ABBOTT LABORATORIES Cash Flow Breakdown
Cash flow breakdown shows where ABBOTT LABORATORIES's cash came from and where it went: from running the business, from investing (buying or selling equipment, companies and investments) and from financing (borrowing, paying back loans, buying back shares, paying dividends). One row per year or quarter. A minus sign means cash went out. Financing is shown line by line: buybacks, dividends, debt paid back, new debt and the rest. All amounts are the filed figures for that period.
- Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31: from running the business, $9.57B came in.
- Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31: from investing, $2.42B went out.
- Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31: from financing, $6.31B went out.
- Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31: change in cash, $906.00M came in.
A minus sign means cash went out. * = worked out from the filed year-to-date figures (hover to see how); greyed = already counted inside another line.
Each year (12 month)
| Fiscal year end | Running the business | From investing | Buybacks | Dividends | Debt paid back | New debt | Commercial paper | New shares sold | Other | Not split out | Change in cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | $9.57B | -$2.42B | -$893.00M | -$4.12B | -$115.00M | $396.00M | -$82.00M | -$1.50B* | $906.00M | ||
| 2024-12-31 | $8.56B | -$2.34B | -$1.29B | -$3.84B | -$100.00M | $264.00M | $0.00 | -$437.00M* | $720.00M | ||
| 2023-12-31 | $7.26B | -$3.13B | -$1.23B | -$3.56B | $21.00M | $167.00M | $0.00 | -$2.50B* | -$2.99B | ||
| 2022-12-31 | $9.58B | -$1.74B | -$3.79B | -$3.31B | $47.00M | $167.00M | $0.00 | -$746.00M* | $83.00M | ||
| 2021-12-31 | $10.53B | -$2.01B | -$2.30B | -$3.20B | -$48.00M | $4.00M | -$204.00M | $255.00M | $0.00 | $2.96B | |
| 2020-12-31 | $7.90B | -$2.21B | -$403.00M | -$2.56B | -$1.33B | $1.28B | $2.00M | $245.00M | -$11.00M | $2.98B | |
| 2019-12-31 | $6.14B | -$1.81B | -$718.00M | -$2.27B | -$3.44B | $1.84B | $298.00M | $16.00M | |||
| 2018-12-31 | $6.30B | -$1.36B | -$238.00M | -$1.97B | -$12.43B | $4.01B | -$26.00M | $271.00M | -$5.56B | ||
| 2017-12-31 | $5.57B | -$9.62B | -$117.00M | -$1.85B | -$8.65B | $6.74B | -$1.03B | $350.00M | -$723.00M* | -$9.21B | |
| 2016-12-31 | $3.20B | -$248.00M | -$522.00M | -$1.54B | -$12.00M | $14.93B | -$1.77B | $248.00M | -$195.00M* | $13.62B | |
| 2015-12-31 | $2.97B | $406.00M | -$2.24B | -$1.44B | -$57.00M | $2.48B | -$1.28B | $314.00M | -$17.00M* | $938.00M | |
| 2014-12-31 | $3.67B | -$202.00M | -$2.19B | -$1.34B | -$577.00M | $1.34B | $429.00M | -$400.00M* | $588.00M | ||
| 2013-12-31 | $3.32B | -$3.93B | -$1.60B | -$882.00M | -$303.00M | $9.00M | $2.09B | $395.00M | -$6.40B* | -$7.33B | |
| 2012-12-31 | $9.31B | -$5.56B | -$2.36B | -$3.18B | -$11.07B | $14.70B | $784.00M | $1.85B | -$521.00M* | $3.99B | |
