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Operating Margin for Abbott Laboratories (ABT)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

18.2%

YoY change

+1.89pp

Trough year (2012)

5.0%

Peak year (1998)

25.0%

Operating Margin history chart for Abbott Laboratories (ABT) from 1985 to 2025

Latest: 18.2%

Operating Margin change chart for Abbott Laboratories (ABT) from 1985 to 2025

Latest: +1.89pp

Operating Margin history table for Abbott Laboratories (ABT) from 1985 to 2025

  • 202518.2%+1.89pp
  • 202416.3%+0.23pp
  • 202316.0%-3.11pp
  • 202219.2%-2.20pp
  • 202121.4%+6.07pp
  • 202015.3%+0.90pp
  • 201914.4%+1.82pp
  • 201812.6%+5.37pp
  • 20177.2%-8.38pp
  • 201615.6%+1.13pp
  • 201514.5%+0.05pp
  • 201414.4%+4.58pp
  • 20139.8%+4.79pp
  • 20125.0%-12.58pp
  • 201117.6%-2.44pp
  • 201020.0%-1.31pp
  • 200921.4%+0.74pp
  • 200820.6%+1.54pp
  • 200719.1%-0.21pp
  • 200619.3%-1.52pp
  • 200520.8%-0.41pp
  • 200421.2%+6.11pp
  • 200315.1%-2.71pp
  • 200217.8%+6.19pp
  • 200111.6%-13.11pp
  • 200024.7%+0.84pp
  • 199923.9%-1.09pp
  • 199825.0%+1.00pp
  • 199724.0%+0.22pp
  • 199623.8%-0.04pp
  • 199523.8%+0.38pp
  • 199423.4%+0.54pp
  • 199322.9%+3.45pp
  • 199219.4%-3.21pp
  • 199122.6%-0.19pp
  • 199022.8%+0.13pp
  • 198922.7%+0.38pp
  • 198822.3%-0.60pp
  • 198722.9%-0.16pp
  • 198623.1%+1.14pp
  • 198521.9%—

Operating 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 Operating Margin at Abbott Laboratories (ABT)

According to Abbott Laboratories's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 18.2%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.

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

In 2025, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) operating margin totalled 18.16% – expanded 1.9 percentage points year-over-year.

The highest annual operating margin of 24.99% was reported in 1998. The lowest in the available history was 5.03% in 2012.

Abbott Laboratories Operating Margin by Year

Abbott Laboratories Operating Margin 2025: 18.2%

Abbott Laboratories posted operating margin of 18.16% in 2025, expanded 1.9 percentage points from 2024.

Abbott Laboratories Operating Margin 2024: 16.3%

In 2024, Abbott Laboratories reported operating margin of 16.27%, expanded 0.2 percentage points from 2023.

Abbott Laboratories Operating Margin 2023: 16.0%

Abbott Laboratories operating margin in 2023 was 16.04%, contracted 3.1 percentage points from 2022.

Abbott Laboratories Operating Margin 2022: 19.2%

2022's operating margin for Abbott Laboratories came in at 19.16%, contracted 2.2 percentage points from 2021.

Abbott Laboratories Operating Margin 2021: 21.4%

Abbott Laboratories operating margin in 2021 was 21.36%.

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