Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
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ABT's Q4 earnings meet estimates but revenues miss, sending shares down as strong device growth is offset by weaker nutrition and diagnostics sales.
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Abbott (ABT) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended December 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
Abbott (ABT) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.5 per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate . This compares to earnings of $1.34 per share a year ago.
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ABT heads into Q4 earnings with adult nutrition in focus, as Ensure and Glucerna launches are expected to support modest segment growth.
Abbott Laboratories has been essentially flat over the last 15 months, underperforming the S&P 500's 17.5% total return. Q3 2025 results showed normalized EPS in line at $1.30, with revenue up nearly 7% year-over-year, but missing consensus by $20M. Most of the segments saw healthy increases, particularly in the International regions in Q3; hopefully, we'll see the same in Q4 next week.
Abbott (ABT) closed at $121.76 in the latest trading session, marking a -1.43% move from the prior day.
Looking beyond Wall Street's top-and-bottom-line estimate forecasts for Abbott (ABT), delve into some of its key metrics to gain a deeper insight into the company's potential performance for the quarter ended December 2025.