SOLV vs ABT vs EW Stock Comparison

Solventum, Abbott Laboratories and Edwards Lifesciences Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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SOLV Solventum Corp
$81.83 -8.6% 1M +15.4% 1Y
Market cap
$14.40B
P/E
10.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.31B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
5 wins
ABT Abbott Laboratories
$102.67 +1.7% 1M -18.9% 1Y
Market cap
$180.75B
P/E
38.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$48.23B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
2 wins
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp
$91.80 +5.7% 1M +11.7% 1Y
Market cap
$54.57B
P/E
54.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.51B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Solventum leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Solventum 5, Edwards Lifesciences 4, Abbott Laboratories 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSOLVABTEWLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $14.40B $180.75B $54.57B ABT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 10.0x 38.4x 54.3x SOLV
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 12.0x 18.0x 32.4x SOLV
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -0.9% +10.0% +14.6% EW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 17.3% — 15.4% SOLV
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 17.6% — 9.0% SOLV
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.8x — -2.3x EW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +15.4% -18.9% +11.7% SOLV
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -4.4%/yr -5.2%/yr ABT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 30.0% 27.4% 24.7% EW
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 66/100 60/100 78/100 EW

Percentile Scorecard

SOLVABTEW

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

AxisSOLVABTEW
Valuation 80 #47 of 227 73 #62 of 227 64 #83 of 227
Growth 56 #97 of 219 17 #181 of 219 54 #101 of 219
Profitability 85 #32 of 205 – 95 #12 of 205
Financial Health 20 #190 of 237 – 87 #31 of 237
Shareholder Returns 90 #14 of 135 90 #15 of 135 88 #17 of 135
Overall 66 60 78
  • SOLV ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • ABT ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • EW 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

PeriodSOLVABTEWSPY
1 month -8.6%+1.7%+5.7% +0.9%
3 months -7.6%-5.0%+7.0% +5.9%
6 months +23.1%+12.4%+13.0% +8.5%
Year to date +3.3%-18.1%+7.7% +13.3%
1 year +15.4%-18.9%+11.7% +12.4%
3 years —+10.6%+48.8% +88.1%
3 years, per year —+3.4%+14.2% +23.5%
5 years —-20.3%-23.4% +68.2%
5 years, per year —-4.4%-5.2% +11.0%
10 years —+159.7%+186.4% +263.4%
10 years, per year —+10.0%+11.1% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureSOLVABTEWSPY
Volatility, 1Y 30.0%27.4%24.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 28.8%27.5%24.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.57-0.010.58 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.51-0.690.47 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -40.0%-41.6%-54.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.5%-21.4%-3.5% -0.9%
52-week high $92.45$130.59$95.17 $779.14
52-week low $62.49$82.56$75.87 $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.

MultipleSOLVABTEW
P/E now vs peer median 9.9xmedian 28.8x 38.0xmedian 28.8x 52.7xmedian 28.8x
P/S now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 3.0x 3.7xmedian 3.0x 8.1xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.2xmedian 17.4x —median 17.4x 30.5xmedian 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -118.0xmedian 25.7x 22.3xmedian 25.7x 36.9xmedian 25.7x
P/B now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 2.4x —median 2.4x 4.9xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.03 -12.79median 1.03 -6.14median 1.03

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 monthsSOLVABTEW
Revenue $8.31B $48.23B $6.51B
Gross profit $4.55B – $5.07B
Operating income $2.08B $6.65B $1.45B
Net income $1.43B – $1.00B
Free cash flow -$118.00M – $1.43B
R&D $725.00M $3.31B $1.09B
EPS (diluted) $8.27 $2.70 $1.74
Cash & equivalents $403.00M – $2.91B
Total debt $5.08B – $598.70M
Shares (diluted) 173.30M 1.74B 577.60M
Enterprise value $10.92B $180.75B $38.58B

