Abbott Laboratories Stock Beta

ABL Stock  EUR 108.90  0.28  0.26%   
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 Beta Analysis

Abbott Laboratories' Beta is one of the most important measures of equity market volatility. Beta can be thought of as asset elasticity or sensitivity to market. In other words, it is a number that shows the relationship of an equity instrument to the financial market in which this instrument is traded. For example, if Beta of equity is 2, it is expected to significantly outperform market when the market is going up and significantly underperform when the market is going down. Similarly, Beta of 1 indicates that an asset and market will generate similar returns over time.

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Current Abbott Laboratories Beta

    
  0.65  
Most of Abbott Laboratories' fundamental indicators, such as Beta, 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 a nutshell, Beta is a measure of individual stock risk relative to the overall volatility of the stock market. and is calculated based on very sound finance theory - Capital Assets Pricing Model (CAPM).However, since Beta is calculated based on historical price movements it may not predict how a firm's stock is going to perform in the future.
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In accordance with the recently published financial statements, Abbott Laboratories has a Beta of 0.6548. This is 23.86% lower than that of the Healthcare sector and 37.04% lower than that of the Medical Devices industry. The beta for all Germany stocks is notably lower than that of the firm.

Abbott Beta 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 Beta 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 beta category among its peers.
As returns on the market increase, Abbott Laboratories' returns are expected to increase less than the market. However, during the bear market, the loss of holding Abbott Laboratories is expected to be smaller as well.

Abbott Fundamentals

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.
Please read more on our fundamental analysis page.

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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:
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Abbott Laboratories. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in board of governors.
For more detail on how to invest in Abbott Stock please use our How to Invest in Abbott Laboratories guide.
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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.