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Abbott Laboratories ABT

SectorHealth Care
Transcripts71
Date range2007-07-18 – 2025-04-16
Calls charted71

Sentiment timeline

Net Loughran-McDonald sentiment per call (×1000), earliest → latest.

-18-9+0+9+182007 Q22009 Q32012 Q12014 Q22016 Q32018 Q42021 Q12023 Q22007 Q2 · Overall: +5.32007 Q3 · Overall: +8.52007 Q4 · Overall: +10.52008 Q1 · Overall: +7.12008 Q2 · Overall: +12.22008 Q3 · Overall: +12.92008 Q4 · Overall: +11.92009 Q1 · Overall: +2.52009 Q2 · Overall: +8.12009 Q3 · Overall: +5.32009 Q4 · Overall: +11.12010 Q1 · Overall: +13.02010 Q3 · Overall: +10.12010 Q4 · Overall: +5.82011 Q1 · Overall: +9.52011 Q2 · Overall: +12.82011 Q3 · Overall: +8.12011 Q4 · Overall: +10.82012 Q1 · Overall: +10.42012 Q2 · Overall: +7.92012 Q3 · Overall: +11.82012 Q4 · Overall: +7.72013 Q1 · Overall: +8.22013 Q2 · Overall: +6.22013 Q3 · Overall: +5.42013 Q4 · Overall: +8.12014 Q1 · Overall: +8.12014 Q2 · Overall: +6.52014 Q3 · Overall: +10.72014 Q4 · Overall: +14.12015 Q1 · Overall: +15.02015 Q2 · Overall: +6.32015 Q3 · Overall: +13.12015 Q4 · Overall: +6.52016 Q1 · Overall: +8.92016 Q2 · Overall: +5.12016 Q3 · Overall: +7.72016 Q4 · Overall: +7.52017 Q1 · Overall: +5.62017 Q2 · Overall: +5.32017 Q3 · Overall: +8.42017 Q4 · Overall: +12.22018 Q1 · Overall: +11.12018 Q2 · Overall: +10.32018 Q3 · Overall: +9.82018 Q4 · Overall: +15.82019 Q1 · Overall: +6.22019 Q2 · Overall: +4.92019 Q3 · Overall: +9.12019 Q4 · Overall: +11.32020 Q1 · Overall: -5.22020 Q2 · Overall: -0.52020 Q3 · Overall: +3.32020 Q4 · Overall: +2.92021 Q1 · Overall: +1.92021 Q2 · Overall: +4.12021 Q3 · Overall: +6.52021 Q4 · Overall: +6.12022 Q1 · Overall: +2.62022 Q2 · Overall: +2.62022 Q3 · Overall: -1.72022 Q4 · Overall: +0.82023 Q1 · Overall: +7.12023 Q2 · Overall: +2.12023 Q3 · Overall: +2.12023 Q4 · Overall: +6.82024 Q1 · Overall: +9.02024 Q2 · Overall: +12.02024 Q3 · Overall: +10.52024 Q4 · Overall: +14.22025 Q1 · Overall: +9.1
Overall

CEO vs CFO

Average sentiment of each executive's remarks per call. Divergence is a signal.

