ABTAbbott Laboratories

Health care · Pharmaceuticals · NYSE

Abbott Laboratories is an Illinois corporation, incorporated in 1900. 10-K, Item 1

Employees: 115,000
Headquarters: Abbott Park, IL
CEO: Robert B. Ford
Next results: around Jan 21, 2027

What the 10-K filed 2026-02-20 says about risks that are not on the face of the balance sheet, from the notes to the financial statements, Legal Proceedings and the MD&A (and, for big customers and key suppliers, Business and Risk Factors). Tickdelta picks sentences with specifics (amounts, accruals, covenant ratios) and quotes them as filed. New marks a sentence with nothing like it in the 10-K filed 2025-02-21.

Big customers

Customers the company names as a large share of revenue or receivables (it must name any worth 10% of revenue).

No specific sentence about this in the 10-K.

Key suppliers

Parts or manufacturing that depend on one or a few suppliers.

“In addition, third-party manufacturers and single suppliers are currently used for certain products and materials.”
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Lawsuits and legal claims

2 new

Pending cases, settlements and what the company has set aside for them.

“The plaintiffs seek various damages, including punitive damages.”
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“In a trial held in July 2024, a jury in a Missouri state court awarded a plaintiff $495 million in damages.”
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New “In December 2025, the Attorneys General of several states filed a consolidated complaint-in-intervention in the same lawsuit alleging violations of certain state laws, including false claims acts, and seeking damages and penalties.”
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“Abbott estimates the range of possible loss to be from approximately $170 million to $180 million for its legal proceedings and environmental exposures.”
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New “In a Missouri state case, a jury awarded a plaintiff $495 million in damages.”
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Guarantees and indemnities

Promises to pay someone else's debts or losses if they cannot.

No specific sentence about this in the 10-K.

Debt covenants

Conditions in loan agreements that, if broken, can make debt due early.

No specific sentence about this in the 10-K.

Commitments off the balance sheet

1 new

Contracts the company must pay for later: purchase obligations, take-or-pay deals.

New “Indefinite-lived intangible assets, which relate to IPR&D acquired in a business combination and consolidated variable interest entities, were $1.2 billion and $784 million at December 31, 2025, and 2024, respectively.”
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