Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Competitors

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ABT vs. ISRG, BSX, SYK, MDT, BDX, EW, IDXX, RMD, DXCM, and STE

Should you be buying Abbott Laboratories stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Abbott Laboratories include Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Boston Scientific (BSX), Stryker (SYK), Medtronic (MDT), Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), ResMed (RMD), DexCom (DXCM), and STERIS (STE). These companies are all part of the "health care equipment" industry.

Abbott Laboratories vs.

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) and Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

75.2% of Abbott Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.6% of Intuitive Surgical shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Abbott Laboratories shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Intuitive Surgical shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Intuitive Surgical had 2 more articles in the media than Abbott Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Intuitive Surgical and 54 mentions for Abbott Laboratories. Intuitive Surgical's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Abbott Laboratories' score of 1.20 indicating that Intuitive Surgical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Abbott Laboratories
40 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Intuitive Surgical
44 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Abbott Laboratories has higher revenue and earnings than Intuitive Surgical. Abbott Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intuitive Surgical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Abbott Laboratories$41.95B5.38$13.40B$7.6517.00
Intuitive Surgical$8.35B25.12$2.32B$6.4191.88

Abbott Laboratories has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intuitive Surgical has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Abbott Laboratories presently has a consensus price target of $133.06, indicating a potential upside of 2.33%. Intuitive Surgical has a consensus price target of $613.10, indicating a potential upside of 4.10%. Given Intuitive Surgical's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Intuitive Surgical is more favorable than Abbott Laboratories.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Abbott Laboratories
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Intuitive Surgical
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Abbott Laboratories has a net margin of 31.95% compared to Intuitive Surgical's net margin of 27.81%. Abbott Laboratories' return on equity of 20.74% beat Intuitive Surgical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Abbott Laboratories31.95% 20.74% 11.19%
Intuitive Surgical 27.81%14.55%12.88%

Intuitive Surgical received 108 more outperform votes than Abbott Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.90% of users gave Abbott Laboratories an outperform vote while only 68.87% of users gave Intuitive Surgical an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Abbott LaboratoriesOutperform Votes
943
69.90%
Underperform Votes
406
30.10%
Intuitive SurgicalOutperform Votes
1051
68.87%
Underperform Votes
475
31.13%

Summary

Intuitive Surgical beats Abbott Laboratories on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ABT vs. The Competition

MetricAbbott LaboratoriesPharmaceutical IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$225.48B$6.88B$5.68B$20.21B
Dividend Yield1.84%2.91%5.32%3.67%
P/E Ratio16.999.3289.5244.96
Price / Sales5.38311.051,031.8716.10
Price / Cash22.0775.4646.0920.34
Price / Book5.825.515.065.74
Net Income$13.40B$123.50M$113.46M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-1.54%-4.45%-1.38%-1.11%
1 Month Performance15.75%-1.96%3.76%3.50%
1 Year Performance15.57%1.88%21.14%15.08%

Abbott Laboratories Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ABT
Abbott Laboratories
4.902 of 5 stars
$130.48
-0.7%
$133.06
+2.0%
+17.6%$226.31B$41.95B17.06114,000Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
ISRG
Intuitive Surgical
4.6508 of 5 stars
$593.92
+1.9%
$613.10
+3.2%
+52.4%$211.43B$8.35B92.6113,676Insider Trade
Positive News
BSX
Boston Scientific
4.7541 of 5 stars
$106.01
+0.7%
$107.39
+1.3%
+61.9%$156.25B$16.75B84.8148,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
SYK
Stryker
4.9365 of 5 stars
$391.55
+0.0%
$420.68
+7.4%
+14.2%$149.28B$22.60B50.4652,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
MDT
Medtronic
4.7379 of 5 stars
$90.67
+0.7%
$95.00
+4.8%
+7.3%$116.25B$32.36B27.7295,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
BDX
Becton, Dickinson and Company
4.9724 of 5 stars
$229.18
-0.3%
$283.00
+23.5%
-5.8%$66.50B$20.18B38.0974,000Earnings Report
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
EW
Edwards Lifesciences
4.0489 of 5 stars
$70.96
+0.9%
$79.19
+11.6%
-16.5%$41.85B$6.31B10.2419,800Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
IDXX
IDEXX Laboratories
4.7124 of 5 stars
$465.16
+1.2%
$533.75
+14.7%
-19.0%$38.08B$3.90B43.5811,000Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
RMD
ResMed
4.5484 of 5 stars
$238.43
+0.6%
$244.73
+2.6%
+28.6%$34.99B$4.69B28.139,980Insider Trade
DXCM
DexCom
4.9164 of 5 stars
$87.66
-0.5%
$98.41
+12.3%
-28.3%$34.21B$3.62B52.459,600Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
STE
STERIS
4.7196 of 5 stars
$223.58
+0.2%
$258.75
+15.7%
-0.3%$22.05B$5.14B47.4318,179Earnings Report

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