Abbott Laboratories Stock Total Debt

ABL Stock  EUR 108.06  0.44  0.41%   
Abbott Laboratories fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Abbott Laboratories' financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Abbott Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Abbott Laboratories' intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to Abbott Laboratories stock.
  
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Abbott Laboratories Company Total Debt Analysis

Abbott Laboratories' Total Debt refers to the amount of long term interest-bearing liabilities that a company carries on its balance sheet. That may include bonds sold to the public, notes written to banks or capital leases. Typically, debt can help a company magnify its earnings, but the burden of interest and principal payments will eventually prevent the firm from borrow excessively.

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Current Abbott Laboratories Total Debt

    
  14.52 B  
Most of Abbott Laboratories' fundamental indicators, such as Total Debt, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, Abbott Laboratories is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.
In most industries, total debt may also include the current portion of long-term debt. Since debt terms vary widely from one company to another, simply comparing outstanding debt obligations between different companies may not be adequate. It is usually meant to compare total debt amounts between companies that operate within the same sector.
Competition

Based on the latest financial disclosure, Abbott Laboratories has a Total Debt of 14.52 B. This is much higher than that of the Healthcare sector and significantly higher than that of the Medical Devices industry. The total debt for all Germany stocks is 173.11% lower than that of the firm.

Abbott Total Debt Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Abbott Laboratories' direct or indirect competition against its Total Debt to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Abbott Laboratories could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Abbott Laboratories by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.
Abbott Laboratories is currently under evaluation in total debt category among its peers.

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About Abbott Laboratories Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Abbott Laboratories's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Abbott Laboratories using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Abbott Laboratories based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
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Additional Information and Resources on Investing in Abbott Stock

When determining whether Abbott Laboratories is a good investment, qualitative aspects like company management, corporate governance, and ethical practices play a significant role. A comparison with peer companies also provides context and helps to understand if Abbott Stock is undervalued or overvalued. This multi-faceted approach, blending both quantitative and qualitative analysis, forms a solid foundation for making an informed investment decision about Abbott Laboratories Stock. Highlighted below are key reports to facilitate an investment decision about Abbott Laboratories Stock:
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Please note, there is a significant difference between Abbott Laboratories' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Abbott Laboratories is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Abbott Laboratories' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.