Historical annual and monthly returns for Abbott Laboratories (ABT).
For Abbott Laboratories (ABT), the strongest completed calendar year was 2017, when the stock returned 52.0%, while its weakest was 2002, with a return of -26.7%. Across the 26 completed calendar years from 2000 through 2025, its average annual return was 12.4% and its compounded annual return was 10.8%. ABT posted positive returns in 20 of those 26 years (77%). In 2025, the latest completed year, it returned 12.9%. In 2026 year to date, ABT has returned -17.9%.
Returns are calculated from the adjusted daily closing prices for Abbott Laboratories (ABT). Annual returns measure the percentage change between the final available trading prices of consecutive calendar years. Monthly returns use the corresponding month-end observations. Adjusted prices account for stock splits and distributions when supplied by the market-data provider. Results are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.
