Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Abbott Laboratories' (ABT) quarterly Free Cash Flow came in at $916.0 million in Q1 2026, down 1.82% year-on-year from $933.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 65.12% quarter-over-quarter from $2.6 billion in Q4 2025.

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Abbott Laboratories has disclosed Free Cash Flow across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $916.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at $916.0 million, down 1.82% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $7.4 billion (up 10.83% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $7.4 billion, up 16.44% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow came in at $916.0 million for Q1 2026 at Abbott Laboratories, down from $2.6 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $2.6 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $627.0 million in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $1.7 billion (2022), against an average of $1.6 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow tumbled 65.73% in 2023 and jumped 105.03% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Abbott Laboratories' Free Cash Flow stood at $1.7 billion in 2022, then surged by 33.04% to $2.3 billion in 2023, then dropped by 5.91% to $2.1 billion in 2024, then gained by 22.25% to $2.6 billion in 2025, then slumped by 65.12% to $916.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $916.0 million (Q1 2026), $2.6 billion (Q4 2025), and $2.3 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Abbott Laboratories 152.92 Bn 146.27 Bn 6.27 Bn 916.00 Mn
2 Stryker 119.50 Bn 116.62 Bn 3.81 Bn 415.00 Mn
3 Medtronic 102.71 Bn 94.54 Bn 5.76 Bn 2.30 Bn
4 Boston Scientific 69.72 Bn 68.51 Bn 3.61 Bn 171.00 Mn
5 Edwards Lifesciences 49.24 Bn 45.57 Bn 1.29 Bn -21.10 Mn
6 GE HealthCare Technologies 29.74 Bn 27.67 Bn 1.98 Bn 204.00 Mn
7 Koninklijke Philips 29.38 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.07 Bn 305.56 Mn
8 Dexcom 28.96 Bn 27.84 Bn 750.30 Mn 449.00 Mn
9 Steris 20.31 Bn 19.88 Bn 697.10 Mn 245.20 Mn
10 Zimmer Biomet Holdings 17.27 Bn 16.86 Bn 1.51 Bn 323.10 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 916.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 916.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 2.63 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 2.63 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 2.29 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 2.29 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.55 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.55 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 933.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 933.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 2.15 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 2.15 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 2.15 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 2.15 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.43 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.43 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 627.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 627.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 2.28 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 2.28 Bn