-42-21+0+21+422007 Q22009 Q32012 Q12014 Q22016 Q32018 Q42021 Q12023 Q22007 Q4 · CEO: +17.52008 Q4 · CEO: +13.82009 Q1 · CEO: +6.52009 Q4 · CEO: +13.22010 Q3 · CEO: +18.72010 Q4 · CEO: +10.42011 Q3 · CEO: +11.32011 Q4 · CEO: +17.12012 Q3 · CEO: +18.42012 Q4 · CEO: +14.72013 Q1 · CEO: +10.52013 Q2 · CEO: +9.32013 Q3 · CEO: +4.32013 Q4 · CEO: +13.92014 Q1 · CEO: +13.52014 Q2 · CEO: +10.82014 Q3 · CEO: +16.52014 Q4 · CEO: +19.82015 Q1 · CEO: +17.72015 Q2 · CEO: +10.22015 Q3 · CEO: +19.82015 Q4 · CEO: +10.22016 Q1 · CEO: +17.32016 Q2 · CEO: +9.72016 Q3 · CEO: +15.72016 Q4 · CEO: +20.72017 Q1 · CEO: +13.02017 Q2 · CEO: +11.12017 Q3 · CEO: +11.82017 Q4 · CEO: +18.52018 Q2 · CEO: +13.52018 Q3 · CEO: +15.82018 Q4 · CEO: +23.32019 Q1 · CEO: +14.82019 Q2 · CEO: +14.62019 Q3 · CEO: +24.72019 Q4 · CEO: +21.12020 Q1 · CEO: -0.82020 Q2 · CEO: +2.32020 Q3 · CEO: +17.72020 Q4 · CEO: +9.22021 Q1 · CEO: +4.52021 Q2 · CEO: +13.52021 Q3 · CEO: +7.82021 Q4 · CEO: +16.32022 Q1 · CEO: +8.72022 Q2 · CEO: +12.32022 Q3 · CEO: -2.12022 Q4 · CEO: +16.52023 Q1 · CEO: +16.52023 Q2 · CEO: +16.92023 Q3 · CEO: +10.02023 Q4 · CEO: +21.62024 Q1 · CEO: +14.62024 Q2 · CEO: +19.22024 Q3 · CEO: +16.22024 Q4 · CEO: +21.52025 Q1 · CEO: +13.52007 Q2 · CFO: +7.92007 Q4 · CFO: +13.32008 Q1 · CFO: +8.22008 Q2 · CFO: +17.92008 Q3 · CFO: +17.82008 Q4 · CFO: +15.82009 Q1 · CFO: -3.02009 Q2 · CFO: +11.12009 Q3 · CFO: +8.52009 Q4 · CFO: +14.82010 Q1 · CFO: +15.02010 Q3 · CFO: -3.52010 Q4 · CFO: +4.42011 Q1 · CFO: +15.62011 Q2 · CFO: +23.12011 Q3 · CFO: +10.62011 Q4 · CFO: +19.42012 Q1 · CFO: +13.52012 Q2 · CFO: +11.62012 Q3 · CFO: +9.32012 Q4 · CFO: +1.92013 Q1 · CFO: +6.42013 Q2 · CFO: +0.02013 Q3 · CFO: +7.62013 Q4 · CFO: +5.02014 Q1 · CFO: +4.22014 Q2 · CFO: +3.12014 Q3 · CFO: +1.22014 Q4 · CFO: +14.22015 Q1 · CFO: +10.42015 Q2 · CFO: +10.92015 Q3 · CFO: +4.42015 Q4 · CFO: +2.12016 Q1 · CFO: +8.02016 Q2 · CFO: -2.82016 Q3 · CFO: -4.52016 Q4 · CFO: +2.22017 Q1 · CFO: -6.92017 Q2 · CFO: -8.82017 Q3 · CFO: +12.82017 Q4 · CFO: +8.92018 Q2 · CFO: +36.12018 Q3 · CFO: +23.22018 Q4 · CFO: +0.02019 Q1 · CFO: +0.02019 Q2 · CFO: +16.42019 Q3 · CFO: +12.22019 Q4 · CFO: +10.12020 Q1 · CFO: +0.02020 Q2 · CFO: +0.02020 Q3 · CFO: +0.02021 Q1 · CFO: +0.02021 Q2 · CFO: +0.02021 Q3 · CFO: +18.22021 Q4 · CFO: +8.52022 Q1 · CFO: +0.02022 Q2 · CFO: -6.82022 Q3 · CFO: +5.62022 Q4 · CFO: +0.02023 Q1 · CFO: +5.02023 Q2 · CFO: -16.82023 Q3 · CFO: -16.12023 Q4 · CFO: -15.22024 Q1 · CFO: -14.12024 Q2 · CFO: +3.42024 Q3 · CFO: -17.12024 Q4 · CFO: -1.62025 Q1 · CFO: +11.8
CEOCFO

Prepared remarks vs Q&A

Scripted tone vs unscripted answers. The gap is information.

