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Abbott Laboratories stock buybacks

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$793Mbought back in the 12 months to Mar 31, 2026

Abbott Laboratories bought back $793M of its stock in the last twelve months, $101M more than it paid out in stock compensation. Its share count is down 0.0% from a year earlier.

Stock repurchases by quarter
$0$1.3B$2.5BQ2 '20Q2 '21Q2 '22Q2 '23Q2 '24Q1 '26
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PeriodValue
Q2 '20$4M
Q3 '20$2M
Q4 '20$161M
Q1 '21$275M
Q2 '21$471M
Q3 '21$579M
Q4 '21$974M
Q1 '22$2.3B
Q2 '22$5M
Q3 '22$798M
Q4 '22$685M
Q1 '23$540M
Q2 '23$426M
Q3 '23$2M
Q4 '23$259M
Q1 '24$226M
Q2 '24$3M
Q3 '24$751M
Q4 '24$315M
Q1 '25$280M
Q2 '25$6M
Q3 '25$305M
Q4 '25$302M
Q1 '26$180M
Diluted shares outstanding
1.75B1.77B1.79BQ2 '20Q2 '21Q2 '22Q2 '23Q2 '24Q2 '25Q1 '26
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PeriodValue
Q2 '201.79B
Q3 '201.79B
Q4 '201.79B
Q1 '211.79B
Q2 '211.79B
Q3 '211.79B
Q4 '211.78B
Q1 '221.77B
Q2 '221.77B
Q3 '221.76B
Q4 '221.75B
Q1 '231.75B
Q2 '231.75B
Q3 '231.75B
Q4 '231.75B
Q1 '241.75B
Q2 '241.75B
Q3 '241.75B
Q4 '241.74B
Q1 '251.75B
Q2 '251.75B
Q3 '251.75B
Q4 '251.74B
Q1 '261.75B
$180Mlast quarter (Q1 2026)
$101Mnet of stock compensation ($692M)
−0.0%diluted shares, 1 year
−2.1%diluted shares, 5 years
$4.2Bdividends, 12 months
11%of free cash flow ($7.4B) spent on buybacks
$0raised by issuing stock, 12 months
1.74Bshares outstanding (Mar 31, 2026)

Abbott Laboratories’s 10-Q for the period ending Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026) isn’t in the SEC’s structured data yet, so figures here run through Mar 31, 2026. Read the new filing.

By fiscal year

Fiscal yearBuybacksDividendsStock payFree cash flowDiluted sharesFiling
2025$893M$4.1B$664M$7.4B1.75B10-K
2024$1.3B$3.8B$673M$6.4B1.75B10-K
2023$1.2B$3.6B$644M$5.1B1.75B10-K
2022$3.8B$3.3B$685M$7.8B1.76B10-K
2021$2.3B$3.2B$640M$8.6B1.79B10-K
2020$403M$2.6B$546M$5.7B1.79B10-K
2019$718M$2.3B$519M$4.5B1.78B10-K
2018$238M$2.0B$477M$4.9B1.77B10-K
2017$117M$1.8B$406M$4.4B1.75B10-K
2016$522M$1.5B$310M$2.1B1.48B10-K

Questions

Does Abbott Laboratories buy back its stock?
Abbott Laboratories bought back $793M of its stock in the last twelve months, $101M more than it paid out in stock compensation. Its share count is down 0.0% from a year earlier.
How much did Abbott Laboratories spend on buybacks in fiscal 2025?
$893M, according to its 10-K for the fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2025.
Is Abbott Laboratories's share count going down?
Its diluted share count changed −2.1% over five fiscal years and −0.0% over the last year.

Latest filing used: 10-Q for the period ending Jun 30, 2026, filed Jul 28, 2026 · open on SEC.gov

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