Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)
Abbott Laboratories' Debt Ratio came in at 0.30 for Q2 2026, up 86.6% from 0.16 a year earlier but down 3.2% from the prior quarter.
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Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Abbott Laboratories' Debt Ratio was 0.15, down 14.1% from FY2024.
- Debt Ratio has declined in each of the last nine years.
- Going back by year, Debt Ratio was 0.17 in FY2024 (-13.5%), 0.20 in FY2023 (-11.0%), 0.23 in FY2022 (-6.1%) and 0.24 in FY2021 (-7.1%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Debt Ratio is 0.15 (Q4 2025) to 0.31 (Q1 2026).
- Year-over-year, Debt Ratio increased in two of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 9.8%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Debt Ratio over five years came in Q1 2026 (growth of 89.6%), and the weakest in Q3 2025 (a decline of 23.7%).
- Business Quant data shows ABT's Debt Ratio at 0.31 (Q1 2026), 0.15 (Q4 2025) and 0.15 (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Debt Ratio (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 250.84 Bn | 229.99 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 0.38 |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 174.73 Bn | 145.82 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 0.30 |
| 3 | Danaher | 159.85 Bn | 143.67 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 0.29 |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 146.79 Bn | 126.35 Bn | 1.96 Bn | - |
| 5 | Medtronic | 114.54 Bn | 80.41 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 0.30 |
| 6 | Stryker | 105.67 Bn | 91.79 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 0.31 |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 63.93 Bn | 58.94 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 0.28 |
| 8 | Becton Dickinson | 50.12 Bn | 47.27 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 0.33 |
| 9 | Edwards Lifesciences | 50.06 Bn | 34.17 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 0.04 |
| 10 | Agilent Technologies | 49.40 Bn | 42.29 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 0.02 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.30 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.31 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.15 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.15 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.16 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.16 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.17 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.20 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.20 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.20 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.20 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.22 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.23 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.23 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.23 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.23 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.23 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.23 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.24 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.25 |
API Access
Abbott Laboratories Debt Ratio API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
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=debt-ratio&ticker=ABT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "debt-ratio", "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=debt-ratio&ticker=ABT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();