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
MetricSOLVABTEW
P/E 9.9x 38.0x 52.7x
P/FCF -118.0x 22.3x 36.9x
P/Operating cash flow 66.6x – 30.8x
P/S 1.7x 3.7x 8.1x
P/B 2.9x – 4.9x
P/Tangible book 5.8x – 5.7x
EV/EBITDA 7.2x – 30.5x
EV/EBIT 9.0x – 34.0x
EV/Revenue 2.2x 3.7x 7.6x
EV/FCF -157.6x – 34.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 89.0x – 28.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -12.79 -6.14

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSOLVABTEW
Revenue growth (1Y) -0.9% 10.0% 14.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 6.5% 15.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.6% – 13.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 11.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 167.2% -13.8% -1.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 3.5% 5.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 277.4% – -75.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – – -10.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 281.5% -66.2% -75.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -3.0% -8.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -64.3% – 116.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 22.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -180.3% – 143.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 26.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSOLVABTEW
Gross margin 54.7% – 77.8%
EBITDA margin 31.1% – 24.8%
Operating margin 25.0% – 22.3%
Pretax margin 20.4% – 21.8%
Net margin 17.3% – 15.4%
FCF margin -1.4% – 22.0%
Operating cash flow margin 2.5% – 26.4%
Return on equity 29.4% – 9.5%
Return on assets 10.1% – 7.4%
Return on invested capital 17.6% – 9.0%
Return on capital employed 19.8% – 12.0%
Asset turnover 0.6x – 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.1x – 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 2.0% – 2.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSOLVABTEW
Debt / assets 35.7% – 4.3%
Debt / equity 1.1x – 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.8x – -2.3x
Debt / FCF -43.0x – 0.4x
Liabilities / assets 66.3% – 22.7%
Equity / assets 33.7% – 77.3%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 1.0x – 4.5x
Quick ratio 0.5x – 3.5x
Cash ratio 0.1x – 2.8x
Altman Z-score 2.14 – 12.88

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSOLVABTEW
Dividend yield – 2.5% –
Net buyback yield 2.6% – 1.9%
Shareholder yield 2.6% 2.5% 1.9%
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.

ConsensusSOLVABTEW
Forward P/E 12.0xFY2026 18.0xFY2026 32.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $6.83FY2026 $5.69FY2026 $2.83FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +11.8%FY2026 +10.5%FY2026 +10.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.7% +10.4% +12.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.70BFY2026 $53.00BFY2026 $7.24BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -7.4%FY2026 +19.5%FY2026 +19.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.4% -2.2% -2.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSOLVABTEW
Held by institutions 73.9% 79.2% 90.6%
Institutions holding 878 2,980 1,323
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.8% +0.3% +20.4%
Institutions buying 369 1,260 641
Institutions selling 284 1,377 453
Buyers to sellers 1.30 0.92 1.42

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.

SOLVABTEW
SOLV 1.00 0.35 0.24
ABT 0.35 1.00 0.32
EW 0.24 0.32 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SOLV, ABT and EW?

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Solventum (SOLV) $14.40B, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) $180.75B, Edwards Lifesciences (EW) $54.57B.

Which stock is cheaper, SOLV, ABT and EW?

Solventum (SOLV) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Solventum (SOLV) 10.0x, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 38.4x, Edwards Lifesciences (EW) 54.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Solventum (SOLV) is cheapest (Solventum (SOLV) 12.0x, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 18.0x, Edwards Lifesciences (EW) 32.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Edwards Lifesciences (EW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Solventum (SOLV) -0.9%, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) +10.0%, Edwards Lifesciences (EW) +14.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Solventum (SOLV) has the highest net margin (Solventum (SOLV) 17.3%, Edwards Lifesciences (EW) 15.4%). On return on invested capital, Solventum (SOLV) leads (Solventum (SOLV) 17.6%, Edwards Lifesciences (EW) 9.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Solventum (SOLV) returned the most: Solventum (SOLV) +15.4%, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) -18.9%, Edwards Lifesciences (EW) +11.7%. Over five years, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) compounded fastest (Abbott Laboratories (ABT) -4.4%/yr, Edwards Lifesciences (EW) -5.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Edwards Lifesciences (EW) has been the steadiest (Solventum (SOLV) 30.0%, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 27.4%, Edwards Lifesciences (EW) 24.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SOLV, ABT and EW?

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