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Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.15% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 69.0% to 0.15% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.15% through Dec 2025, down 17.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.15% for FY2025, 17.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.15% in Q4 2025 for Abbott Laboratories, up from 0.14% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.84% in Q4 2024 to a low of 0.1% in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.18% across 5 years, with a median of 0.15% in 2024.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: soared 69bps in 2024 and later plummeted -69bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.17% in 2021, then plummeted by -41bps to 0.1% in 2022, then surged by 52bps to 0.16% in 2023, then soared by 440bps to 0.84% in 2024, then crashed by -82bps to 0.15% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for ABT at 0.15% in Q4 2025, 0.14% in Q3 2025, and 0.16% in Q2 2025.