| 2011-12-31 | $8.97B | $661.00M | -$77.00M | -$2.94B | -$3.01B | $1.00B | -$1.97B | $969.00M | -$400.00M* | $3.17B | |
| 2010-12-31 | $8.74B | -$12.19B | -$866.83M | -$2.67B | -$1.67B | $4.00B | -$203.85M | $328.41M | -$5.16B | ||
| 2009-12-31 | $7.28B | -$3.70B | -$826.35M | -$2.41B | -$2.48B | $3.00B | $3.22B | $508.67M | $4.70B | ||
| 2008-12-31 | $6.99B | -$2.09B | -$1.08B | -$2.17B | -$913.95M | -$324.74M | $1.01B | $1.66B | |||
| 2007-12-31 | $5.18B | -$1.14B | -$1.06B | -$1.96B | -$441.01M | $3.50B | -$3.60B | $1.25B | $1.94B |
Each quarter (3 month)
| Quarter end | Running the business | From investing | Buybacks | Dividends | Debt paid back | New debt | Commercial paper | New shares sold | Other | Not split out | Change in cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | $1.31B | -$20.32B | -$180.00M | -$1.10B | -$1.42B | $19.86B | $31.00M | $116.00M | -$1.72B | ||
| 2025-12-31 | $3.31B* | -$913.00M* | -$302.00M* | -$1.03B* | -$71.00M* | $5.00M* | $0.00* | $1.00M* | |||
| 2025-09-30 | $2.79B* | -$457.00M* | -$305.00M* | -$1.03B* | -$501.00M* | $0.00* | $8.00M* | $69.00M* | $0.00* | ||
| 2025-06-30 | $2.05B* | -$582.00M* | -$6.00M* | -$1.03B* | -$1.00M* | $2.00M* | -$16.00M* | $35.00M* | -$82.00M* | ||
| 2025-03-31 | $1.42B | -$470.00M | -$280.00M | -$1.03B | -$1.00B | $1.00M | -$36.00M | $287.00M | -$1.08B | ||
| 2024-12-31 | $2.87B* | -$866.00M* | -$315.00M* | -$958.00M* | $26.00M* | $25.00M* | $0.00* | -$639.00M* | |||
| 2024-09-30 | $2.71B* | -$594.00M* | -$751.00M* | -$960.00M* | -$2.00M* | $1.00M* | $44.00M* | $92.00M* | $0.00* | ||
| 2024-06-30 | $1.96B* | -$453.00M* | -$3.00M* | -$961.00M* | -$18.00M* | $221.00M* | -$43.00M* | $13.00M* | |||
| 2024-03-31 | $1.02B | -$425.00M | -$226.00M | -$957.00M | $0.00 | $0.00 | -$127.00M | $134.00M | -$612.00M | ||
| 2023-12-31 | $3.04B* | -$824.00M* | -$259.00M* | -$888.00M* | $111.00M* | $34.00M* | -$1.05B* | ||||
| 2023-09-30 | $1.88B* | -$634.00M* | -$2.00M* | -$888.00M* | -$1.45B* | $0.00* | -$61.00M* | $56.00M* | |||
| 2023-06-30 | $1.20B* | -$1.21B* | -$426.00M* | -$890.00M* | -$2.00M* | $13.00M* | $15.00M* | $1.00M* | |||
| 2023-03-31 | $1.14B | -$462.00M | -$540.00M | -$890.00M | $0.00 | -$42.00M | $62.00M | -$721.00M | |||
| 2022-12-31 | $2.33B* | -$632.00M* | -$685.00M* | -$823.00M* | $10.00M* | $41.00M* | |||||
| 2022-09-30 | $2.78B* | -$484.00M* | -$798.00M* | -$826.00M* | -$1.00M* | $1.00M* | $24.00M* | $57.00M* | |||
| 2022-06-30 | $2.41B* | -$264.00M* | -$5.00M* | -$828.00M* | -$1.00M* | $5.00M* | $10.00M* | $6.00M* | |||
| 2022-03-31 | $2.06B | -$360.00M | -$2.31B | -$832.00M | -$751.00M | $8.00M | $59.00M | -$2.12B | |||
| 2021-12-31 | $3.07B* | -$671.00M* | -$974.00M* | -$798.00M* | -$3.00M* | $4.00M* | -$197.00M* | $82.00M* | |||
| 2021-09-30 | $2.70B* | -$651.00M* | -$579.00M* | -$801.00M* | -$40.00M* | $0.00* | -$27.00M* | $70.00M* | |||
