Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026)
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) recorded Return on Assets [ROA] of 4.94% in Q2 2026, down 11.96 percentage points from 16.90% a year earlier and down 1.43 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Abbott Laboratories reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 7.76%, down 9.57 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Assets [ROA] has a five-year change of +1.36 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 17.33% in FY2024 (+9.58 pp), 7.75% in FY2023 (-1.51 pp), 9.27% in FY2022 (-0.31 pp) and 9.57% in FY2021 (+3.17 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since Q3 2020.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Assets [ROA] has declined for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.65 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Assets [ROA] in the last five years was a gain of 9.33 percentage points in Q4 2024, against a drop of 11.96 percentage points in Q2 2026 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 6.37% (Q1 2026), 7.64% (Q4 2025) and 16.62% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 267.71 Bn | 244.23 Bn | 5.13 Bn | 6.24% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 191.69 Bn | 165.56 Bn | 7.39 Bn | 4.32% |
| 3 | Danaher | 166.18 Bn | 145.83 Bn | 3.84 Bn | 4.67% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 161.07 Bn | 141.36 Bn | 2.08 Bn | 14.78% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 131.65 Bn | 96.90 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 5.66% |
| 6 | Stryker | 125.25 Bn | 111.44 Bn | 4.25 Bn | -2.00% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 63.85 Bn | 59.29 Bn | 3.43 Bn | 7.71% |
| 8 | Edwards Lifesciences | 60.52 Bn | 43.72 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 7.24% |
| 9 | Becton Dickinson | 59.08 Bn | 56.23 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 1.85% |
| 10 | Agilent Technologies | 50.79 Bn | 43.67 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 10.65% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 4.32% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4.94% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 6.37% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 7.64% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 16.62% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 16.90% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 16.58% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 17.21% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 7.83% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 7.64% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 7.73% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 7.88% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 7.10% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 7.01% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.83% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 9.42% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 10.73% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 11.54% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 10.36% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 9.49% |
API Access
Abbott Laboratories Return on Assets [ROA] 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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=ABT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=ABT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();