ABT vs TEVA vs ISRG Stock Comparison

Abbott Laboratories, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Intuitive Surgical Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ABT Abbott Laboratories
$103.13 +1.8% 1M -18.9% 1Y
Market cap
$180.22B
P/E
38.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$48.23B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
4 wins
ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc
$445.88 +10.0% 1M -19.1% 1Y
Market cap
$156.29B
P/E
52.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$11.58B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Abbott Laboratories leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Abbott Laboratories 4, Intuitive Surgical 3, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionABTTEVAISRGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $180.22B $47.07B $156.29B ABT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 38.3x 66.7x 52.9x ABT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.1x 21.0x 38.9x ABT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.0% +4.1% +20.5% ISRG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 4.1% 25.5% ISRG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 6.4% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 5.0x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -18.9% +106.1% -19.1% TEVA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.2%/yr +35.9%/yr +4.6%/yr TEVA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.4% 37.9% 34.6% ABT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 66/100 80/100 ISRG

Percentile Scorecard

ABTTEVAISRG

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

AxisABTTEVAISRG
Valuation 74 #60 of 227 85 #98 of 625 54 #106 of 227
Growth 17 #181 of 219 83 #102 of 602 80 #45 of 219
Profitability – 86 #79 of 551 98 #6 of 206
Financial Health – 11 #584 of 656 78 #53 of 238
Shareholder Returns 90 #15 of 134 – 92 #12 of 134
Overall 60 66 80
  • ABT ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • TEVA ranked among 672 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • ISRG 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

PeriodABTTEVAISRGSPY
1 month +1.8%+3.1%+10.0% -0.2%
3 months -3.9%+27.7%+23.2% +3.9%
6 months +9.9%+27.8%-4.4% +8.2%
Year to date -17.7%+29.5%-21.3% +12.9%
1 year -18.9%+106.1%-19.1% +12.3%
3 years +11.1%+397.7%+72.2% +87.4%
3 years, per year +3.6%+70.8%+19.9% +23.3%
5 years -19.2%+362.9%+25.4% +67.9%
5 years, per year -4.2%+35.9%+4.6% +10.9%
10 years +156.0%-6.3%+505.1% +261.1%
10 years, per year +9.9%-0.7%+19.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureABTTEVAISRGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.4%37.9%34.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.5%27.3%37.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.010.750.89 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.692.80-0.55 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -41.6%-43.7%-49.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -21.0%-2.6%-24.8% -1.2%
52-week high $130.59$41.49$592.85 $779.14
52-week low $82.56$19.61$332.02 $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.

MultipleABTTEVAISRG
P/E now vs peer median 38.2xmedian 29.6x 66.7xmedian 17.2x 52.6xmedian 29.6x
P/S now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 2.9x 2.7xmedian 9.0x 13.3xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.4x 23.2xmedian 16.3x 36.8xmedian 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 22.3xmedian 22.3x 34.9xmedian 18.7x 43.0xmedian 22.3x
P/B now vs peer median —median 2.3x 6.1xmedian 2.2x 9.6xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median -12.85median 1.04 2.10median 0.33 2.05median 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 monthsABTTEVAISRG
Revenue $48.23B $17.32B $11.58B
Gross profit – $9.09B $7.78B
Operating income $6.65B $1.60B $3.28B
Net income – $708.00M $2.97B
Free cash flow – $1.35B $3.60B
R&D $3.31B $1.72B $1.49B
EPS (diluted) $2.70 $0.61 $8.41
Cash & equivalents – $3.66B $2.98B
Total debt – $16.59B –
Shares (diluted) 1.74B 1.17B 351.60M
Enterprise value $180.22B $33.91B $136.58B

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
MetricABTTEVAISRG
P/E 38.2x 66.7x 52.6x
P/FCF 22.3x 34.9x 43.0x
P/Operating cash flow – 24.8x 37.8x
P/S 3.7x 2.7x 13.3x
P/B – 6.1x 9.6x
P/Tangible book – 10.9x 10.4x
EV/EBITDA – 23.2x 36.8x
EV/EBIT – 37.4x 45.8x
EV/Revenue 3.7x 3.5x 13.0x
EV/FCF – 44.5x 41.8x
EV/Operating cash flow – 31.6x 36.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -12.85 2.10 2.05

Growth

14 metrics
MetricABTTEVAISRG
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.0% 4.1% 20.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.5% 4.9% 19.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 10.1% 21.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 10.0% 19.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -13.8% 79.3% 16.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 3.5% 49.7% 24.8%
Net income growth (1Y) – 438.8% 7.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 31.8% 24.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -66.2% 545.3% 10.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -3.0% 31.8% 25.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 36.5% 38.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 3.8% 26.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 51.5% 58.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 4.7% 42.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricABTTEVAISRG
Gross margin – 52.5% 67.2%
EBITDA margin – 15.0% 35.3%
Operating margin – 9.3% 28.4%
Pretax margin – 4.1% 31.3%
Net margin – 4.1% 25.5%
FCF margin – 7.8% 31.1%
Operating cash flow margin – 11.0% 35.3%
Return on equity – 8.9% 17.3%
Return on assets – 1.8% 14.8%
Return on invested capital – 6.4% –
Return on capital employed – 6.6% 18.7%
Asset turnover – 0.4x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 2.7x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.0% 7.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricABTTEVAISRG
Debt / assets – 41.6% –
Debt / equity – 2.1x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 5.0x –
Debt / FCF – 12.3x –
Liabilities / assets – 80.5% 16.7%
Equity / assets – 19.5% 83.3%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio – 0.9x 3.3x
Quick ratio – 0.5x 2.3x
Cash ratio – 0.2x 1.6x
Altman Z-score – 0.90 30.55

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricABTTEVAISRG
Dividend yield 2.4% – –
Net buyback yield – – 2.8%
Shareholder yield 2.4% 0.0% 2.8%
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.

ConsensusABTTEVAISRG
Forward P/E 18.1xFY2026 21.0xFY2026 38.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.69FY2026 $1.92FY2026 $11.47FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +10.5%FY2026 -32.6%FY2026 +28.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +10.4% +66.1% +4.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $53.00BFY2026 $15.65BFY2026 $11.60BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +19.5%FY2026 -6.7%FY2026 +15.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.2% +17.0% +11.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersABTTEVAISRG
Held by institutions 79.2% 62.7% 86.2%
Institutions holding 2,979 670 2,235
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.3% +8.6% +4.6%
Institutions buying 1,259 359 1,070
Institutions selling 1,377 190 877
Buyers to sellers 0.91 1.89 1.22

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.

ABTTEVAISRG
ABT 1.00 0.12 0.32
TEVA 0.12 1.00 0.15
ISRG 0.32 0.15 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ABT, TEVA and ISRG?

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) $180.22B, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) $47.07B, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) $156.29B.

Which stock is cheaper, ABT, TEVA and ISRG?

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 38.3x, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) 66.7x, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 52.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is cheapest (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 18.1x, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) 21.0x, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 38.9x). 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%, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) +4.1%, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) +20.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) has the highest net margin (Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) 4.1%, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 25.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) returned the most: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) -18.9%, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) +106.1%, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) -19.1%. Over five years, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) compounded fastest (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) -4.2%/yr, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) +35.9%/yr, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) +4.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) has been the steadiest (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 27.4%, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) 37.9%, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) 34.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.