ABBOTT LABORATORIES vs Amgen Inc., two Drug Manufacturers stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Abbott and Amgen both file among drug makers, but Abbott is really a diversified medical company and Amgen a leveraged biotech. Amgen runs the higher operating margin, 31% to Abbott's 12, and posts an 85% return on equity, though that figure leans on a 6.8-to-1 debt-to-equity load more than on pure profitability. Abbott's 12% return on equity comes off a far more conservative balance sheet, and the two stocks price almost on top of each other, both near 25 times earnings. Both pay a dividend near 2.7%. Abbott is the steady, modestly priced diversifier; Amgen the higher-margin balance-sheet bet.
Comparison updated 2026-06-15.
| Metric | ABT | AMGN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $93.93 | $363.37 |
| Market cap | $164.1B | $197.7B |
| Sector | Drug Manufacturers | Drug Manufacturers |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +9.6% | +5.8% |
| P/E | 26.3 | 25.3 |
| P/B | 3.11 | 21.51 |
| P/S | 3.64 | 5.31 |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.8 | 16.1 |
| Revenue growth | +6.6% | +9.0% |
| Operating margin | 12.1% | 30.9% |
| Net margin | 13.9% | 21.0% |
| Return on equity | 11.9% | 84.9% |
| Return on assets | 5.7% | 8.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.6% | 12.8% |
| FCF yield | 4.5% | 4.3% |
| Dividend yield | 2.6% | 2.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.65 | 6.83 |
| Current ratio | 1.39 | 1.26 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.16 | 6.21 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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