RMD vs ABT vs ALC Stock Comparison

Resmed, Abbott Laboratories and Alcon Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
RMD Resmed Inc
$253.24 +14.1% 1M -2.4% 1Y
Market cap
$36.43B
P/E
23.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.65B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
6 wins
ABT Abbott Laboratories
$104.88 +3.5% 1M -17.3% 1Y
Market cap
$179.72B
P/E
38.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$48.23B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
4 wins
ALC Alcon Inc
$70.00 +8.6% 1M -8.0% 1Y
Market cap
$34.38B
P/E
53.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.80B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Resmed leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Resmed 6, Abbott Laboratories 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionRMDABTALCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $36.43B $179.72B $34.38B ABT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 23.9x 38.2x 53.5x RMD
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.7x 18.4x 21.7x ABT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.9% +10.0% +8.5% ABT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 26.9% — 6.0% RMD
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 20.8% — 3.6% RMD
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.4x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -2.4% -17.3% -8.0% RMD
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -1.1%/yr -3.9%/yr -3.0%/yr RMD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.1% 27.4% 28.7% ABT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 78/100 60/100 68/100 RMD

Percentile Scorecard

RMDABTALC

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

AxisRMDABTALC
Valuation 72 #64 of 228 74 #61 of 228 79 #48 of 228
Growth 63 #82 of 221 17 #183 of 221 47 #118 of 221
Profitability 99 #3 of 208 – 76 #50 of 208
Financial Health 75 #60 of 239 – 61 #95 of 239
Shareholder Returns 78 #31 of 137 90 #15 of 137 75 #35 of 137
Overall 78 60 68
  • RMD ranked among 248 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • ABT ranked among 248 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • ALC ranked among 248 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodRMDABTALCSPY
1 month +14.1%+3.5%+8.6% -0.8%
3 months +24.7%+0.3%+4.1% +3.5%
6 months +14.1%+13.0%-7.9% +7.0%
Year to date +5.1%-16.3%-11.2% +12.2%
1 year -2.4%-17.3%-8.0% +13.0%
3 years +88.1%+13.0%0.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year +23.5%+4.1%0.0% +23.1%
5 years -5.5%-17.9%-14.3% +68.6%
5 years, per year -1.1%-3.9%-3.0% +11.0%
10 years +318.2%+162.5%— +258.0%
10 years, per year +15.4%+10.1%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureRMDABTALCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.1%27.4%28.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.8%27.5%28.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.400.000.38 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.08-0.63-0.28 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -49.9%-41.6%-38.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -8.2%-19.7%-19.7% -1.8%
52-week high $275.96$130.59$87.18 $779.14
52-week low $182.82$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.

MultipleRMDABTALC
P/E now vs peer median 24.2xmedian 30.6x 38.8xmedian 30.6x 53.7xmedian 30.6x
P/S now vs peer median 6.5xmedian 3.0x 3.8xmedian 3.0x 3.2xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.1xmedian 17.5x —median 17.5x —median 17.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 22.1xmedian 23.3x 22.3xmedian 23.3x 19.6xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median 5.5xmedian 2.4x —median 2.4x 1.6xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 1.23median 0.87 -13.07median 0.87 2.56median 0.87

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 monthsRMDABTALC
Revenue $5.65B $48.23B $10.80B
Gross profit $3.45B – $6.17B
Operating income $1.89B $6.65B $948.00M
Net income $1.52B – $643.00M
Free cash flow $1.65B – $1.74B
R&D $378.28M $3.31B $1.43B
EPS (diluted) $10.43 $2.70 $1.30
Cash & equivalents $1.47B – $1.36B
Total debt $659.37M – $4.72B
Shares (diluted) 146.05M 1.74B 496.20M
Enterprise value $30.50B $179.72B $25.34B

