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How ABBOTT LABORATORIES makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$44.3B · 100%Cost of revenue$19.3B · 44%Gross profit$25.0B · 56%Operating income$8.1B · 18%Income before tax$8.5B · 19%Income tax$1.9B · 4%Net income$6.5B · 15%As of 2025-12-31 · 2 SEC filing sourcesBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$44.3B100%
Cost of revenue$19.3B44%
$25.0B56%
$8.1B18%
Income before tax$8.5B19%
Income tax$1.9B4%
$6.5B15%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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