ABT vs MDLZ vs ALC Stock Comparison

Abbott Laboratories, Mondelez International and Alcon Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ABT Abbott Laboratories
$103.13 +1.8% 1M -18.9% 1Y
Market cap
$179.35B
P/E
38.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$48.23B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
3 wins
ALC Alcon Inc
$69.42 +7.7% 1M -8.8% 1Y
Market cap
$34.41B
P/E
53.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.80B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
1 win

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Mondelez International leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Mondelez International 6, Abbott Laboratories 3, Alcon 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionABTMDLZALCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $179.35B $79.31B $34.41B ABT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 38.2x 22.6x 53.5x MDLZ
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.1x 21.4x 21.6x ABT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.0% +6.9% +8.5% ABT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 8.9% 6.0% MDLZ
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 7.2% 3.6% MDLZ
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.4x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -18.9% +1.1% -8.8% MDLZ
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.2%/yr +0.5%/yr -3.5%/yr MDLZ
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.4% 24.1% 28.6% MDLZ
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 46/100 68/100 ALC

Percentile Scorecard

ABTMDLZALC

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

AxisABTMDLZALC
Valuation 74 #60 of 227 35 #29 of 44 79 #48 of 227
Growth 17 #181 of 219 51 #20 of 40 48 #114 of 219
Profitability – 81 #8 of 38 76 #50 of 206
Financial Health – 44 #26 of 46 60 #96 of 238
Shareholder Returns 90 #15 of 134 21 #24 of 30 74 #35 of 134
Overall 60 46 68
  • ABT ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • MDLZ ranked among 47 companies in Branded Foods
  • ALC 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

PeriodABTMDLZALCSPY
1 month +1.8%+3.5%+7.7% -0.2%
3 months -3.9%-0.2%+0.4% +3.9%
6 months +9.9%+6.5%-7.9% +8.2%
Year to date -17.7%+15.8%-11.9% +12.9%
1 year -18.9%+1.1%-8.8% +12.3%
3 years +11.1%-4.1%-0.9% +87.4%
3 years, per year +3.6%-1.4%-0.3% +23.3%
5 years -19.2%+2.3%-16.1% +67.9%
5 years, per year -4.2%+0.5%-3.5% +10.9%
10 years +156.0%+42.0%— +261.1%
10 years, per year +9.9%+3.6%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureABTMDLZALCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.4%24.1%28.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.5%22.8%28.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.01-0.290.38 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.690.05-0.31 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -41.6%-34.3%-38.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -21.0%-4.4%-20.4% -1.2%
52-week high $130.59$65.19$87.18 $779.14
52-week low $82.56$51.51$62.02 $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.

MultipleABTMDLZALC
P/E now vs peer median 38.2xmedian 29.6x 22.8xmedian 22.3x 53.2xmedian 29.6x
P/S now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 2.9x 2.0xmedian 0.7x 3.1xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.4x 17.0xmedian 12.3x —median 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 22.3xmedian 22.3x 26.0xmedian 13.8x 19.4xmedian 22.3x
P/B now vs peer median —median 2.3x 3.0xmedian 1.5x 1.6xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median -12.85median 1.04 -6.94median 0.57 2.54median 1.04

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 monthsABTMDLZALC
Revenue $48.23B $39.68B $10.80B
Gross profit – $12.36B $6.17B
Operating income $6.65B $4.45B $948.00M
Net income – $3.53B $643.00M
Free cash flow – $3.06B $1.74B
R&D $3.31B – $1.43B
EPS (diluted) $2.70 $2.73 $1.30
Cash & equivalents – $1.72B $1.36B
Total debt – $21.45B $4.72B
Shares (diluted) 1.74B 1.29B 496.20M
Enterprise value $179.35B $72.58B $25.37B

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
MetricABTMDLZALC
P/E 38.2x 22.8x 53.2x
P/FCF 22.3x 26.0x 19.4x
P/Operating cash flow – 17.9x 14.6x
P/S 3.7x 2.0x 3.1x
P/B – 3.0x 1.6x
P/Tangible book – 11.1x 2.5x
EV/EBITDA – 17.0x –
EV/EBIT – 22.3x 38.4x
EV/Revenue 3.7x 2.5x 3.4x
EV/FCF – 32.4x 20.9x
EV/Operating cash flow – 22.4x 15.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -12.85 -6.94 2.54