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
MetricRMDABTALC
P/E 24.2x 38.8x 53.7x
P/FCF 22.1x 22.3x 19.6x
P/Operating cash flow 20.2x – 14.8x
P/S 6.5x 3.8x 3.2x
P/B 5.5x – 1.6x
P/Tangible book 6.0x – 2.6x
EV/EBITDA 17.1x – –
EV/EBIT 18.9x – 38.7x
EV/Revenue 6.3x 3.8x 3.4x
EV/FCF 21.7x – 21.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 19.8x – 15.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.23 -13.07 2.56

Growth

14 metrics
MetricRMDABTALC
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.9% 10.0% 8.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 10.2% 6.5% 5.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.0% – 11.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 13.6% – 7.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 11.9% -13.8% -34.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 18.6% 3.5% 7.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 8.8% – -40.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 19.3% – 21.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 9.7% -66.2% -40.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 19.7% -3.0% 21.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 3.1% – 10.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 37.6% – 25.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -0.7% – 7.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 42.2% – 48.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricRMDABTALC
Gross margin 61.1% – 57.2%
EBITDA margin 36.9% – –
Operating margin 33.4% – 8.8%
Pretax margin 34.0% – 6.9%
Net margin 26.9% – 6.0%
FCF margin 29.2% – 16.1%
Operating cash flow margin 31.9% – 21.4%
Return on equity 23.3% – 2.9%
Return on assets 17.2% – 2.1%
Return on invested capital 20.8% – 3.6%
Return on capital employed 25.2% – 3.4%
Asset turnover 0.6x – 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x – 3.6x
Stock comp / revenue 1.8% – 1.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricRMDABTALC
Debt / assets 7.4% – 15.2%
Debt / equity 0.1x – 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.4x – –
Debt / FCF 0.4x – 2.7x
Liabilities / assets 26.6% – 30.6%
Equity / assets 73.4% – 69.4%
Interest coverage – – 9.2x
Current ratio 3.1x – 2.1x
Quick ratio 1.8x – 1.3x
Cash ratio 1.1x – 0.7x
Altman Z-score 12.06 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricRMDABTALC
Dividend yield 1.0% 2.4% 0.4%
Net buyback yield 1.7% – 2.7%
Shareholder yield 2.7% 2.4% 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.

ConsensusRMDABTALC
Forward P/E 19.7xFY2027 18.4xFY2026 21.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $12.87FY2027 $5.69FY2026 $3.23FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +15.2%FY2027 +10.5%FY2026 +8.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +9.8% +12.7% +15.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.97BFY2027 $53.32BFY2026 $10.54BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.6%FY2027 +20.3%FY2026 +4.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -3.4% -1.0% +8.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersRMDABTALC
Held by institutions 68.7% 79.2% 48.8%
Institutions holding 887 2,977 629
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.2% +0.3% +5.3%
Institutions buying 404 1,258 225
Institutions selling 358 1,376 274
Buyers to sellers 1.13 0.91 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.

RMDABTALC
RMD 1.00 0.41 0.38
ABT 0.41 1.00 0.43
ALC 0.38 0.43 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, RMD, ABT and ALC?

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Resmed (RMD) $36.43B, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) $179.72B, Alcon (ALC) $34.38B.

Which stock is cheaper, RMD, ABT and ALC?

Resmed (RMD) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Resmed (RMD) 23.9x, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 38.2x, Alcon (ALC) 53.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is cheapest (Resmed (RMD) 19.7x, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 18.4x, Alcon (ALC) 21.7x). 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: Resmed (RMD) +9.9%, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) +10.0%, Alcon (ALC) +8.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Resmed (RMD) has the highest net margin (Resmed (RMD) 26.9%, Alcon (ALC) 6.0%). On return on invested capital, Resmed (RMD) leads (Resmed (RMD) 20.8%, Alcon (ALC) 3.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Resmed (RMD) returned the most: Resmed (RMD) -2.4%, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) -17.3%, Alcon (ALC) -8.0%. Over five years, Resmed (RMD) compounded fastest (Resmed (RMD) -1.1%/yr, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) -3.9%/yr, Alcon (ALC) -3.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) has been the steadiest (Resmed (RMD) 29.1%, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 27.4%, Alcon (ALC) 28.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, RMD, 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, Resmed (RMD) 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.