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FCF Margin for Abbott Laboratories (ABT)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

16.3%

YoY change

+1.54pp

Trough year (1992)

4.9%

Peak year (1994)

24.2%

FCF Margin history chart for Abbott Laboratories (ABT) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: 16.7%

FCF Margin change chart for Abbott Laboratories (ABT) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: +1.54pp

FCF Margin history table for Abbott Laboratories (ABT) from 1989 to 2025

  • 202516.7%+1.54pp
  • 202415.1%+2.53pp
  • 202312.6%-5.26pp
  • 202217.9%-2.20pp
  • 202120.1%+3.54pp
  • 202016.5%+2.44pp
  • 201914.1%-1.95pp
  • 201816.0%-0.15pp
  • 201716.2%+6.21pp
  • 201610.0%+0.89pp
  • 20159.1%-3.74pp
  • 201412.8%+2.86pp
  • 201310.0%-8.88pp
  • 201218.9%-0.39pp
  • 201119.2%-2.71pp
  • 201022.0%+1.85pp
  • 200920.1%-0.40pp
  • 200820.5%+6.90pp
  • 200713.6%-4.15pp
  • 200617.8%-0.00pp
  • 200517.8%+1.92pp
  • 200415.8%+3.13pp
  • 200312.7%-3.62pp
  • 200216.3%+1.57pp
  • 200114.8%-0.26pp
  • 200015.0%+0.21pp
  • 199914.8%+2.86pp
  • 199811.9%+0.00pp
  • 199711.9%-1.07pp
  • 199613.0%-6.62pp
  • 199519.6%-4.53pp
  • 199424.2%+2.19pp
  • 199322.0%+17.11pp
  • 19924.9%-5.07pp
  • 19919.9%+0.84pp
  • 19909.1%+1.89pp
  • 19897.2%—

FCF Margin values are taken from Abbott Laboratories's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at Abbott Laboratories (ABT)

According to Abbott Laboratories's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 16.3%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

2025's annual free cash flow margin for Abbott Laboratories (ABT) came in at 16.68% – expanded 1.5 percentage points year-over-year.

The record annual free cash flow margin stands at 24.16%, reached in 1994; the historical low of 4.86% was recorded in 1992.

Abbott Laboratories FCF Margin by Year

Abbott Laboratories FCF Margin 2025: 16.7%

Abbott Laboratories posted free cash flow margin of 16.68% in 2025, expanded 1.5 percentage points from 2024.

Abbott Laboratories FCF Margin 2024: 15.1%

In 2024, Abbott Laboratories reported free cash flow margin of 15.14%, expanded 2.5 percentage points from 2023.

Abbott Laboratories FCF Margin 2023: 12.6%

Abbott Laboratories free cash flow margin in 2023 was 12.61%, contracted 5.3 percentage points from 2022.

Abbott Laboratories FCF Margin 2022: 17.9%

2022's free cash flow margin for Abbott Laboratories came in at 17.88%, contracted 2.2 percentage points from 2021.

Abbott Laboratories FCF Margin 2021: 20.1%

Abbott Laboratories free cash flow margin in 2021 was 20.08%.

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