ABT dividend analysis

ABT dividend deep dive

On the income line, ABT prints a 5.20% TTM yield with 42% of earnings going to the dividend. The 5-year distribution CAGR is 1.2%, and the consecutive-growth streak runs 43 years.

Dividend safety on ABT reads 50/100, derived from the VMCI Quality pillar (47/100) adjusted for payout-ratio strain. The score sits in the watchlist band, which is the right anchor for income-portfolio sizing.

Compound-income view on ABT: at 5.20% TTM yield growing at 1.2% per year, a held-and-reinvested position returns 29.2% / 67.0% / 178.9% cumulatively over 5/10/20 years on income alone.

Comparison set on ABT: KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). With a peer-mean yield of 3.13%, ABT prints 5.20% — a 2.07-pp premium on the income line.

Calendar inputs on ABT: ex 2026-03-01 → pay 2026-03-15. The quarterly cadence and $4.835/share run rate are the operative numbers for income planning.

ABT bottom-line read: mid-yield on yield, slow on growth, watchlist on safety. The income thesis is durable only if the Quality and Risk pillar trajectories stay in their current bands.