-135-68+0+68+1352007 Q22009 Q32012 Q12014 Q22016 Q32018 Q42021 Q12023 Q22007 Q2 · Prepared remarks: +10.92007 Q3 · Prepared remarks: +14.22007 Q4 · Prepared remarks: +17.42008 Q1 · Prepared remarks: +8.32008 Q2 · Prepared remarks: +16.02008 Q3 · Prepared remarks: +20.62008 Q4 · Prepared remarks: +18.52009 Q1 · Prepared remarks: +7.52009 Q2 · Prepared remarks: +10.92009 Q3 · Prepared remarks: +11.12009 Q4 · Prepared remarks: +15.62010 Q1 · Prepared remarks: +16.42010 Q3 · Prepared remarks: +11.42010 Q4 · Prepared remarks: +12.92011 Q1 · Prepared remarks: +10.62011 Q2 · Prepared remarks: +13.92011 Q3 · Prepared remarks: +20.42011 Q4 · Prepared remarks: +15.92012 Q1 · Prepared remarks: +11.82012 Q2 · Prepared remarks: +5.62012 Q3 · Prepared remarks: +18.02012 Q4 · Prepared remarks: +11.92013 Q1 · Prepared remarks: +12.42013 Q2 · Prepared remarks: +10.02013 Q3 · Prepared remarks: +8.62013 Q4 · Prepared remarks: +8.62014 Q1 · Prepared remarks: +8.82014 Q2 · Prepared remarks: +10.12014 Q3 · Prepared remarks: +8.02014 Q4 · Prepared remarks: +13.72015 Q1 · Prepared remarks: +11.92015 Q2 · Prepared remarks: +14.42015 Q3 · Prepared remarks: +12.72015 Q4 · Prepared remarks: +13.82016 Q1 · Prepared remarks: +9.42016 Q2 · Prepared remarks: +9.22016 Q3 · Prepared remarks: +3.82016 Q4 · Prepared remarks: +18.42017 Q1 · Prepared remarks: +7.02017 Q2 · Prepared remarks: +6.02017 Q3 · Prepared remarks: +12.52017 Q4 · Prepared remarks: +21.42018 Q1 · Prepared remarks: +117.62018 Q2 · Prepared remarks: +6.52018 Q3 · Prepared remarks: +15.52018 Q4 · Prepared remarks: +44.62019 Q1 · Prepared remarks: +48.52019 Q2 · Prepared remarks: +14.62019 Q3 · Prepared remarks: +15.52019 Q4 · Prepared remarks: +28.92020 Q1 · Prepared remarks: -2.52020 Q2 · Prepared remarks: +0.02020 Q3 · Prepared remarks: +12.52020 Q4 · Prepared remarks: +14.62021 Q1 · Prepared remarks: +16.92021 Q2 · Prepared remarks: +19.72021 Q3 · Prepared remarks: +11.92021 Q4 · Prepared remarks: +22.42022 Q1 · Prepared remarks: +14.52022 Q2 · Prepared remarks: +11.82022 Q3 · Prepared remarks: +11.82022 Q4 · Prepared remarks: +0.02023 Q1 · Prepared remarks: +23.32023 Q2 · Prepared remarks: +7.42023 Q3 · Prepared remarks: +0.02023 Q4 · Prepared remarks: +5.52024 Q1 · Prepared remarks: +4.42024 Q2 · Prepared remarks: +4.62024 Q3 · Prepared remarks: +14.02024 Q4 · Prepared remarks: +17.32025 Q1 · Prepared remarks: +4.92007 Q2 · Q&A responses: +4.52007 Q3 · Q&A responses: +5.22007 Q4 · Q&A responses: +8.82008 Q1 · Q&A responses: +9.92008 Q2 · Q&A responses: +10.62008 Q3 · Q&A responses: +12.62008 Q4 · Q&A responses: +7.02009 Q1 · Q&A responses: +4.72009 Q2 · Q&A responses: +12.52009 Q3 · Q&A responses: +6.22009 Q4 · Q&A responses: +11.32010 Q1 · Q&A responses: +14.02010 Q3 · Q&A responses: +11.42010 Q4 · Q&A responses: +3.42011 Q1 · Q&A responses: +16.92011 Q2 · Q&A responses: +20.32011 Q3 · Q&A responses: +5.02011 Q4 · Q&A responses: +11.22012 Q1 · Q&A responses: +15.52012 Q2 · Q&A responses: +16.12012 Q3 · Q&A responses: +8.42012 Q4 · Q&A responses: +7.42013 Q1 · Q&A responses: +7.12013 Q2 · Q&A responses: +6.42013 Q3 · Q&A responses: +6.62013 Q4 · Q&A responses: +12.12014 Q1 · Q&A responses: +11.62014 Q2 · Q&A responses: +6.32014 Q3 · Q&A responses: +13.52014 Q4 · Q&A responses: +18.22015 Q1 · Q&A responses: +18.12015 Q2 · Q&A responses: +7.62015 Q3 · Q&A responses: +17.02015 Q4 · Q&A responses: +6.02016 Q1 · Q&A responses: +14.12016 Q2 · Q&A responses: +6.42016 Q3 · Q&A responses: +14.82016 Q4 · Q&A responses: +8.82017 Q1 · Q&A responses: +10.32017 Q2 · Q&A responses: +8.32017 Q3 · Q&A responses: +9.92017 Q4 · Q&A responses: +12.12018 Q1 · Q&A responses: +14.92018 Q2 · Q&A responses: +13.52018 Q3 · Q&A responses: +15.42018 Q4 · Q&A responses: +20.62019 Q1 · Q&A responses: +10.72019 Q2 · Q&A responses: +12.32019 Q3 · Q&A responses: +15.42019 Q4 · Q&A responses: +14.82020 Q1 · Q&A responses: +2.02020 Q2 · Q&A responses: +0.02020 Q3 · Q&A responses: +12.42020 Q4 · Q&A responses: +8.22021 Q1 · Q&A responses: +4.32021 Q2 · Q&A responses: +9.82021 Q3 · Q&A responses: +7.22021 Q4 · Q&A responses: +12.02022 Q1 · Q&A responses: +5.02022 Q2 · Q&A responses: +5.92022 Q3 · Q&A responses: -4.22022 Q4 · Q&A responses: +11.72023 Q1 · Q&A responses: +12.92023 Q2 · Q&A responses: +10.42023 Q3 · Q&A responses: +7.62023 Q4 · Q&A responses: +19.22024 Q1 · Q&A responses: +14.32024 Q2 · Q&A responses: +20.62024 Q3 · Q&A responses: +14.22024 Q4 · Q&A responses: +17.52025 Q1 · Q&A responses: +14.3
Prepared remarksQ&A responses

