Abbott Laboratories Stock Price Prediction

ABT Stock  USD 108.21  0.56  0.51%   
At this time, the relative strength index (RSI) of Abbott Laboratories' share price is approaching 46. This suggests that the stock is in nutural position, most likellhy at or near its support level. The main point of RSI analysis is to track how fast people are buying or selling Abbott Laboratories, making its price go up or down.

Momentum 46

 Impartial

 
Oversold
 
Overbought
The successful prediction of Abbott Laboratories' future price could yield a significant profit. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with Abbott Laboratories, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting Abbott Laboratories' stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.81)
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
1.203
EPS Estimate Current Year
5.6742
EPS Estimate Next Year
6.2326
Wall Street Target Price
136.4692
Using Abbott Laboratories hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Abbott Laboratories from the perspective of Abbott Laboratories response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards Abbott Laboratories using Abbott Laboratories' stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards Abbott using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of Abbott Laboratories' stock price.

Abbott Laboratories Short Interest

An investor who is long Abbott Laboratories may also wish to track short interest. As short interest increases, investors should be becoming more worried about Abbott Laboratories and may potentially protect profits, hedge Abbott Laboratories with its derivative instruments, or be ready for some potential downside.
200 Day MA
129.6023
Short Percent
0.0101
Short Ratio
3.05
Shares Short Prior Month
18.5 M
50 Day MA
125.0734

Abbott Laboratories Hype to Price Pattern

Investor biases related to Abbott Laboratories' public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in Abbott. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding Abbott can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around Abbott Laboratories. Please note that most equities that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.
Some investors profit by finding stocks that are overvalued or undervalued based on market sentiment. The correlation of Abbott Laboratories' market sentiment to its price can help taders to make decisions based on the overall investors consensus about Abbott Laboratories.

Abbott Laboratories Implied Volatility

    
  0.37  
Abbott Laboratories' implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Abbott Laboratories stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Abbott Laboratories' implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that Abbott Laboratories stock will not fluctuate a lot when Abbott Laboratories' options are near their expiration.
The fear of missing out, i.e., FOMO, can cause potential investors in Abbott Laboratories to buy its stock at a price that has no basis in reality. In that case, they are not buying Abbott because the equity is a good investment, but because they need to do something to avoid the feeling of missing out. On the other hand, investors will often sell stocks at prices well below their value during bear markets because they need to stop feeling the pain of losing money.

Abbott Laboratories after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 107.95  
There is no one specific way to measure market sentiment using hype analysis or a similar predictive technique. This prediction method should be used in combination with more fundamental and traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, analysts consensus, earnings estimates, and various momentum models.

Prediction based on Rule 16 of the current Abbott contract

Based on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Abbott Laboratories will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0231% per day over the life of the 2026-03-20 option contract. With Abbott Laboratories trading at USD 108.21, that is roughly USD 0.025 . If you think that the market is fully incorporating Abbott Laboratories' daily price movement you should consider acquiring Abbott Laboratories options at the current volatility level of 0.37%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
Check out Abbott Laboratories Basic Forecasting Models to cross-verify your projections.
For more information on how to buy Abbott Stock please use our How to Invest in Abbott Laboratories guide.
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
97.20110.89112.57
Details
Naive
Forecast
LowNextHigh
97.9799.65101.33
Details
28 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
124.19136.47151.48
Details
Earnings
Estimates (0)
LowProjected EPSHigh
1.131.161.21
Details
Please note, it is not enough to conduct a financial or market analysis of a single entity such as Abbott Laboratories. Your research has to be compared to or analyzed against Abbott Laboratories' peers to derive any actionable benefits. When done correctly, Abbott Laboratories' competitive analysis will give you plenty of quantitative and qualitative data to validate your investment decisions or develop an entirely new strategy toward taking a position in Abbott Laboratories.

Abbott Laboratories After-Hype Price Density Analysis

As far as predicting the price of Abbott Laboratories at your current risk attitude, this probability distribution graph shows the chance that the prediction will fall between or within a specific range. We use this chart to confirm that your returns on investing in Abbott Laboratories or, for that matter, your successful expectations of its future price, cannot be replicated consistently. Please note, a large amount of money has been lost over the years by many investors who confused the symmetrical distributions of Stock prices, such as prices of Abbott Laboratories, with the unreliable approximations that try to describe financial returns.
   Next price density   
       Expected price to next headline  

Abbott Laboratories Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility

In the context of predicting Abbott Laboratories' stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on Abbott Laboratories' historical news coverage. Abbott Laboratories' after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 106.27 and 109.63, respectively. We have considered Abbott Laboratories' daily market price in relation to the headlines to evaluate this method's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that news-based prediction models outperform traditional linear, nonlinear models or artificial intelligence models to provide accurate predictions consistently.
Current Value
108.21
106.27
Downside
107.95
After-hype Price
109.63
Upside
Abbott Laboratories is very steady at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of Abbott Laboratories is based on 3 months time horizon.

