Abbott Laboratories Valuation

Is ABL undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of ABL when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: ABL (€93.59) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€101.44)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ABL is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ABL?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

ABL key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue4.6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA17.9x
PEG Ratio2.8x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does ABL's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for ABL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average50.6x
ISRG Intuitive Surgical
71.8x11.6%US$142.6b
MDT Medtronic
29x12.7%US$106.7b
SYK Stryker
38.7x10.5%US$129.9b
BSX Boston Scientific
62.9x18.2%US$110.3b
ABL Abbott Laboratories
31.7x11.3%€177.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ABL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.7x) compared to the peer average (50.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ABL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Medical Equipment Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a18.4%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ABL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.7x) compared to the European Medical Equipment industry average (31.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ABL's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ABL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio31.7x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate ABL's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ABL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€93.59
€115.77
+23.7%
7.9%€132.05€96.03n/a21
May ’25€99.62
€117.83
+18.3%
7.5%€133.38€97.00n/a22
Apr ’25€105.01
€115.24
+9.7%
7.2%€129.51€95.52n/a22
Mar ’25€109.43
€115.27
+5.3%
7.2%€130.11€95.97n/a22
Feb ’25€104.26
€114.58
+9.9%
7.3%€129.72€95.68n/a21
Jan ’25€99.76
€106.53
+6.8%
7.7%€120.88€90.89n/a21
Dec ’24€95.96
€106.58
+11.1%
7.9%€121.93€91.68n/a21
Nov ’24€90.69
€109.50
+20.7%
7.9%€125.27€94.19n/a21
Oct ’24€92.14
€113.80
+23.5%
6.5%€125.05€95.63n/a20
Sep ’24€95.50
€113.80
+19.2%
6.5%€125.05€95.63n/a20
Aug ’24€101.11
€112.24
+11.0%
6.3%€123.05€94.10n/a20
Jul ’24€99.16
€113.67
+14.6%
7.3%€126.37€95.71n/a21
Jun ’24€94.32
€113.38
+20.2%
7.7%€126.77€96.01€93.5922
May ’24€99.65
€110.44
+10.8%
7.8%€123.15€93.27€99.6221
Apr ’24€92.14
€110.12
+19.5%
7.7%€128.37€95.36€105.0122
Mar ’24€94.67
€110.76
+17.0%
8.2%€128.56€95.50€109.4322
Feb ’24€101.71
€110.76
+8.9%
8.2%€128.56€95.50€104.2622
Jan ’24€103.08
€109.71
+6.4%
10.9%€135.46€86.54€99.7623
Dec ’23€103.14
€119.09
+15.5%
10.9%€147.64€94.33€95.9623
Nov ’23n/a
€116.10
0%
10.3%€142.83€91.25€90.6923
Oct ’23n/a
€129.25
0%
11.4%€156.35€99.02€92.1420
Sep ’23n/a
€125.18
0%
11.1%€150.35€95.22€95.5019
Aug ’23n/a
€123.77
0%
11.4%€147.24€93.25€101.1119
Jul ’23n/a
€128.67
0%
9.1%€142.17€98.57€99.1617
Jun ’23n/a
€131.32
0%
8.9%€144.28€99.37€94.3218

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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