Growth

14 metrics
MetricABTMDLZALC
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.0% 6.9% 8.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.5% 5.1% 5.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 2.3% 11.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -0.4% 7.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) -13.8% -3.6% -34.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 3.5% 0.1% 7.5%
Net income growth (1Y) – -3.4% -40.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -5.2% 21.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -66.2% -2.5% -40.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -3.0% -3.3% 21.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 6.5% 10.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 4.3% 25.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 7.6% 7.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 1.9% 48.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricABTMDLZALC
Gross margin – 31.1% 57.2%
EBITDA margin – 14.7% –
Operating margin – 11.2% 8.8%
Pretax margin – 10.8% 6.9%
Net margin – 8.9% 6.0%
FCF margin – 7.7% 16.1%
Operating cash flow margin – 11.2% 21.4%
Return on equity – 13.5% 2.9%
Return on assets – 5.0% 2.1%
Return on invested capital – 7.2% 3.6%
Return on capital employed – 9.0% 3.4%
Asset turnover – 0.6x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.3x 3.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.3% 1.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricABTMDLZALC
Debt / assets – 30.1% 15.2%
Debt / equity – 0.8x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.4x –
Debt / FCF – 7.0x 2.7x
Liabilities / assets – 62.5% 30.6%
Equity / assets – 37.5% 69.4%
Interest coverage – – 9.2x
Current ratio – 0.6x 2.1x
Quick ratio – 0.3x 1.3x
Cash ratio – 0.1x 0.7x
Altman Z-score – 2.42 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricABTMDLZALC
Dividend yield 2.4% 3.2% 0.4%
Net buyback yield – 1.2% 2.7%
Shareholder yield 2.4% 4.4% 3.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusABTMDLZALC
Forward P/E 18.1xFY2026 21.4xFY2026 21.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.69FY2026 $2.91FY2026 $3.22FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +10.5%FY2026 -0.3%FY2026 +7.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +10.4% +20.6% +15.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $53.00BFY2026 $42.89BFY2026 $10.50BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +19.5%FY2026 +11.4%FY2026 +4.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.2% -9.9% +8.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersABTMDLZALC
Held by institutions 79.2% 86.4% 48.8%
Institutions holding 2,979 1,901 629
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.3% +3.3% +5.3%
Institutions buying 1,259 850 225
Institutions selling 1,377 756 274
Buyers to sellers 0.91 1.12 0.82

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.

ABTMDLZALC
ABT 1.00 0.31 0.43
MDLZ 0.31 1.00 0.15
ALC 0.43 0.15 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ABT, MDLZ and ALC?

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) $179.35B, Mondelez International (MDLZ) $79.31B, Alcon (ALC) $34.41B.

Which stock is cheaper, ABT, MDLZ and ALC?

Mondelez International (MDLZ) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 38.2x, Mondelez International (MDLZ) 22.6x, Alcon (ALC) 53.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is cheapest (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 18.1x, Mondelez International (MDLZ) 21.4x, Alcon (ALC) 21.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) +10.0%, Mondelez International (MDLZ) +6.9%, Alcon (ALC) +8.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Mondelez International (MDLZ) has the highest net margin (Mondelez International (MDLZ) 8.9%, Alcon (ALC) 6.0%). On return on invested capital, Mondelez International (MDLZ) leads (Mondelez International (MDLZ) 7.2%, Alcon (ALC) 3.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Mondelez International (MDLZ) returned the most: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) -18.9%, Mondelez International (MDLZ) +1.1%, Alcon (ALC) -8.8%. Over five years, Mondelez International (MDLZ) compounded fastest (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) -4.2%/yr, Mondelez International (MDLZ) +0.5%/yr, Alcon (ALC) -3.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Mondelez International (MDLZ) has been the steadiest (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 27.4%, Mondelez International (MDLZ) 24.1%, Alcon (ALC) 28.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ABT, MDLZ and ALC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Mondelez International (MDLZ) leads on 6. 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.