Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Q1 Earnings: What To Expect

Healthcare product and device company Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow before the bell. Here’s what to look for.

Abbott Laboratories met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $10.97 billion, up 7.2% year on year. It was a decent quarter for the company, with organic revenue and EPS in line with analysts’ estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Abbott Laboratories’s revenue to grow 4.3% year on year to $10.39 billion, improving from the 2.2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.07 per share.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Abbott Laboratories has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates twice over the last two years.

Looking at Abbott Laboratories’s peers in the healthcare equipment and supplies segment, only Neogen has reported results so far. It missed analysts’ revenue estimates by 1.5%, posting year-on-year sales declines of 3.4%. The stock was down 20% on the results.

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