Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Cash from Operations (2009 - 2026)
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) posted Cash from Operations of $2.49 billion for Q2 2026, up 21.5% from $2.05 billion a year earlier and up 89.2% from the prior quarter.
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Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Cash from Operations (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Cash from Operations at Abbott Laboratories was $9.91 billion, up 9.6% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $9.57 billion, up 11.8% from FY2024.
- Annual Cash from Operations shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 3.9% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Abbott Laboratories' Cash from Operations was $8.56 billion in FY2024 (+17.9%), $7.26 billion in FY2023 (-24.2%), $9.58 billion in FY2022 (-9.0%) and $10.53 billion in FY2021 (+33.3%).
- Quarterly Cash from Operations has run from a low of $1.03 billion in Q1 2024 to a high of $3.32 billion in Q4 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Cash from Operations increased in six of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 14.3%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Cash from Operations in the past five years was Q2 2024, with growth of 62.9%; the weakest was Q2 2023, with a decline of 50.1%.
- According to Business Quant data, Cash from Operations for the three prior quarters was $1.32 billion (Q1 2026), $3.32 billion (Q4 2025) and $2.79 billion (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cash from Ops. (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 249.71 Bn | 228.86 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 2.13 Bn |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 171.00 Bn | 142.08 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 2.49 Bn |
| 3 | Danaher | 155.79 Bn | 139.61 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 1.53 Bn |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 143.91 Bn | 123.46 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 1.06 Bn |
| 5 | Medtronic | 110.42 Bn | 76.29 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 1.79 Bn |
| 6 | Stryker | 105.71 Bn | 91.82 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 1.26 Bn |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 63.26 Bn | 58.27 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 1.47 Bn |
| 8 | Edwards Lifesciences | 49.80 Bn | 33.91 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 651.90 Mn |
| 9 | Becton Dickinson | 48.78 Bn | 45.93 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 776.00 Mn |
| 10 | Agilent Technologies | 48.58 Bn | 41.47 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 519.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.49 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.32 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.32 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.79 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.05 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.42 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.87 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.71 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.96 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.03 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.04 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.88 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.20 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.14 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.33 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.78 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.41 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.07 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.07 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.70 Bn |
API Access
Abbott Laboratories Cash from Operations API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cash-from-operations&ticker=ABT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cash-from-operations", "ticker": "ABT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cash-from-operations&ticker=ABT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();