Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Abbott Laboratories' (ABT) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.31 in Q1 2026, up 89.64% year-on-year from 0.16 in Q1 2025, and up 106.78% quarter-over-quarter from 0.15 in Q4 2025.

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Abbott Laboratories has disclosed Debt Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.31 for Q1 2026.

  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.31, up 89.64% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.31 (up 89.64% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.15, down 14.06% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio came in at 0.31 for Q1 2026 at Abbott Laboratories, up from 0.15 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 5.82 in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.15 in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.2 (2024), against an average of 0.53.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio surged 134.04% in 2022 and tumbled 96.55% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Abbott Laboratories' Debt Ratio stood at 5.82 in 2022, then sank by 96.55% to 0.2 in 2023, then decreased by 13.47% to 0.17 in 2024, then dropped by 14.06% to 0.15 in 2025, then surged by 106.78% to 0.31 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.31 (Q1 2026), 0.15 (Q4 2025), and 0.15 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Abbott Laboratories 154.42 Bn 147.76 Bn 6.27 Bn 0.31
2 Stryker 118.12 Bn 115.25 Bn 3.81 Bn 0.32
3 Medtronic 101.72 Bn 93.55 Bn 5.76 Bn 0.31
4 Boston Scientific 67.19 Bn 65.98 Bn 3.61 Bn 0.25
5 Edwards Lifesciences 50.69 Bn 47.02 Bn 1.29 Bn 0.04
6 Koninklijke Philips 29.38 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.07 Bn 0.30
7 Dexcom 28.09 Bn 26.97 Bn 750.30 Mn -
8 GE HealthCare Technologies 28.08 Bn 26.02 Bn 1.98 Bn 0.27
9 Steris 19.80 Bn 19.37 Bn 697.10 Mn 0.18
10 Zimmer Biomet Holdings 17.18 Bn 16.77 Bn 1.51 Bn 0.33

Historic Data

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DateValue
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 5.82
Sep 30, 2022 0.23
Jun 30, 2022 0.23
Mar 31, 2022 0.23
Dec 31, 2021 2.49
Sep 30, 2021 0.25
Jun 30, 2021 0.24