LMAT vs ABT vs ALC Stock Comparison

Lemaitre Vascular, Abbott Laboratories and Alcon Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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LMAT Lemaitre Vascular Inc
$81.26 +2.9% 1M -6.2% 1Y
Market cap
$1.86B
P/E
28.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$262.43M
Div. yield
1.17%
Medical Devices Healthcare
5 wins
ABT Abbott Laboratories
$110.27 +13.1% 1M -10.8% 1Y
Market cap
$190.81B
P/E
35.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$46.59B
Div. yield
2.29%
Medical Devices Healthcare
5 wins
ALC Alcon Inc
$73.60 +15.5% 1M -0.4% 1Y
Market cap
$35.87B
P/E
56.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.80B
Div. yield
0.38%
Medical Devices Healthcare
1 win

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Abbott Laboratories leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Abbott Laboratories 5, Lemaitre Vascular 5, Alcon 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLMATABTALCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.86B $190.81B $35.87B ABT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 28.3x 35.4x 56.5x LMAT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 27.5x 19.4x 22.9x ABT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.8% +8.1% +8.5% LMAT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 25.0% 11.6% 6.0% LMAT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 6.2% 3.6% ABT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.5x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.17% 2.29% 0.38% ABT
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -6.2% -10.8% -0.4% ALC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.1%/yr -3.0%/yr -3.1%/yr LMAT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 46.5% 27.8% 28.8% ABT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 83/100 57/100 68/100 LMAT

Percentile Scorecard

LMATABTALC

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

AxisLMATABTALC
Valuation 74 #61 of 227 67 #76 of 227 77 #52 of 227
Growth 90 #24 of 220 28 #158 of 220 49 #113 of 220
Profitability 96 #10 of 209 85 #33 of 209 76 #51 of 209
Financial Health 90 #25 of 240 37 #152 of 240 61 #95 of 240
Shareholder Returns 69 #44 of 138 66 #47 of 138 76 #34 of 138
Overall 83 57 68
  • LMAT ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • ABT ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • 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

PeriodLMATABTALCSPY
1 month +2.9%+13.1%+15.5% -2.3%
3 months -21.6%+2.9%+4.8% -0.7%
6 months -27.1%+26.0%+0.2% +4.8%
Year to date +0.2%-12.0%-6.6% +10.3%
1 year -6.2%-10.8%-0.4% +10.3%
3 years +67.6%+15.1%-1.0% +73.0%
3 years, per year +18.8%+4.8%-0.3% +20.1%
5 years +54.5%-14.3%-14.7% +61.9%
5 years, per year +9.1%-3.0%-3.1% +10.1%
10 years +296.6%+184.9%— +258.6%
10 years, per year +14.8%+11.0%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureLMATABTALCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 46.5%27.8%28.8% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 53.9%27.6%29.1% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.48-0.040.37 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.13-0.39-0.01 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -33.5%-41.6%-38.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -30.8%-15.6%-15.6% -3.5%
52-week high $117.39$130.59$87.18 $779.14
52-week low $78.80$82.56$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.

MultipleLMATABTALC
P/E now vs peer median 28.3xmedian 28.4x 35.4xmedian 28.4x 56.5xmedian 28.4x
P/S now vs peer median 7.1xmedian 3.0x 4.1xmedian 3.0x 3.3xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 16.7xmedian 18.0x 20.2xmedian 18.0x —median 18.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 25.2xmedian 25.0x 24.4xmedian 25.0x 20.6xmedian 25.0x
P/B now vs peer median 4.4xmedian 2.3x 3.7xmedian 2.3x 1.7xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.84median 0.93 19.46median 0.93 2.69median 0.93

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 monthsLMATABTALC
Revenue $262.43M $46.59B $10.80B
Gross profit $191.31M $26.37B $6.17B
Operating income $77.32M $7.35B $948.00M
Net income $65.67M $5.43B $643.00M
Free cash flow $73.83M $7.82B $1.74B
R&D $15.41M $3.16B $1.43B
EPS (diluted) $2.68 $3.11 $1.30
Cash & equivalents $26.63M $5.10B $1.36B
Total debt – $32.61B $4.72B
Shares (diluted) 24.53M 1.74B 496.20M
Enterprise value $412.36M $161.89B $26.84B

