Identifying Quality Dividend Stocks When Yields Are Low
Success in today's dividend investing landscape requires abandoning the outdated practice of simply chasing the highest yields.
Charles Rotblut, Doug Gerlach
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| Health Care | Health Care Equipment & Supplies |
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Success in today's dividend investing landscape requires abandoning the outdated practice of simply chasing the highest yields.
Charles Rotblut, Doug Gerlach
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| Share Statistics | ABT | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Market Cap (Mil) | $172,346.2 | $385.5 | 98% |
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| Shares Out (Mil) | 1,743.0 | 40.8 | 97% |
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| Institutional Ownership | 99.4% | 83.0% | 88% |
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| Float (Mil) | 1,719.8 | 35.5 | 94% |
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| Beta | 0.58 | 0.85 | 34% |
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| Avg Daily Volume (000s) | 9,281 | 321 | 96% |
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| Price Change (52-week) |
(25.8%) | 64.6% | 32% |
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| Growth | ABT | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Sales (5yr) | 5.1% | 11.8% | 37% |
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| Net Income (5yr) | 7.7% | (5.5%) | 52% |
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| EPS (5yr) | 8.2% | 10.2% | 44 |
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| Dividends (5yr) | 9.4% | 0.0% | 92% |
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| Cash Flow (5yr) | (20.9%) | (15.5%) | 31% |
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| Estimates | Qtrly | Current Fiscal Year |
Next Fiscal Year |
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| # of Estimates | 23 | 27 | 27 | |
| Current EPS | $1.415 | $5.517 | $6.064 | |
| Month Ago EPS | $1.420 | $5.519 | $6.065 | |
| # Rev Up | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| # Rev Down | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Three Months Ago EPS | $1.422 | $5.483 | $6.056 | |
| Year/Year Chg | 167.0% | 48.3% | 80.8% | |
| Financials | ABT | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Sales (TTM) (Mil) | $46,585 | $155 | 96% |
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| Net Income (TTM) (Mil) | $5,425 | ($9) | 97% |
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| EPS (TTM) | $3.102 | ($0.400) | 79% |
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| Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) | $9,905 | ($2) | 98% |
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| Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) | ($1,847) | $1 | 2% |
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| Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) | $29,703 | $27 | 97% |
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| Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) | $228,718 | $418 | 99% |
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| Valuation | ABT | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| P/B | 3.37 | 2.69 | 70% |
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| P/E | 32.2 | 24.8 | 73% |
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| Dividend Yield | 2.5% | 0.0% | 80% |
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| PEG (5yr hist) | 3.8 | 1.5 | 84% |
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| Ratios | ABT | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Gross Margin | 56.8% | 58.5% | 69% |
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| Net Margin | 11.6% | (6.9%) | 66% |
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| ROA | 5.6% | (12.2%) | 74% |
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| ROE | 10.7% | (10.5%) | 59% |
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| Liabilities to Assets | 52.6% | 47.2% | 45% |
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| F-Score | 5 | 4 | 50% |
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