Abbott ABT Interest coverage
Interest coverage at other companies
Other financials
Where this comes from
Calculated from Abbott’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
The official record: Abbott’s 10-Q, filed April 29, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Abbott's interest coverage?
- Abbott (ABT) reported interest coverage of 14.4× in Q1 2026.
- How has Abbott's interest coverage changed year-over-year?
- Abbott's interest coverage increased by 10.7% year-over-year, from 13× to 14.4×.
- What is the long-term trend for Abbott's interest coverage?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Abbott's interest coverage has grown at a 0.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 57.6× to 58.7×.
- What does interest coverage mean?
- How many times the company's operating profit covers its interest bill.
- How do you interpret interest coverage?
- Higher is safer; below ~2× is a warning that earnings provide little cushion against the debt burden. Debt-free companies have no interest expense and the ratio is left blank.
- How does interest coverage compare across companies?
- Comparable across leveraged non-financials; less relevant for net-cash companies with negligible interest.