Abbott Laboratories Stock Price Outlook Analysis

Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as Abbott Laboratories is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Abbott Laboratories backward and forwards among themselves. Have you ever observed a lot of a particular company's price movement is driven by press releases or news about the company that has nothing to do with actual earnings? Usually, hype to individual companies acts as price momentum. If not enough favorable publicity is forthcoming, the Stock price eventually runs out of speed. So, the rule of thumb here is that as long as this news hype has nothing to do with immediate earnings, you should pay more attention to it. If you see this tendency with Abbott Laboratories, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
Expected ReturnPeriod VolatilityHype ElasticityRelated ElasticityNews DensityRelated DensityExpected Hype
  0.21 
1.68
  0.05 
  0.46 
7 Events / Month
6 Events / Month
In about 7 days
Latest traded priceExpected after-news pricePotential return on next major newsAverage after-hype volatility
108.21
107.95
0.05 
730.43  
Notes

Abbott Laboratories Hype Timeline

On the 27th of January Abbott Laboratories is traded for 108.21. The entity has historical hype elasticity of -0.05, and average elasticity to hype of competition of 0.46. Abbott is forecasted to decline in value after the next headline, with the price expected to drop to 107.95. The average volatility of media hype impact on the company price is over 100%. The price depreciation on the next news is expected to be -0.05%, whereas the daily expected return is presently at -0.21%. The volatility of related hype on Abbott Laboratories is about 76.78%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 108.67. About 82.0% of the company shares are held by institutions such as insurance companies. The book value of Abbott Laboratories was presently reported as 29.3. The company last dividend was issued on the 15th of January 2026. Abbott Laboratories had 10000:4798 split on the 2nd of January 2013. Considering the 90-day investment horizon the next forecasted press release will be in about 7 days.
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Abbott Laboratories Related Hype Analysis

Having access to credible news sources related to Abbott Laboratories' direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict Abbott Laboratories' future price movements. Getting to know how Abbott Laboratories' peers react to changing market sentiment, related social signals, and mainstream news is a great way to find investing opportunities and time the market. The summary table below summarizes the essential lagging indicators that can help you analyze how Abbott Laboratories may potentially react to the hype associated with one of its peers.
Hype
Elasticity
News
Density
Semi
Deviation
Information
Ratio
Potential
Upside
Value
At Risk
Maximum
Drawdown
NVONovo Nordisk AS 0.46 8 per month 1.90  0.07  5.80 (2.86) 12.57 
MRKMerck Company 1.34 8 per month 1.11  0.15  3.59 (1.98) 8.09 
TMOThermo Fisher Scientific 1.34 33 per month 0.78  0.08  2.43 (1.52) 5.26 
NVSNovartis AG ADR(0.42)6 per month 1.01  0.09  2.59 (2.06) 5.29 
BSXBoston Scientific Corp 2.99 7 per month 0.00 (0.13) 2.42 (2.23) 7.91 
MDTMedtronic PLC 2.34 6 per month 0.84  0.01  2.41 (1.62) 6.95 
SYKStryker 6.36 9 per month 0.00 (0.12) 2.16 (2.03) 6.72 
ISRGIntuitive Surgical(3.90)7 per month 1.07  0.06  3.27 (2.20) 16.72 
UNHUnitedHealth Group Incorporated 11.03 7 per month 0.00 (0.07) 2.70 (2.34) 7.02 
GILDGilead Sciences 0.34 7 per month 1.38  0.06  3.01 (2.41) 6.70 

Abbott Laboratories Additional Predictive Modules

Most predictive techniques to examine Abbott price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for Abbott using various technical indicators. When you analyze Abbott charts, please remember that the event formation may indicate an entry point for a short seller, and look at other indicators across different periods to confirm that a breakdown or reversion is likely to occur.

About Abbott Laboratories Predictive Indicators

The successful prediction of Abbott Laboratories stock price could yield a significant profit to investors. But is it possible? The efficient-market hypothesis suggests that all published stock prices of traded companies, such as Abbott Laboratories, already reflect all publicly available information. This academic statement is a fundamental principle of many financial and investing theories used today. However, the typical investor usually disagrees with a 'textbook' version of this hypothesis and continually tries to find mispriced stocks to increase returns. We use internally-developed statistical techniques to arrive at the intrinsic value of Abbott Laboratories based on analysis of Abbott Laboratories hews, social hype, general headline patterns, and widely used predictive technical indicators.
We also calculate exposure to Abbott Laboratories's market risk, different technical and fundamental indicators, relevant financial multiples and ratios, and then comparing them to Abbott Laboratories's related companies.
 2024 2025 2026 (projected)
Dividend Yield0.01960.01880.0179
Price To Sales Ratio4.674.945.18

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