Tone vs forward expectations

Management tone next to Wall Street's forward-looking numbers (glopardo): the 12-month forward EPS estimate and the forward P/E per call.

Forward EPS estimate

$1.98$3.69$5.392007 Q22009 Q32012 Q12014 Q22016 Q32018 Q42021 Q12023 Q22014 Q1: $2.272014 Q2: $2.332014 Q3: $2.402014 Q4: $2.272015 Q1: $2.212015 Q2: $2.292015 Q3: $2.352015 Q4: $2.382016 Q1: $2.222016 Q2: $2.342016 Q3: $2.392016 Q4: $2.422017 Q1: $2.522017 Q2: $2.622017 Q3: $2.712017 Q4: $2.832018 Q1: $2.942018 Q2: $3.042018 Q3: $3.152018 Q4: $3.202019 Q1: $3.312019 Q2: $3.412019 Q3: $3.532019 Q4: $3.602020 Q1: $3.692020 Q2: $3.242020 Q3: $3.882020 Q4: $4.402021 Q1: $5.122021 Q2: $4.502021 Q3: $4.602021 Q4: $4.762022 Q1: $4.922022 Q2: $4.882022 Q3: $4.782022 Q4: $4.412023 Q1: $4.512023 Q2: $4.512023 Q3: $4.562023 Q4: $4.632024 Q1: $4.722024 Q2: $4.862024 Q3: $5.022024 Q4: $5.16

