Abbott Laboratories (ABT): operating margin, 10 filed years
Operating margin at Abbott Laboratories was 18.2% in FY2025, the newest filed year. Across the 10 computed years from FY2016 it ranged from 5.7% (FY2017) to 19.6% (FY2021), with a median of 15.8%.
Tonight's figure on the company page: 18.2%, recomputed 2026-10-15. The table is each filed year on its own terms, with the formula below; the current figure may use trailing twelve months or, where the explainer says so, a different denominator.
Year by year
| Fiscal year | Operating margin | Read from |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 14.5% | 10-K, filed 2017-02-17 |
| FY2017 | 5.7% | 10-K, filed 2018-02-16 |
| FY2018 | 11.9% | 10-K, filed 2019-02-22 |
| FY2019 | 14.2% | 10-K, filed 2020-02-21 |
| FY2020 | 15.5% | 10-K, filed 2021-02-19 |
| FY2021 | 19.6% | 10-K, filed 2022-02-18 |
| FY2022 | 19.2% | 10-K, filed 2023-02-17 |
| FY2023 | 16.1% | 10-K, filed 2024-02-16 |
| FY2024 | 16.3% | 10-K, filed 2025-02-21 |
| FY2025 | 18.2% | 10-K, filed 2026-02-20 |
How each year is computed
Operating income / revenue x 100
Each year is a ratio of lines in that year's filed annual report, with the nightly recompute's own rules for what counts as a filed line. Nothing is estimated, smoothed or filled in: a year that cannot be computed says why.
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A computation on accounts filed with the SEC, not a recommendation and not advice. Past filings do not indicate future results. Risk disclaimer.