| 2021-06-30 | $2.13B* | -$264.00M* | -$471.00M* | -$803.00M* | -$3.00M* | -$4.00M* | $17.00M* | ||||
| 2021-03-31 | $2.64B | -$422.00M | -$275.00M | -$800.00M | -$2.00M | $24.00M | $86.00M | $1.22B | |||
| 2020-12-31 | $3.80B* | -$731.00M* | -$161.00M* | -$641.00M* | -$1.00M* | $1.00M* | -$1.00M* | $16.00M* | $0.00* | ||
| 2020-09-30 | $2.07B* | -$472.00M* | -$2.00M* | -$639.00M* | -$1.33B* | $1.00M* | -$28.00M* | $83.00M* | $0.00* | ||
| 2020-06-30 | $1.32B* | -$619.00M* | -$4.00M* | -$642.00M* | -$1.00M* | -$20.00M* | $57.00M* | $1.27B* | |||
| 2020-03-31 | $715.00M | -$393.00M | -$236.00M | -$638.00M | -$1.00M | $51.00M | $89.00M | -$483.00M | |||
| 2019-12-31 | $2.42B* | -$489.00M* | -$496.00M* | -$568.00M* | -$2.92B* | $7.00M* | $1.79B* | ||||
| 2019-09-30 | $1.95B* | -$432.00M* | -$1.00M* | -$569.00M* | -$2.00M* | $12.00M* | $47.00M* | ||||
| 2019-06-30 | $1.06B* | -$498.00M* | -$4.00M* | -$568.00M* | -$21.00M* | $27.00M* | $117.00M* | ||||
| 2019-03-31 | $712.00M | -$396.00M | -$217.00M | -$565.00M | -$500.00M | $13.00M | $127.00M | -$822.00M | |||
| 2018-12-31 | $1.76B* | -$496.00M* | -$104.00M* | -$495.00M* | -$4.15B* | -$2.00M* | -$48.00M* | $27.00M* | |||
| 2018-09-30 | $2.18B* | -$323.00M* | -$3.00M* | -$494.00M* | -$999.00M* | -$118.00M* | $74.00M* | $4.01B* | |||
| 2018-06-30 | $1.24B* | -$299.00M* | -$3.00M* | -$494.00M* | -$1.30B* | $134.00M* | $33.00M* | ||||
| 2018-03-31 | $1.11B | -$238.00M | -$128.00M | -$491.00M | -$5.98B | $6.00M | $137.00M | -$5.55B | |||
| 2017-12-31 | $1.64B* | -$3.15B* | -$11.00M* | -$464.00M* | -$6.14B* | $390.00M* | $75.00M* | $6.04B* | -$1.60B* | ||
| 2017-09-30 | $2.00B* | -$306.00M* | -$8.00M* | -$463.00M* | -$1.00M* | $5.00M* | $89.00M* | -$8.00M* | $1.34B* | ||
| 2017-06-30 | $1.35B* | -$6.00M* | -$3.00M* | -$462.00M* | -$2.00M* | $26.00M* | $57.00M* | $969.00M* | |||
| 2017-03-31 | $574.00M | -$6.15B | -$95.00M | -$460.00M | -$2.50B | -$1.46B | $129.00M | -$13.00M* | -$9.91B | ||
| 2016-12-31 | $1.17B* | $1.55B* | $0.00* | -$386.00M* | -$1.00M* | -$1.08B* | $42.00M* | $14.93B* | $16.12B* | ||
| 2016-09-30 | $1.22B* | -$554.00M* | -$2.00M* | -$384.00M* | -$1.00M* | -$397.00M* | $76.00M* | -$38.00M* | -$78.00M* | ||
| 2016-06-30 | $909.00M* | -$1.47B* | -$1.00M* | -$384.00M* | -$3.00M* | $298.00M* | $43.00M* | -$132.00M* | -$756.00M* | ||
| 2016-03-31 | -$93.00M | $226.00M | -$519.00M | -$385.00M | -$7.00M | -$583.00M | $87.00M | -$25.00M* | -$1.67B | ||
| 2015-12-31 | $828.00M* | $1.57B* | -$888.00M* | -$360.00M* | -$21.00M* | $0.00* | $738.00M* | $51.00M* | -$17.00M* | $1.87B* | |
| 2015-09-30 | $1.20B* | -$1.20B* | -$2.00M* | -$359.00M* | -$3.00M* | $0.00* | -$501.00M* | $50.00M* | -$916.00M* | ||
| 2015-06-30 | $941.00M* | $242.00M* | -$1.00M* | -$360.00M* | -$23.00M* | $0.00* | -$47.00M* | $57.00M* | $822.00M* | ||
| 2015-03-31 | $2.00M | -$205.00M | -$1.35B | -$364.00M | -$10.00M | $2.48B | -$1.47B | $156.00M | -$837.00M | ||
