ABT vs ISRG vs PEP Stock Comparison

Abbott Laboratories, Intuitive Surgical and Pepsico Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ABT Abbott Laboratories
$113.58 +15.7% 1M -8.8% 1Y
Market cap
$196.71B
P/E
41.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$48.23B
Div. yield
2.22%
Medical Devices Healthcare
1 win
ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc
$468.52 +15.8% 1M -14.6% 1Y
Market cap
$162.39B
P/E
55.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$11.58B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
4 wins
PEP Pepsico Inc
$142.71 +13.5% 1M -0.1% 1Y
Market cap
$194.48B
P/E
17.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$98.24B
Div. yield
4.07%
Non-Alcoholic Beverages Consumer Staples
7 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Pepsico leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Pepsico 7, Intuitive Surgical 4, Abbott Laboratories 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionABTISRGPEPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $196.71B $162.39B $194.48B ABT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 41.9x 55.3x 17.9x PEP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 20.0x 40.7x 16.6x PEP
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.0% +20.5% +6.4% ISRG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.7% 25.5% 11.1% ISRG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 5.7% — 16.1% PEP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.5x — 2.2x PEP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 2.22% — 4.07% PEP
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -8.8% -14.6% -0.1% PEP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -1.8%/yr +5.1%/yr -3.0%/yr ISRG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 28.3% 35.9% 21.8% PEP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 55/100 79/100 64/100 ISRG

Percentile Scorecard

ABTISRGPEP

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

AxisABTISRGPEP
Valuation 72 #66 of 229 47 #123 of 229 64 #14 of 37
Growth 23 #170 of 221 81 #44 of 221 53 #16 of 33
Profitability 82 #38 of 210 97 #7 of 210 88 #5 of 33
Financial Health 36 #154 of 240 81 #47 of 240 35 #25 of 38
Shareholder Returns 62 #57 of 147 93 #12 of 147 83 #5 of 24
Overall 55 79 64
  • ABT ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • ISRG ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • PEP ranked among 41 companies in Beverages

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodABTISRGPEPSPY
1 month +15.7%+15.8%+13.5% -5.9%
3 months +5.2%+25.4%+3.1% -4.6%
6 months +30.5%+3.3%-8.7% +0.2%
Year to date -9.3%-17.3%-0.6% +7.5%
1 year -8.8%-14.6%-0.1% +8.2%
3 years +19.6%+69.0%-14.4% +68.3%
3 years, per year +6.1%+19.1%-5.1% +19.0%
5 years -8.7%+28.4%-14.0% +56.5%
5 years, per year -1.8%+5.1%-3.0% +9.4%
10 years +190.6%+528.0%+34.9% +251.5%
10 years, per year +11.3%+20.2%+3.0% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureABTISRGPEPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 28.3%35.9%21.8% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.6%38.0%20.3% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.070.93-0.17 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.31-0.410.00 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -41.6%-49.9%-36.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -13.0%-21.0%-16.3% -5.9%
52-week high $130.59$592.85$170.49 $779.14
52-week low $82.56$332.02$123.73 $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.

MultipleABTISRGPEP
P/E now vs peer median 41.9xmedian 26.9x 55.3xmedian 26.9x 17.9xmedian 24.4x
P/S now vs peer median 4.1xmedian 2.9x 14.0xmedian 2.9x 2.0xmedian 1.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 21.2xmedian 17.5x 38.7xmedian 17.5x 12.6xmedian 15.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 29.1xmedian 26.4x 45.1xmedian 26.4x 18.6xmedian 21.3x
P/B now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 2.3x 10.1xmedian 2.3x 8.6xmedian 2.6x
PEG now vs peer median -14.56median 0.88 2.15median 0.88 1.79median 1.16

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 monthsABTISRGPEP
Revenue $48.23B $11.58B $98.24B
Gross profit $27.46B $7.78B $53.22B
Operating income $6.65B $3.28B $15.05B
Net income $4.70B $2.97B $10.97B
Free cash flow $6.76B $3.60B $10.47B
R&D $3.31B $1.49B –
EPS (diluted) $2.70 $8.41 $7.97
Cash & equivalents $4.05B $2.98B $10.68B
Total debt $31.16B – $51.88B
Shares (diluted) 1.74B 351.60M 1.37B
Enterprise value $171.17B $142.81B $152.43B

