How to buy Abbott Laboratories shares in the UK

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is a publicly traded medical devices business based in the US which employs around 114,000 staff. Abbott Laboratories is listed on the NYSE and traded in US dollars. Its current price of $114.23 is 1.3% up on its price a month ago ($112.80).

How to buy shares in Abbott Laboratories

Open a brokerage account. Choose from our top broker picks or compare brokers in depth. Then, complete an application.
Fund your account. Add money to your account via bank transfer, debit card or credit card.
Search the platform by ticker symbol. ABT in this case.
Choose an order type. Place a market order or limit order with your preferred number of shares or dollar amount.
Submit the order. It's that simple.

The whole process can take as little as 15 minutes. You'll need a smartphone or computer, an internet connection, your passport or driving licence and a means of payment.

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Alternative ways to invest in Abbott Laboratories

Via a fund
Via an S&P 500 ETF

Buying shares in just one company is generally considered a riskier bet than investing in a range of investments - AKA a "diversified portfolio". Experts generally recommend holding a mix of investments in specific assets and funds. Funds are ready-made portfolios of multiple companies' shares (potentially including Abbott Laboratories), and the idea is that drops in the value of one constituent company's share price might be offset by rises in others.

Abbott Laboratories is a major part of the NYSE, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).

ETF	5-year performance (to August 2024)	1-year performance (to August 2024)	Link to invest
Invesco S&P 500 (SPXP)	94.07%	22.23%	Invest with XTBCapital at risk
Xtrackers S&P 500 Swap (XSPX)	93.77%	22.24%	Invest with XTBCapital at risk
iShares Core S&P 500 (CSP1)	91.84%	21.98%	Invest with XTBCapital at risk
HSBC S&P 500 (HSPX)	80.38%	20.63%	Invest with XTBCapital at risk
Vanguard S&P 500 (VUSA)	79.29%	20.60%	Invest with XTBCapital at risk
SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPX5)	79.17%	20.61%	Invest with XTBCapital at risk

Is it a good time to buy Abbott Laboratories stock?

Review technicals and fundamentals to help you determine if now's a good time for you to invest.

Technical analysis

View Abbott Laboratories's price performance, share price volatility, historical data and technicals.

Use our graph to track the performance of ABT stock over time.

Historical closes compared with the last close of $114.23

1 week (2024-12-13)	-3.10%
1 month (2024-11-20)	1.26%
3 months (2024-09-20)	9.06%
6 months (2024-06-20)	7.30%
1 year (2023-12-20)	24.52%
2 years (2022-12-20)	21.33%
3 years (2021-12-20)	-4.53%
5 years (2019-12-20)	52.65%

The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.

Finder might not agree with the analysis and we take no responsibility. We also give no representations or warranty on the accuracy or completeness of the information provided on this page.

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Is Abbott Laboratories under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Abbott Laboratories P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA.

Abbott Laboratories's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 36x. In other words, Abbott Laboratories's shares trade at around 36x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 09, 2023 (20.44). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

However, Abbott Laboratories's P/E ratio is best considered in relation to those of others within the industry or those of similar companies.

Abbott Laboratories's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.272. A PEG ratio over 1 can be interpreted as meaning shares are overvalued at the current rate of growth, or may anticipate an acceleration in growth.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Abbott Laboratories's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

However, it's sensible to consider Abbott Laboratories's PEG ratio in relation to those of similar companies.

Abbott Laboratories's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $10.6 billion (£8.5 billion).

The EBITDA is a measure of Abbott Laboratories's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

To put that into context you can compare it against similar companies.

Pfizer (PFE.US): USD$18.4 billion
Gilead Sciences (GILD.US): USD$13.9 billion
Johnson-and-Johnson (JNJ.US): USD$30.1 billion
IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX.US): USD$1.3 billion
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.LSE): £9.3 billion
AstraZeneca (AZN.LSE): £18.4 billion

Frequently asked questions

Abbott Laboratories's shares were split on a 10000:4798 basis on 1 January 2013. So if you had owned 4798 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 10000 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Abbott Laboratories shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 52% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Abbott Laboratories shares which in turn could have impacted Abbott Laboratories's share price.
It's as easy to sell Abbott Laboratories as it is to buy! Here's how to sell Abbott Laboratories shares that you already own.
1. Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
2. Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
3. Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
4. Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
5. Sell your Abbott Laboratories shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold

Abbott Laboratories financials

Revenue TTM	$41.2 billion
Operating margin TTM	18.75%
Gross profit TTM	$24.6 billion
Return on assets TTM	6.49%
Return on equity TTM	14.84%
Profit margin	13.99%
Book value	$22.94
Market capitalisation	$194.1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

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