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Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Abbott Laboratories' Operating Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 19.64% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin rose 223.0% year-over-year to 19.64%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 18.17%, up 190.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 18.17%, 190.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 was 19.64% at Abbott Laboratories, up from 18.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 24.48% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 12.92% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 17.4% (2023), against an average of 17.76%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Operating Margin skyrocketed 1036bps in 2021 before it plummeted -900bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 20.74% in 2021, then tumbled by -38bps to 12.92% in 2022, then surged by 35bps to 17.38% in 2023, then grew by 0bps to 17.41% in 2024, then increased by 13bps to 19.64% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ABT's Operating Margin are 19.64% (Q4 2025), 18.09% (Q3 2025), and 18.42% (Q2 2025).