Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2026)

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) reported Return on Invested Capital of 0.01% for Q1 2026, down 1.0% on a YoY basis from 0.01% in Q1 2025, and down 39.69% sequentially from 0.01% in Q4 2025.

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) has 18 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.01% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Invested Capital fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.01%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.01% (down 1.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.03%, down 7.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital eased to 0.01% in Q1 2026, from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.08% in Q2 2022 to a low of 0.01% in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.02% and a median of 0.01% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Invested Capital dropped 7 bps in 2023 and grew 2 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Tracing ABT's Return on Invested Capital over 5 years: stood at 0.03% in 2022, then slumped by 71 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then soared by 142 bps to 0.02% in 2024, then decreased by 27 bps to 0.01% in 2025, then sank by 40 bps to 0.01% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ABT's Return on Invested Capital at 0.01% in Q1 2026, 0.01% in Q4 2025, and 0.03% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Abbott Laboratories 201.40 Bn 194.75 Bn 6.27 Bn 0.01%
2 Stryker 122.29 Bn 119.41 Bn 3.81 Bn 0.01%
3 Medtronic 105.01 Bn 96.40 Bn 6.41 Bn 0.01%
4 Boston Scientific 64.81 Bn 63.59 Bn 3.61 Bn 0.00%
5 Edwards Lifesciences 55.28 Bn 51.60 Bn 1.29 Bn -
6 Dexcom 29.06 Bn 27.94 Bn 750.30 Mn -
7 Koninklijke Philips 29.02 Bn 25.93 Bn 2.07 Bn 0.00%
8 GE HealthCare Technologies 28.27 Bn 26.20 Bn 1.98 Bn 0.00%
9 Smith & Nephew 25.80 Bn 25.22 Bn - -
10 Steris 20.59 Bn 20.16 Bn 697.10 Mn 0.07%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.01%
Dec 31, 2025 0.01%
Sep 30, 2025 0.03%
Jun 30, 2025 0.03%
Mar 31, 2025 0.02%
Dec 31, 2024 0.02%
Sep 30, 2024 0.01%
Jun 30, 2024 0.01%
Mar 31, 2024 0.01%
Dec 31, 2023 0.01%
Sep 30, 2023 0.01%
Jun 30, 2023 0.01%
Mar 31, 2023 0.01%
Dec 31, 2022 0.03%
Sep 30, 2022 0.06%
Jun 30, 2022 0.08%
Mar 31, 2022 0.05%
Dec 31, 2021 0.05%
Sep 30, 2021 0.07%
Jun 30, 2021 0.07%