# Abbott Laboratories – Consensus ‘buy’ rating and 17.6% Upside Potential

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- Published: 2025-01-17T14:33:11+00:00
- Author: Charlotte Edwards

**Abbott Laboratories** which can be found using ticker (ABT) have now 24 market
analysts covering the stock. The analyst consensus now points to a rating of ‘buy’.
The target price High/Low ranges between $149.00 and $109.00 and has a mean target
at $130.62. Given that the stocks previous close was at $111.10 this would imply
there is now a potential upside of 17.6%. Also worth taking note is the 50 day moving
average now sits at $115.13 and the 200 moving average now moves to $110.57. The
company has a market cap of 197.57B. The current share price for the company is:
$113.91 USD

 The potential market cap would be $232,287,549,785 based on the market consensus.

The company is not paying dividends at this time.

Other points of data to note are a P/E ratio of 34.62, revenue per share of $23.68
and a 6.49% return on assets.

Abbott Laboratories is engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture, and sale
of a diversified line of health care products. The Company operates through four
segments: Established Pharmaceutical Products, Diagnostic Products, Nutritional 
Products, and Medical Devices. Its Established Pharmaceutical Products segment includes
gastroenterology products, women’s health products, cardiovascular and metabolic
products, pain and central nervous system products and respiratory drugs and vaccines.
Its Diagnostic Products segment includes core laboratory systems in the areas of
immunoassay, clinical chemistry, hematology, and transfusion medicine; molecular
diagnostics polymerase chain reaction (PCR) instrument systems; point of care systems;
rapid diagnostics lateral flow testing products, and informatics and automation 
solutions. Its Nutritional Products segment includes various forms of infant formula
and follow-on formula, adult and other pediatric nutritional products and others.

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