Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Dividends Paid - Common (2016 - 2026)
Abbott Laboratories' Dividends Paid - Common was $1.1 billion in Q2 2026, up 7.1% from $1.03 billion a year earlier and up 0.4% from the prior quarter.
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Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Dividends Paid - Common (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Abbott Laboratories' Dividends Paid - Common was $4.26 billion through Jun 30, 2026, up 7.2% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $4.12 billion, up 7.3% from FY2024.
- Dividends Paid - Common has now increased for 11 consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 10.0% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Dividends Paid - Common was $3.84 billion in FY2024 (+7.9%), $3.56 billion in FY2023 (+7.5%), $3.31 billion in FY2022 (+3.3%) and $3.2 billion in FY2021 (+25.1%).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Dividends Paid - Common in data going back to Q1 2016.
- Compared with a year earlier, Dividends Paid - Common has increased for 38 straight quarters, with growth averaging 7.4% over the last eight quarters.
- Across the past five years, year-over-year growth in Dividends Paid - Common ran from 3.1% in Q2 2022 to 25.4% in Q3 2021.
- Per Business Quant data, ABT's Dividends Paid - Common in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was $1.1 billion (Q1 2026), $1.03 billion (Q4 2025) and $1.03 billion (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Div. Paid (Common) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 249.71 Bn | 228.86 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 175.00 Mn |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 171.00 Bn | 142.08 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 1.10 Bn |
| 3 | Danaher | 155.79 Bn | 139.61 Bn | 3.61 Bn | - |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 143.91 Bn | 123.46 Bn | 1.96 Bn | - |
| 5 | Medtronic | 110.42 Bn | 76.29 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 921.00 Mn |
| 6 | Stryker | 105.71 Bn | 91.82 Bn | 4.50 Bn | - |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 63.26 Bn | 58.27 Bn | 3.85 Bn | - |
| 8 | Edwards Lifesciences | 49.80 Bn | 33.91 Bn | 1.35 Bn | - |
| 9 | Becton Dickinson | 48.78 Bn | 45.93 Bn | 2.32 Bn | - |
| 10 | Agilent Technologies | 48.58 Bn | 41.47 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 72.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.10 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.10 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.03 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.03 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.03 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.03 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 958.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 960.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 961.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 957.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 888.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 888.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 890.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 890.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 823.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 826.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 828.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 832.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 798.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 801.00 Mn |
API Access
Abbott Laboratories Dividends Paid - Common 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=dividends-paid-common&ticker=ABT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividends-paid-common", "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=dividends-paid-common&ticker=ABT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();