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Abbott Laboratories (ABT)

CAPS Rating:
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Principal business is the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of a broad and diversified line of health care products. Company has four segments: Pharmaceutical Products, Diagnostic Products, Nutritional Products, and Vascular Products.

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Total Members

1348 Outperforms
73 Underperforms
 

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439 Outperforms
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23 Outperforms
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Ticker Tags

Mega Cap (82), Multinational Company (16), Big Pharma (12), S&P 500 (452), Healthcare (770), Chicago (30), Illinois (18), Medical Device (38), Pharmaceuticals (157), Dividend (195)
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Abbott Laboratories At A Glance

Current Price: $46.00
Last Trade Time: 7/6/2009 4:00 PM
Open: $45.63
Previous Close: $46.28
Daily Range: $45.63 - $46.33
52-Week Range: $41.27 - $60.78
Volume: 7,926,191
Market Cap: $71.52B
P/E Ratio: 13.69
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Abbott Laboratories (ABT)

Avatar Shaftsbury (75.99) Submitted: 1/21/09 6:03 PM

This equity has been relatively flat of late compared to its peers, but has significantly outperformed the market over the past year. With an excellent earning report today and a very nice forecast for 2009, expect the stock to move higher, or at worst, to outperform in a bad market.

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Abbott Laboratories (ABT)

Avatar boiseidfool (60.95) Submitted: 3/03/07 9:35 AM

Idaho has filed a lawsuit that alleges Abbott Laboratories falsified wholesale drug prices and that the state has overpaid Medicaid reimbursements because of the manipulated drug prices. In the complaint, the Idaho attorney general's office says the prices charged to hospitals and pharmacies for Ab...More

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Avatar Alzo10 (95.34) Submitted: 7/02/09 8:48 AM : Outperform Start Price: $46.30 ABT Score: 0.81

Cash flowing very nicely, and a company that has consistently beaten estimates while paying a nice dividend. This is an $80+ stock.

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Avatar dave22q (29.91) Submitted: 6/29/09 9:58 PM : Underperform Start Price: $47.01 ABT Score: -1.11

legal problem plus fear of Obama care.

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Avatar FlyingJib (64.50) Submitted: 6/28/09 6:45 PM : Outperform Start Price: $47.59 ABT Score: -0.81

One of the better pharmaceutical companies and they have a nice dividend!

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Avatar richardrogers4 (66.90) Submitted: 6/20/09 4:32 PM : Outperform Start Price: $47.18 ABT Score: -1.05

Defensive sector pick

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Avatar foolishjules (56.16) Submitted: 6/15/09 6:35 PM : Outperform Start Price: $44.70 ABT Score: 6.59

SO MUCH MORE THAN A DRUG COMPANY, DIVERSIFIED, GOOD DIVIDEND

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