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
MetricLMATABTALC
P/E 28.3x 35.4x 56.5x
P/FCF 25.2x 24.4x 20.6x
P/Operating cash flow 22.4x 19.3x 15.5x
P/S 7.1x 4.1x 3.3x
P/B 4.4x 3.7x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 4.8x 5.5x 2.7x
EV/EBITDA 16.7x 20.2x –
EV/EBIT 19.2x 29.7x 40.6x
EV/Revenue 5.6x 4.7x 3.6x
EV/FCF 20.1x 27.8x 22.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 17.9x 22.0x 16.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.84 19.46 2.69

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLMATABTALC
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.8% 8.1% 8.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.0% 5.0% 5.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 18.0% 9.2% 11.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 18.8% 5.9% 7.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 41.2% -2.2% -34.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 36.4% 6.2% 7.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 39.4% -61.2% -40.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 37.6% 1.7% 21.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 30.1% -61.0% -40.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 33.6% 1.8% 21.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 41.2% 9.6% 10.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 48.0% 9.9% 25.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 41.1% 15.5% 7.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 57.4% 12.5% 48.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLMATABTALC
Gross margin 72.9% 56.6% 57.2%
EBITDA margin 33.8% 23.2% –
Operating margin 29.5% 15.8% 8.8%
Pretax margin 32.3% 16.1% 6.9%
Net margin 25.0% 11.6% 6.0%
FCF margin 28.1% 16.8% 16.1%
Operating cash flow margin 31.6% 21.3% 21.4%
Return on equity 15.9% 10.4% 2.9%
Return on assets 10.3% 4.9% 2.1%
Return on invested capital – 6.2% 3.6%
Return on capital employed 12.8% 8.0% 3.4%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.4x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.8x 3.6x
Stock comp / revenue 3.0% 1.5% 1.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLMATABTALC
Debt / assets – 29.9% 15.2%
Debt / equity – 0.6x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.5x –
Debt / FCF – 4.2x 2.7x
Liabilities / assets 34.4% 52.6% 30.6%
Equity / assets 65.6% 47.4% 69.4%
Interest coverage 14.9x 9.6x 9.2x
Current ratio 16.3x 1.4x 2.1x
Quick ratio 13.8x 0.8x 1.3x
Cash ratio 12.6x 0.3x 0.7x
Altman Z-score 7.18 3.35 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLMATABTALC
Dividend yield 1.2% 2.3% 0.4%
Net buyback yield -0.3% 0.9% 2.5%
Shareholder yield 0.9% 3.1% 2.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) 31.2% 78.5% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 27.8% 54.5% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 26.3% 7.2% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 20.5% 7.5% –

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.

ConsensusLMATABTALC
Forward P/E 27.5xFY2026 19.4xFY2026 22.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.95FY2026 $5.69FY2026 $3.22FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +17.1%FY2026 +10.5%FY2026 +7.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.9% +10.4% +15.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $266.90MFY2026 $53.00BFY2026 $10.50BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.9%FY2026 +19.5%FY2026 +4.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +19.4% -2.2% +8.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLMATABTALC
Held by institutions 99.3% 79.2% 48.8%
Institutions holding 327 2,982 631
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.8% +0.3% +5.3%
Institutions buying 172 1,260 227
Institutions selling 98 1,379 274
Buyers to sellers 1.76 0.91 0.83

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.

LMATABTALC
LMAT 1.00 0.25 0.26
ABT 0.25 1.00 0.44
ALC 0.26 0.44 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LMAT, ABT and ALC?

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) $1.86B, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) $190.81B, Alcon (ALC) $35.87B.

Which stock is cheaper, LMAT, ABT and ALC?

Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 28.3x, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 35.4x, Alcon (ALC) 56.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is cheapest (Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 27.5x, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 19.4x, Alcon (ALC) 22.9x). 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: Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) +11.8%, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) +8.1%, Alcon (ALC) +8.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) has the highest net margin (Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 25.0%, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 11.6%, Alcon (ALC) 6.0%). On return on invested capital, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) leads (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 6.2%, Alcon (ALC) 3.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Alcon (ALC) returned the most: Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) -6.2%, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) -10.8%, Alcon (ALC) -0.4%. Over five years, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) compounded fastest (Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) +9.1%/yr, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) -3.0%/yr, Alcon (ALC) -3.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) has the highest dividend yield: Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 1.17%, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 2.29%, Alcon (ALC) 0.38%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) has been the steadiest (Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 46.5%, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 27.8%, Alcon (ALC) 28.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LMAT, ABT 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, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) leads on 5. 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.