Abbott Laboratories Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • 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 ABT when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: ABT ($117.36) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($137.24)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ABT 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 ABT?

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ABT. This is calculated by dividing ABT's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ABT's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio35.4x
EarningsUS$5.74b
Market CapUS$201.02b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for ABT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average57.2x
ISRG Intuitive Surgical
84.4x11.5%US$187.9b
SYK Stryker
41.3x11.4%US$148.7b
MDT Medtronic
28.6x11.3%US$112.3b
BSX Boston Scientific
74.3x23.2%US$128.2b
ABT Abbott Laboratories
35.4x11.6%US$201.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ABT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (35.4x) compared to the peer average (57.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
MHUA Meihua International Medical Technologies
1.5xn/aUS$12.37m
PAVM PAVmed
0.7x-77.8%US$11.86m
RTSL Rapid Therapeutic Science Laboratories
0.3xn/aUS$18.99k
UTRS Minerva Surgical
n/an/aUS$8.00
No more companies available in this PE range
ABT 35.4xIndustry Avg. 36.2xNo. of Companies11PE020406080100+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ABT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (35.4x) compared to the US Medical Equipment industry average (36.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ABT'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.

ABT PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio35.4x
Fair PE Ratio38.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ABT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (35.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (38.4x).


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 ABT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$117.36
US$129.87
+10.7%
7.4%US$149.00US$104.00n/a24
Nov ’25US$118.60
US$129.17
+8.9%
7.6%US$146.00US$104.00n/a24
Oct ’25US$113.56
US$124.29
+9.5%
8.4%US$143.00US$104.00n/a23
Sep ’25US$113.27
US$123.81
+9.3%
8.5%US$143.00US$104.00n/a22
Aug ’25US$110.15
US$124.61
+13.1%
8.0%US$143.00US$104.00n/a22
Jul ’25US$103.20
US$125.15
+21.3%
7.6%US$143.00US$104.00n/a22
Jun ’25US$102.19
US$125.15
+22.5%
7.6%US$143.00US$104.00n/a22
May ’25US$106.29
US$126.33
+18.9%
7.5%US$143.00US$104.00n/a22
Apr ’25US$112.09
US$125.47
+11.9%
7.2%US$141.00US$104.00n/a22
Mar ’25US$118.62
US$124.92
+5.3%
7.2%US$141.00US$104.00n/a22
Feb ’25US$114.49
US$124.54
+8.8%
7.3%US$141.00US$104.00n/a21
Jan ’25US$110.07
US$117.20
+6.5%
7.7%US$133.00US$100.00n/a21
Dec ’24US$104.88
US$116.25
+10.8%
7.9%US$133.00US$100.00n/a21
Nov ’24US$95.01
US$116.25
+22.4%
7.9%US$133.00US$100.00US$118.6021
Oct ’24US$96.85
US$123.77
+27.8%
6.5%US$136.00US$104.00US$113.5620
Sep ’24US$102.85
US$123.77
+20.3%
6.5%US$136.00US$104.00US$113.2720
Aug ’24US$110.53
US$124.05
+12.2%
6.3%US$136.00US$104.00US$110.1520
Jul ’24US$109.02
US$122.33
+12.2%
7.3%US$136.00US$103.00US$103.2021
Jun ’24US$102.82
US$121.64
+18.3%
7.7%US$136.00US$103.00US$102.1922
May ’24US$111.11
US$121.97
+9.8%
7.8%US$136.00US$103.00US$106.2921
Apr ’24US$101.26
US$120.10
+18.6%
7.7%US$140.00US$104.00US$112.0922
Mar ’24US$100.83
US$120.61
+19.6%
8.2%US$140.00US$104.00US$118.6222
Feb ’24US$111.82
US$120.61
+7.9%
8.2%US$140.00US$104.00US$114.4922
Jan ’24US$109.79
US$116.48
+6.1%
10.7%US$144.00US$92.00US$110.0724
Dec ’23US$107.93
US$116.15
+7.6%
10.9%US$144.00US$92.00US$104.8823
Nov ’23US$99.31
US$117.04
+17.9%
10.3%US$144.00US$92.00US$95.0123

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


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