Abbott Laboratories · ABT · FY2025 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2025

Abbott Maintains Guidance as Devices and Nutrition Support Growth

The supplied analysis supports a constructive but conditional view: Abbott’s nutrition and medical-device franchises, margin expansion, and product pipeline support continued growth, while tariffs, China pricing, regulatory timing, and weak COVID testing remain important tests.

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Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS — Consensus $1.07
EPS surprise — Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue — Consensus $10.39B
Revenue surprise — Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move +2.8% Event window
SPY move -2.2% Same window
Abnormal move +5.0% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.8× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +2.8% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Compared with the prior-quarter analysis, the focus shifted from resolving Libre 3 supply constraints and expanding the CGM franchise toward managing tariffs and China pricing while advancing Volt, Alinity N, IVL, TriClip, and Aveir initiatives.

Guidance delta

Management maintained full-year guidance despite tariff and China VBP pressures.

Key takeaways

  • Management analysis describes roughly 7% organic sales growth in Q1 and 11% EPS growth.
  • Gross and operating margins expanded by 140 and 130 basis points, respectively, according to the supplied analysis.
  • Abbott cited manufacturing breadth and cost-offset levers to manage tariff exposure.
  • Volt, Alinity N, IVL, TriClip, and Aveir are central to the product pipeline described in the call analysis.

Management priorities

  • Roll out the Volt PFA system in the US.
  • Advance IVL trial enrollment and FDA filing plans.
  • Develop next-generation leadless pacing and expand the Aveir platform.
  • Broaden biosimilar commercialization across emerging markets.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
ABT REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q1 '24 estimate $10B Q1 '24 actual $10B, beat Q2 '24 estimate $10B Q2 '24 actual $10B, match Q3 '24 estimate $11B Q3 '24 actual $11B, beat Q2 '25 estimate $11B Q2 '25 actual $11B, beat Q3 '25 estimate $11B Q3 '25 actual $11B, miss Q4 '25 estimate $12B Q4 '25 actual $11B, miss Q1 '26 estimate $11B Q1 '26 actual $11B, beat Q2 '26 estimate $13B Q2 '26 actual $13B, beat Q3 '26 estimate $13B Q4 '26 estimate $14B Q1 '27 estimate $13B Q2 '27 estimate $13B
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy42 ratings
Bullish3378.6%
Neutral921.4%
Bearish00.0%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$99.6Current
$92Low
$131.6Average
$165.65High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 12, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

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FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Rothschild & Co Buy NeutralUpgradeOct 2, 2026
TD Cowen Buy BuyMaintainSep 8, 2026
Citigroup Buy BuyMaintainAug 14, 2026
Wolfe Research Outperform Peer PerformUpgradeAug 13, 2026
UBS Buy BuyMaintainJul 28, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $99.6. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$120$98.17 +20.5%Oct 6, 2026
Redburn PartnersEd Ridley-Day$127$96.71 +27.5%Oct 2, 2026
Wolfe ResearchAnalyst unavailable$130$110.92 +30.5%Aug 13, 2026
UBSPatrick Wood$125$108.84 +25.5%Jul 28, 2026
Benchmark Co.Analyst unavailable$120$100.67 +20.5%Jul 20, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Abbott Laboratories, along with its affiliated entities, is a global healthcare enterprise dedicated to the research, development, manufacturing, and worldwide distribution of a diverse portfolio of health solutions. The company operates through four primary divisions: Established Pharmaceutical Products, Diagnostic Products, Nutritional Products, and Medical Devices. In the Established Pharmaceutical Products segment, Abbott provides generic medications designed to treat a wide array of conditions, including pancreatic exocrine insufficiency, irritable bowel syndrome or biliary spasm, intrahepatic cholestasis or depressive symptoms, gynecological disorders, hormone replacement therapy, dyslipidemia, hypertension, hypothyroidism, Ménière's disease and vestibular vertigo, pain, fever, inflammation, and migraine. This segment also supplies the anti-infective clarithromycin, influenza vaccines, and products aimed at regulating colon physiology. The Diagnostic Products division offers a comprehensive suite of diagnostic tools.…

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