Abbott Stock Is on Pace for Worst Day Since 2000. The Nutrition Business Is a Drag on Earnings.

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Abbott Laboratories' stock is experiencing its worst day since 2000 due to underwhelming fourth-quarter earnings and sales, despite beating analyst expectations for adjusted earnings.

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Bearish Confidence 90% How confidence is read Horizon: Short term Impact: Moderate

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Source Yahoo Finance
Claim Abbott Stock Is on Pace for Worst Day Since 2000. The Nutrition Business Is a Drag on Earnings.
AI inference Bearish · 90%
Generated 2026-01-22 20:42

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Analysed by Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) Methodology v1.0 Generated
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Original source

Shares of Abbott Laboratories sank on Thursday after the medical device maker posted fourth-quarter earnings and sales that underwhelmed Wall Street. For the fourth quarter, Abbott reported adjusted earnings of $1.50 a share, slightly better than the $1.49 consensus among analysts tracked by FactSet The company logged roughly $11.5 billion in sales, missing the $11.8 billion analysts had forecast. The company said it expects full-year adjusted earnings in the range of $5.55 to $5.80 a share.

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Original article published by Yahoo Finance on January 22, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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