Abbott Laboratories Reports Q2 2026 Results: Full Earnings Call Transcript

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT ) released second-quarter financial results and hosted an earnings call on Thursday.

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Access the full call at Summary Abbott Laboratories reported a 4.8% sales growth for Q2 2026, with adjusted EPS of $1.31, surpassing the midpoint of guidance and consensus estimates.

The company reaffirmed full-year guidance for comparable sales growth of 6.5-7.5% and raised EPS guidance to $5.45-$5.60.

Significant pipeline achievements include FDA submission for Analyt360, CE mark for Libre Duo, and plans for several product launches over the next 12 months.

Strong demand in core laboratory diagnostics, with US business growing 7.5%, despite an 8% decline in respiratory virus testing.

Nutrition sales outperformed expectations, driven by contract wins and new product innovations.

Medical device sales grew 8.5%, with significant contributions from electrophysiology and rhythm management.

Abbott plans to expand its continuous glucose monitoring business with a new manufacturing facility to meet anticipated demand.

Management expressed confidence in maintaining growth momentum and executing on strategic priorities, citing strong pipeline and market dynamics.

Full Transcript OPERATOR Good morning and thank you for standing by.

Welcome to Abbott Laboratories' second quarter 2026 earnings conference call.

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It cannot be recorded or rebroadcast without Abbott Laboratories' expressed written permission.

I would now like to introduce Mr.

Mike Camilla, Vice President, Investor Relations.

Michael Comilla, Vice President, Investor Relations Good morning and thank you for joining us.

With me today are Robert Ford, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Phil Boudreau, Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer.

Robert and Phil will provide opening remarks following their comments.

We'll take your questions before we get started.

Some statements made today may be forward-looking for purposes of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including the expected financial results for 2026.

Abbott Laboratories cautions that these forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements.

Economic, competitive, governmental, technological, and other factors that may affect Abbott Laboratories' operations are discussed in Item 1A Risk Factors to our Annual Report on Form 10K for the year ended December 31, 2025.

Abbott Laboratories undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to forward-looking statements as a result of subsequent events or developments except as required by law on today's conference call.

As in the past, non-GAAP financial measures will be used to help investors understand Abbott Laboratories' ongoing business performance.

These non-GAAP financial measures are reconciled with the comparable GAAP financial measures in our earnings news release and regulatory filings from today which are available on our website at Abbott.com.

Note that Abbott Laboratories has not provided the related GAAP financial measures on a forward-looking basis for the non-GAAP financial measures for which it is providing guidance because the company is unable to predict with reasonable certainty and without unreasonable effort the timing and impact of certain items which could significantly impact Abbott Laboratories' results in accordance with GAAP.

Unless otherwise noted, our commentary on sales growth refers to comparable sales growth.

Our definition of comparable sales growth can be found on page two of our press release issued earlier today, and a reconciliation table containing the data needed to calculate comparable sales growth can be found on pages 16 and 17.

With that, I will now turn the call over to Robert.

Robert Ford, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Okay, Mike.