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

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 17 consecutive years, with 0.1% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital fell 16.0% to 0.1% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.1% through Dec 2025, down 16.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.1% for FY2025, 28.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital hit 0.1% in Q4 2025 for Abbott Laboratories, down from 0.37% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 9.76% in Q3 2021 to a low of 3.22% in Q2 2021.
  • Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.65% across 5 years, with a median of 0.37% in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: skyrocketed 1003bps in 2021 and later crashed -1185bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.76% in 2021, then surged by 96bps to 1.49% in 2022, then tumbled by -64bps to 0.53% in 2023, then plummeted by -52bps to 0.26% in 2024, then crashed by -63bps to 0.1% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for ABT at 0.1% in Q4 2025, 0.37% in Q3 2025, and 2.14% in Q2 2025.