| 2014-12-31 | $1.24B* | -$10.00M* | -$1.00M* | -$335.00M* | $74.00M* | $139.00M* | -$577.00M* | $450.00M* | |||
| 2014-09-30 | $1.20B* | -$825.00M* | -$1.00M* | -$331.00M* | $397.00M* | $64.00M* | -$400.00M* | $43.00M* | |||
| 2014-06-30 | $900.00M* | $1.23B* | -$1.00M* | -$333.00M* | -$341.00M* | $56.00M* | $1.51B* | ||||
| 2014-03-31 | $336.00M | -$595.00M | -$2.19B | -$343.00M | $1.21B | $170.00M | -$1.42B | ||||
| 2013-12-31 | $1.63B* | $840.00M* | -$39.00M* | -$218.00M* | -$1.44B* | $214.74M* | -$388.74M* | $593.00M* | |||
| 2013-09-30 | $522.00M* | -$2.70B* | -$351.00M* | -$220.00M* | $374.00M* | $37.66M* | -$399.66M* | -$2.69B* | |||
| 2013-06-30 | $717.00M* | $36.00M* | -$290.00M* | -$220.00M* | $902.00M* | $73.64M* | -$641.00K* | $1.20B* | |||
| 2013-03-31 | $460.00M | -$2.11B | -$925.00M | -$224.00M | $2.25B | -$5.83B* | -$6.43B | ||||
| 2012-12-31 | $1.50B* | -$1.22B* | -$640.65M* | -$812.06M* | -$11.02B* | -$4.36M* | $279.59M* | $14.70B* | $2.80B* | ||
| 2012-09-30 | $3.52B* | -$131.61M* | -$1.23M* | -$805.40M* | $0.00* | -$1.91B* | $524.09M* | -$400.00M* | $944.17M* | ||
| 2012-06-30 | $2.07B* | $688.37M* | -$734.43M* | -$806.98M* | $0.00* | $1.30B* | $359.04M* | $2.71B* | |||
| 2012-03-31 | $2.22B | -$4.89B | -$987.69M | -$758.55M | -$54.00M | $1.40B | $687.28M | -$120.85M* | -$2.47B | ||
| 2011-12-31 | $1.40B* | $1.36B* | -$2.57M* | -$751.99M* | -$1.00B* | -$1.18B* | $651.54M* | $999.54M* | $1.76B* | ||
| 2011-09-30 | $3.05B* | $992.00M* | -$583.00K* | -$751.63M* | -$2.16M* | -$1.96B* | $47.81M* | $972.28M* | |||
| 2011-06-30 | $2.50B* | $205.59M* | -$2.10M* | -$750.41M* | -$1.51B* | $778.52M* | $93.90M* | $1.34B* | |||
| 2011-03-31 | $2.01B | -$2.30B | -$71.75M | -$683.97M | -$500.58M | $396.21M | $175.75M | -$908.22M | |||
| 2010-12-31 | $2.32B* | -$2.44B* | -$652.00K* | -$692.10M* | -$1.67B* | $1.00B* | $1.22B* | $56.37M* | -$169.77M* | ||
| 2010-09-30 | $2.55B* | -$2.39B* | -$2.33M* | -$679.42M* | $0.00* | $0.00* | -$73.81M* | $68.46M* | -$503.56M* | ||
| 2010-06-30 | $2.35B* | $303.83M* | -$2.48M* | -$679.20M* | $0.00* | -$2.12B* | $15.42M* | $3.00B* | $2.75B* | ||
| 2010-03-31 | $1.52B | -$7.66B | -$861.37M | -$620.75M | -$1.25M | $775.01M | $188.17M | -$7.24B | |||
| 2009-12-31 | $1.56B* | -$959.00K* | -$618.78M* | $0.00* | $0.00* | $936.26M* | $186.85M* | $3.93B* | |||
| 2009-09-30 | $3.03B* | -$1.52B* | -$605.00K* | -$618.38M* | $0.00* | $0.00* | -$266.35M* | $29.00M* | $671.61M* | ||
| 2009-06-30 | $1.71B* | -$2.14B* | -$1.83M* | -$618.23M* | -$500.00M* | $0.00* | $777.01M* | $13.43M* | -$670.49M* | ||
| 2009-03-31 | $698.72M | -$1.61B | -$822.95M | -$559.08M | -$1.98B | $3.00B | $1.77B | $279.39M | $762.77M | ||
| 2008-12-31 | -$352.19M* | -$8.68M* | -$558.51M* | -$513.95M* | $1.06B* | $73.78M* | $1.30B* | ||||
| 2008-09-30 | $2.70B* | -$54.10M* | -$1.69M* | -$555.56M* | -$200.00M* | $471.89M* | -$3.08B* | -$986.24M* |