Forward P/E

15.0022.2429.482007 Q22009 Q32012 Q12014 Q22016 Q32018 Q42021 Q12023 Q22014 Q1: 17.402014 Q2: 17.292014 Q3: 18.062014 Q4: 19.502015 Q1: 21.402015 Q2: 21.262015 Q3: 18.682015 Q4: 19.352016 Q1: 18.082016 Q2: 16.002016 Q3: 17.092016 Q4: 16.042017 Q1: 17.952017 Q2: 18.222017 Q3: 19.212017 Q4: 19.462018 Q1: 21.382018 Q2: 20.572018 Q3: 21.782018 Q4: 21.562019 Q1: 23.772019 Q2: 24.732019 Q3: 23.712019 Q4: 24.152020 Q1: 21.492020 Q2: 28.062020 Q3: 27.262020 Q4: 24.402021 Q1: 22.952021 Q2: 24.482021 Q3: 27.702021 Q4: 28.482022 Q1: 24.312022 Q2: 21.482022 Q3: 22.142022 Q4: 25.232023 Q1: 21.692023 Q2: 22.892023 Q3: 22.512023 Q4: 23.162024 Q1: 25.462024 Q2: 21.422024 Q3: 22.882024 Q4: 21.69

Divergence watch ⚑

Quarters where tone and the forward EPS estimate moved opposite ways.

  • 2014 Q4 tone ↑ +3.4 fwd EPS ↓ -0.13 Tone rose while the forward EPS estimate was cut.
  • 2015 Q2 tone ↓ -8.7 fwd EPS ↑ +0.07 Tone cooled even as the forward EPS estimate rose.
  • 2015 Q4 tone ↓ -6.7 fwd EPS ↑ +0.03 Tone cooled even as the forward EPS estimate rose.
  • 2016 Q1 tone ↑ +2.4 fwd EPS ↓ -0.16 Tone rose while the forward EPS estimate was cut.
  • 2016 Q2 tone ↓ -3.8 fwd EPS ↑ +0.12 Tone cooled even as the forward EPS estimate rose.
  • 2019 Q1 tone ↓ -9.6 fwd EPS ↑ +0.11 Tone cooled even as the forward EPS estimate rose.
  • 2020 Q1 tone ↓ -16.5 fwd EPS ↑ +0.09 Tone cooled even as the forward EPS estimate rose.
  • 2020 Q2 tone ↑ +4.7 fwd EPS ↓ -0.45 Tone rose while the forward EPS estimate was cut.
  • 2021 Q2 tone ↑ +2.2 fwd EPS ↓ -0.63 Tone rose while the forward EPS estimate was cut.
  • 2022 Q1 tone ↓ -3.6 fwd EPS ↑ +0.16 Tone cooled even as the forward EPS estimate rose.
  • 2022 Q4 tone ↑ +2.5 fwd EPS ↓ -0.37 Tone rose while the forward EPS estimate was cut.

Recent transcripts

CallDateSentiment ×1000Fwd EPSFwd P/E
2025 Q12025-04-16+9.1——View →
2024 Q42025-01-22+14.2$5.1621.7View →
2024 Q32024-10-16+10.5$5.0222.9View →
2024 Q22024-07-18+12.0$4.8621.4View →
2024 Q12024-04-17+9.0$4.7225.5View →
2023 Q42024-01-23+6.8$4.6323.2View →
2023 Q32023-10-17+2.1$4.5622.5View →
2023 Q22023-07-19+2.1$4.5122.9View →