Abbott Laboratories (XSGO:ABT) 3-Year FCF Growth Rate : -3.40% (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Abbott Laboratories 3-Year FCF Growth Rate?

Abbott Laboratories's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.31.

During the past 12 months, Abbott Laboratories's average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -34.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -3.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 6.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 12.80% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average Free Cash Flow per Share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Abbott Laboratories was 75.50% per year. The lowest was -36.10% per year. And the median was 10.50% per year.

Competitive Comparison of Abbott Laboratories's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Abbott Laboratories's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year FCF Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:

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Abbott Laboratories's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Abbott Laboratories's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

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Abbott Laboratories 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Calculation

This is the 3-year average growth rate of Free Cash Flow per Share. The growth rate is calculated using exponential compounding based on the latest four year annual data.

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Abbott Laboratories (XSGO:ABT) 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Explanation

Free Cash Flow per Share is the amount of Free Cash Flow per outstanding share of the company's stock. Free Cash Flow is considered one of the most important parameters to measure a company's earnings power by value investors because it is not subject to estimates of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization (DDA). However, when we look at the Free Cash Flow, we should look from a long term perspective, because any year's Free Cash Flow can be drastically affected by the spending on Property, Plant, & Equipment (PPE) of the business in that year. Over the long term, Free Cash Flow should give pretty good picture on the real earnings power of the company. It's used in the calculation of Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %.

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Abbott Laboratories (XSGO:ABT) Business Description

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Address

100 Abbott Park Road, Abbott Park, IL, USA, 60064-6400

Website

https://www.abbottinvestor.com

Abbott manufactures and markets cardiovascular and diabetes devices, adult and pediatric nutritional products, diagnostic equipment and testing kits, and branded generic drugs. Products include pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, neuromodulation devices, coronary stents, catheters, infant formula, nutritional liquids for adults, continuous glucose monitors, and immunoassays and point-of-care diagnostic equipment. Abbott derives approximately 60% of sales outside the United States.