Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) posted Free Cash Flow of $1.99 billion for Q2 2026, up 28.9% from $1.55 billion a year earlier and up 117.4% from the prior quarter.
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Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Free Cash Flow at Abbott Laboratories was $7.82 billion, up 15.5% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $7.4 billion, up 16.4% from FY2024.
- Annual Free Cash Flow shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 5.3% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Abbott Laboratories' Free Cash Flow was $6.35 billion in FY2024 (+25.5%), $5.06 billion in FY2023 (-35.2%), $7.8 billion in FY2022 (-9.8%) and $8.65 billion in FY2021 (+51.1%).
- Quarterly Free Cash Flow has run from a low of $627 million in Q1 2024 to a high of $2.63 billion in Q4 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Free Cash Flow increased in six of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 21.3%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Free Cash Flow in the past five years was Q2 2024, with growth of 105.0%; the weakest was Q2 2023, with a decline of 65.7%.
- According to Business Quant data, Free Cash Flow for the three prior quarters was $916 million (Q1 2026), $2.63 billion (Q4 2025) and $2.29 billion (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 250.84 Bn | 229.99 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 1.68 Bn |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 174.73 Bn | 145.82 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 1.99 Bn |
| 3 | Danaher | 159.85 Bn | 143.67 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 1.27 Bn |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 146.79 Bn | 126.35 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 948.40 Mn |
| 5 | Medtronic | 114.54 Bn | 80.41 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 1.29 Bn |
| 6 | Stryker | 105.67 Bn | 91.79 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 1.06 Bn |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 63.93 Bn | 58.94 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 1.28 Bn |
| 8 | Becton Dickinson | 50.12 Bn | 47.27 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 633.00 Mn |
| 9 | Edwards Lifesciences | 50.06 Bn | 34.17 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 585.00 Mn |
| 10 | Agilent Technologies | 49.40 Bn | 42.29 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 439.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.99 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 916.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.63 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.29 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.55 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 933.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.15 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.15 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.43 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 627.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.28 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.32 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 696.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 763.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.72 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.31 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.03 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.74 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.45 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.24 Bn |
API Access
Abbott Laboratories Free Cash Flow 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=free-cash-flow&ticker=ABT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "free-cash-flow", "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=free-cash-flow&ticker=ABT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();