7x 17.9x 29.7x
P/FCF 22.3x 17.6x 26.4x
P/Operating cash flow – – 23.5x
P/S 3.8x 2.9x 7.4x
P/B – – 4.6x
P/Tangible book – – 5.0x
EV/EBITDA – – 17.7x
EV/EBIT – – 20.4x
EV/Revenue 3.8x 2.9x 6.0x
EV/FCF – – 21.3x
EV/Operating cash flow – – 19.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -13.03 0.41 0.88

Growth

14 metrics
MetricABTBSXLMAT
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.0% 8.9% 11.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.5% 15.3% 14.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 9.8% 18.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 15.1% 18.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) -13.8% 13.5% 41.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 3.5% 22.1% 36.4%
Net income growth (1Y) – – 39.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – – 37.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -66.2% 27.2% 30.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -3.0% 43.2% 33.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – 41.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 48.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 41.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 57.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricABTBSXLMAT
Gross margin – – 72.9%
EBITDA margin – – 33.8%
Operating margin – – 29.5%
Pretax margin – – 32.3%
Net margin – – 25.0%
FCF margin – – 28.1%
Operating cash flow margin – – 31.6%
Return on equity – – 15.9%
Return on assets – – 10.3%
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed – – 12.8%
Asset turnover – – 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue – – 3.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricABTBSXLMAT
Debt / assets – – –
Debt / equity – – –
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF – – –
Liabilities / assets – – 34.4%
Equity / assets – – 65.6%
Interest coverage – – 14.9x
Current ratio – – 16.3x
Quick ratio – – 13.8x
Cash ratio – – 12.6x
Altman Z-score – – 7.43

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricABTBSXLMAT
Dividend yield 2.4% – 1.1%
Net buyback yield – – -0.3%
Shareholder yield 2.4% – 0.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 31.2%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 27.8%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 26.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 20.5%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusABTBSXLMAT
Forward P/E 18.4xFY2026 13.7xFY2026 28.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.69FY2026 $3.12FY2026 $2.95FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +10.5%FY2026 +2.0%FY2026 +17.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +10.4% +14.7% +12.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $53.00BFY2026 $20.67BFY2026 $266.90MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +19.5%FY2026 +3.0%FY2026 +6.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.2% +1.6% +19.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersABTBSXLMAT
Held by institutions 79.2% 90.5% 99.3%
Institutions holding 2,981 1,482 327
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.3% -0.7% +2.8%
Institutions buying 1,260 739 172
Institutions selling 1,378 610 98
Buyers to sellers 0.91 1.21 1.76

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ABTBSXLMAT
ABT 1.00 0.37 0.26
BSX 0.37 1.00 0.27
LMAT 0.26 0.27 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ABT, BSX and LMAT?

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) $184.72B, Boston Scientific (BSX) $61.64B, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) $1.85B.

Which stock is cheaper, ABT, BSX and LMAT?

Boston Scientific (BSX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 39.3x, Boston Scientific (BSX) 17.6x, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 28.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Boston Scientific (BSX) is cheapest (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 18.4x, Boston Scientific (BSX) 13.7x, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 28.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) +10.0%, Boston Scientific (BSX) +8.9%, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) +11.8%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) returned the most: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) -16.0%, Boston Scientific (BSX) -57.4%, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) -4.1%. Over five years, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) compounded fastest (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) -4.1%/yr, Boston Scientific (BSX) -0.2%/yr, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) +10.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 0.00%, Boston Scientific (BSX) 0.00%, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 0.01%. Abbott Laboratories (ABT) and Boston Scientific (BSX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) has been the steadiest (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 27.5%, Boston Scientific (BSX) 40.3%, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 46.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ABT, BSX and LMAT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.