ABT vs ISRG vs LMAT Stock Comparison

Abbott Laboratories, Intuitive Surgical and Lemaitre Vascular Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ABT Abbott Laboratories
$102.67 +1.7% 1M -18.9% 1Y
Market cap
$177.66B
P/E
38.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$48.23B
Div. yield
2.45%
Medical Devices Healthcare
4 wins
ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc
$444.18 +7.1% 1M -18.6% 1Y
Market cap
$153.95B
P/E
52.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$11.58B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
2 wins
LMAT Lemaitre Vascular Inc
$82.87 +0.6% 1M -7.4% 1Y
Market cap
$1.89B
P/E
28.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$262.43M
Div. yield
1.15%
Medical Devices Healthcare
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

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

QuestionABTISRGLMATLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $177.66B $153.95B $1.89B ABT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 38.0x 52.4x 28.8x LMAT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.0x 38.7x 28.1x ABT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.0% +20.5% +11.8% ISRG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 25.5% 25.0% ISRG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 2.45% — 1.15% ABT
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -18.9% -18.6% -7.4% LMAT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.4%/yr +4.2%/yr +9.8%/yr LMAT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.4% 34.6% 46.1% ABT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 80/100 82/100 LMAT

Percentile Scorecard

ABTISRGLMAT

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

AxisABTISRGLMAT
Valuation 73 #62 of 227 53 #107 of 227 75 #58 of 227
Growth 17 #181 of 219 80 #44 of 219 89 #26 of 219
Profitability – 98 #6 of 205 95 #11 of 205
Financial Health – 78 #54 of 237 89 #26 of 237
Shareholder Returns 90 #15 of 135 91 #13 of 135 63 #50 of 135
Overall 60 80 82
  • ABT ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • ISRG 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

PeriodABTISRGLMATSPY
1 month +1.7%+7.1%+0.6% +0.9%
3 months -5.0%+25.8%-20.0% +5.9%
6 months +12.4%-2.1%-22.7% +8.5%
Year to date -18.1%-21.6%+2.2% +13.3%
1 year -18.9%-18.6%-7.4% +12.4%
3 years +10.6%+71.5%+74.8% +88.1%
3 years, per year +3.4%+19.7%+20.5% +23.5%
5 years -20.3%+23.0%+59.3% +68.2%
5 years, per year -4.4%+4.2%+9.8% +11.0%
10 years +159.7%+499.8%+284.0% +263.4%
10 years, per year +10.0%+19.6%+14.4% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureABTISRGLMATSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.4%34.6%46.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.5%37.4%53.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.010.890.43 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.69-0.54-0.16 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -41.6%-49.9%-33.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -21.4%-25.1%-29.4% -0.9%
52-week high $130.59$592.85$117.39 $779.14
52-week low $82.56$332.02$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.

MultipleABTISRGLMAT
P/E now vs peer median 38.0xmedian 28.8x 52.4xmedian 28.8x 28.8xmedian 28.8x
P/S now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 3.0x 13.3xmedian 3.0x 7.2xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.4x 36.6xmedian 17.4x 17.1xmedian 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 22.3xmedian 25.7x 42.8xmedian 25.7x 25.7xmedian 25.7x
P/B now vs peer median —median 2.4x 9.6xmedian 2.4x 4.5xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median -12.79median 1.03 2.04median 1.03 0.86median 1.03

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 monthsABTISRGLMAT
Revenue $48.23B $11.58B $262.43M
Gross profit – $7.78B $191.31M
Operating income $6.65B $3.28B $77.32M
Net income – $2.97B $65.67M
Free cash flow – $3.60B $73.83M
R&D $3.31B $1.49B $15.41M
EPS (diluted) $2.70 $8.41 $2.68
Cash & equivalents – $2.98B $26.63M
Shares (diluted) 1.74B 351.60M 24.53M
Enterprise value $177.66B $134.37B $449.17M

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
MetricABTISRGLMAT
P/E 38.0x 52.4x 28.8x
P/FCF 22.3x 42.8x 25.7x
P/Operating cash flow – 37.6x 22.8x
P/S 3.7x 13.3x 7.2x
P/B – 9.6x 4.5x
P/Tangible book – 10.3x 4.9x
EV/EBITDA – 36.6x 17.1x
EV/EBIT – 45.6x 19.6x
EV/Revenue 3.7x 12.9x 5.8x
EV/FCF – 41.7x 20.6x
EV/Operating cash flow – 36.7x 18.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -12.79 2.04 0.86

Growth

14 metrics
MetricABTISRGLMAT
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.0% 20.5% 11.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.5% 19.1% 14.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 21.9% 18.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 19.5% 18.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) -13.8% 16.6% 41.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 3.5% 24.8% 36.4%
Net income growth (1Y) – 7.5% 39.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 24.4% 37.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -66.2% 10.8% 30.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -3.0% 25.7% 33.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 38.1% 41.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 26.4% 48.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 58.4% 41.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 42.0% 57.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricABTISRGLMAT
Gross margin – 67.2% 72.9%
EBITDA margin – 35.3% 33.8%
Operating margin – 28.4% 29.5%
Pretax margin – 31.3% 32.3%
Net margin – 25.5% 25.0%
FCF margin – 31.1% 28.1%
Operating cash flow margin – 35.3% 31.6%
Return on equity – 17.3% 15.9%
Return on assets – 14.8% 10.3%
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed – 18.7% 12.8%
Asset turnover – 0.6x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.4x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 7.2% 3.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricABTISRGLMAT
Debt / assets – – –
Debt / equity – – –
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF – – –
Liabilities / assets – 16.7% 34.4%
Equity / assets – 83.3% 65.6%
Interest coverage – – 14.9x
Current ratio – 3.3x 16.3x
Quick ratio – 2.3x 13.8x
Cash ratio – 1.6x 12.6x
Altman Z-score – 30.44 7.28

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricABTISRGLMAT
Dividend yield 2.5% – 1.1%
Net buyback yield – 2.8% -0.3%
Shareholder yield 2.5% 2.8% 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.

ConsensusABTISRGLMAT
Forward P/E 18.0xFY2026 38.7xFY2026 28.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.69FY2026 $11.47FY2026 $2.95FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +10.5%FY2026 +28.4%FY2026 +17.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +10.4% +4.5% +12.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $53.00BFY2026 $11.60BFY2026 $266.90MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +19.5%FY2026 +15.3%FY2026 +6.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.2% +11.3% +19.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersABTISRGLMAT
Held by institutions 79.2% 86.2% 99.3%
Institutions holding 2,980 2,236 327
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.3% +4.6% +2.8%
Institutions buying 1,260 1,071 172
Institutions selling 1,377 877 98
Buyers to sellers 0.92 1.22 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.

ABTISRGLMAT
ABT 1.00 0.32 0.26
ISRG 0.32 1.00 0.23
LMAT 0.26 0.23 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ABT, ISRG and LMAT?

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) $177.66B, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) $153.95B, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) $1.89B.

Which stock is cheaper, ABT, ISRG and LMAT?

Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 38.0x, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 52.4x, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 28.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is cheapest (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 18.0x, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 38.7x, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 28.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) +10.0%, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) +20.5%, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) +11.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) has the highest net margin (Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 25.5%, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 25.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) returned the most: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) -18.9%, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) -18.6%, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) -7.4%. Over five years, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) compounded fastest (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) -4.4%/yr, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) +4.2%/yr, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) +9.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) has the highest dividend yield: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 2.45%, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 1.15%. Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) has been the steadiest (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 27.4%, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 34.6%, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 46.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ABT, ISRG 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, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 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.