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
MetricABTISRGPEP
P/E 41.9x 55.3x 17.9x
P/FCF 29.1x 45.1x 18.6x
P/Operating cash flow 22.2x 39.7x 13.3x
P/S 4.1x 14.0x 2.0x
P/B 3.8x 10.1x 8.6x
P/Tangible book 6.1x 10.9x 22.9x
EV/EBITDA 21.2x 38.7x 12.6x
EV/EBIT 33.6x 48.2x 15.6x
EV/Revenue 4.6x 13.7x 2.4x
EV/FCF 33.1x 44.0x 22.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 25.2x 38.7x 16.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -14.56 2.15 1.79

Growth

14 metrics
MetricABTISRGPEP
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.0% 20.5% 6.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.5% 19.1% 2.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 12.1% 21.9% 6.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 7.8% 19.5% 2.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -13.8% 16.6% 47.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 3.5% 24.8% 10.6%
Net income growth (1Y) -66.4% 7.5% 50.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -3.1% 24.4% 9.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -66.1% 10.8% 51.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -2.9% 25.7% 10.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -2.9% 38.1% 23.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.6% 26.4% 6.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -2.3% 58.4% 54.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.6% 42.0% 14.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricABTISRGPEP
Gross margin 56.9% 67.2% 54.2%
EBITDA margin 21.9% 35.3% 19.1%
Operating margin 13.8% 28.4% 15.3%
Pretax margin 13.6% 31.3% 14.0%
Net margin 9.7% 25.5% 11.1%
FCF margin 14.0% 31.1% 10.7%
Operating cash flow margin 18.4% 35.3% 14.8%
Return on equity 9.1% 17.3% 49.0%
Return on assets 4.3% 14.8% 9.8%
Return on invested capital 5.7% – 16.1%
Return on capital employed 7.2% 18.7% 19.4%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.6x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.9x 1.4x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 1.5% 7.2% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricABTISRGPEP
Debt / assets 28.8% – 46.3%
Debt / equity 0.6x – 2.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.5x – 2.2x
Debt / FCF 4.6x – 5.0x
Liabilities / assets 52.3% 16.7% 79.9%
Equity / assets 47.7% 83.3% 20.1%
Interest coverage 6.7x – 13.6x
Current ratio 1.5x 3.3x 0.9x
Quick ratio 0.8x 2.3x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.3x 1.6x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 3.46 32.00 3.54

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricABTISRGPEP
Dividend yield 2.2% – 4.1%
Net buyback yield 0.7% 2.6% 0.4%
Shareholder yield 2.9% 2.6% 4.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) 92.0% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 64.0% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 6.9% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 7.4% – –

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.

ConsensusABTISRGPEP
Forward P/E 20.0xFY2026 40.7xFY2026 16.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.69FY2026 $11.51FY2026 $8.59FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +10.5%FY2026 +28.9%FY2026 +5.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +10.2% +4.5% +3.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $53.00BFY2026 $11.61BFY2026 $96.43BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +19.5%FY2026 +15.4%FY2026 +2.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.2% +11.2% +11.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersABTISRGPEP
Held by institutions 79.2% 86.2% 79.1%
Institutions holding 2,983 2,240 3,421
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.3% +4.6% +5.7%
Institutions buying 1,261 1,072 1,503
Institutions selling 1,379 879 1,519
Buyers to sellers 0.91 1.22 0.99

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.

ABTISRGPEP
ABT 1.00 0.36 0.36
ISRG 0.36 1.00 0.13
PEP 0.36 0.13 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ABT, ISRG and PEP?

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) $196.71B, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) $162.39B, Pepsico (PEP) $194.48B.

Which stock is cheaper, ABT, ISRG and PEP?

Pepsico (PEP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 41.9x, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 55.3x, Pepsico (PEP) 17.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pepsico (PEP) is cheapest (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 20.0x, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 40.7x, Pepsico (PEP) 16.6x). 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%, Pepsico (PEP) +6.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) has the highest net margin (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 9.7%, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 25.5%, Pepsico (PEP) 11.1%). On return on invested capital, Pepsico (PEP) leads (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 5.7%, Pepsico (PEP) 16.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Pepsico (PEP) returned the most: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) -8.8%, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) -14.6%, Pepsico (PEP) -0.1%. Over five years, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) compounded fastest (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) -1.8%/yr, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) +5.1%/yr, Pepsico (PEP) -3.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Pepsico (PEP) has the highest dividend yield: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 2.22%, Pepsico (PEP) 4.07%. Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Pepsico (PEP) has been the steadiest (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 28.3%, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 35.9%, Pepsico (PEP) 21.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ABT, ISRG and PEP?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Pepsico (PEP) leads on 7. 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.