Abbott Laboratories vs Stryker Corp

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is overvalued and Stryker Corp (SYK) is overvalued.

Both trade above our estimate of their intrinsic value. SYK is the closer of the two: -35%, against -48% for ABT.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Abbott Laboratories (ABT)

Discounting its cash flows at 8.3% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $70.00; the price of $103.69 is 48% above that value, and 78% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 57/100 on 10 of 12 signals

Stryker Corp (SYK)

Discounting its cash flows at 8.7% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $204.41; the price of $275.09 is 35% above that value, and 77% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 65/100 on 10 of 12 signals

MetricABTSYK
VerdictOvervaluedOvervalued
Price$103.69$275.09
Intrinsic value$70.00$204.41
Margin of safety-48%-35%
Leak Score57/100 (10/12)65/100 (10/12)
Market cap$179.4B$105.5B
Revenue growth, 5 years5.1%11.8%
Operating margin16.4%24.3%
Net margin11.6%14.4%
Return on equity10.6%16.5%
Debt to equity0.640.64
P/E33.5x28.5x
Forward P/E17.1x16.4x
P/B3.5x4.4x
Dividend yield2.5%1.3%

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