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Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Abbott Laboratories' Return on Capital Employed history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.1% for Q1 2025.

  • For Q1 2025, Return on Capital Employed changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.1%; the TTM value through Mar 2025 reached 0.1%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.11%, 13.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2025 was 0.1% at Abbott Laboratories, down from 0.11% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.34% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 0.1% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.12% (2021), against an average of 0.17%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed increased 15bps in 2021 before it decreased -23bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.31% in 2021, then grew by 9bps to 0.34% in 2022, then plummeted by -67bps to 0.11% in 2023, then decreased by -3bps to 0.11% in 2024, then dropped by -3bps to 0.1% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ABT's Return on Capital Employed are 0.1% (Q1 2025), 0.11% (Q4 2024), and 0.11% (Q3 2024).