Abbott Laboratories Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • 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 (€109.66) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€140.81)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ABL is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As ABL is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ABL. This is calculated by dividing ABL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ABL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio33.9x
EarningsUS$5.74b
Market CapUS$194.99b

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 Average21.5x
SHL Siemens Healthineers
30x14.2%€58.3b
AFX Carl Zeiss Meditec
22.4x16.1%€4.0b
DRW3 Drägerwerk KGaA
7.6x2.0%€807.0m
EUZ Eckert & Ziegler
25.9x5.2%€929.3m
ABL Abbott Laboratories
33.9x11.6%€195.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ABL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.9x) compared to the peer average (21.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ABL 33.9xIndustry Avg. 29.6xNo. of Companies9PE01632486480+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ABL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.9x) compared to the European Medical Equipment industry average (29.6x).


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 Ratio33.9x
Fair PE Ratio32.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ABL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.8x).


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€109.66
€124.84
+13.8%
7.5%€142.86€99.72n/a24
Dec ’25€112.58
€123.74
+9.9%
7.4%€141.97€99.09n/a24
Nov ’25€109.94
€119.76
+8.9%
7.6%€135.36€96.42n/a24
Oct ’25€102.90
€112.29
+9.1%
8.4%€129.19€93.95n/a23
Sep ’25€101.28
€112.02
+10.6%
8.5%€129.39€94.10n/a22
Aug ’25€101.30
€115.12
+13.6%
8.0%€132.12€96.09n/a22
Jul ’25€96.72
€115.56
+19.5%
7.6%€132.05€96.03n/a22
Jun ’25€93.98
€115.56
+23.0%
7.6%€132.05€96.03n/a22
May ’25€98.69
€118.02
+19.6%
7.5%€133.59€97.16n/a22
Apr ’25€104.82
€115.24
+9.9%
7.2%€129.51€95.52n/a22
Mar ’25€109.66
€115.27
+5.1%
7.2%€130.11€95.97n/a22
Feb ’25€104.86
€114.58
+9.3%
7.3%€129.72€95.68n/a21
Jan ’25€99.24
€106.53
+7.3%
7.7%€120.88€90.89n/a21
Dec ’24€96.32
€110.00
+14.2%
7.9%€125.84€94.62€112.5821
Nov ’24€90.56
€110.00
+21.5%
7.9%€125.84€94.62€109.9421
Oct ’24€92.15
€113.80
+23.5%
6.5%€125.05€95.63€102.9020
Sep ’24€95.37
€113.80
+19.3%
6.5%€125.05€95.63€101.2820
Aug ’24€100.92
€112.24
+11.2%
6.3%€123.05€94.10€101.3020
Jul ’24€99.52
€113.67
+14.2%
7.3%€126.37€95.71€96.7221
Jun ’24€95.25
€113.38
+19.0%
7.7%€126.77€96.01€93.9822
May ’24€99.59
€110.44
+10.9%
7.8%€123.15€93.27€98.6921
Apr ’24€92.75
€110.12
+18.7%
7.7%€128.37€95.36€104.8222
Mar ’24€94.61
€110.76
+17.1%
8.2%€128.56€95.50€109.6622
Feb ’24€101.44
€110.76
+9.2%
8.2%€128.56€95.50€104.8622
Jan ’24€103.30
€109.57
+6.1%
10.7%€135.46€86.54€99.2424
Dec ’23€102.38
€119.09
+16.3%
10.9%€147.64€94.33€96.3223

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 21:53
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Abbott Laboratories is covered by 61 analysts. 25 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David ToungArgus Research Company
Stephan GasteygerAtlantic Equities LLP
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research