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News Breaks | | | | January 22, 2013 | | 15:11 EDT |  | ABT | Earnings Preview: Abbott's Q4 will be last to include proprietary pharma
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is scheduled to report Q4 earnings before the market open on Wednesday January 23, with a conference call scheduled for 9:00 am ET. Abbott is engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture, and sale of health care products worldwide. The company recently separated its proprietary pharmaceutical business into AbbVie, an independent company... EXPECTATIONS: Analysts are looking for EPS of $1.50 on revenue of $10.58B, according to First Call. The consensus range for EPS is $1.47-$1.53 on revenue of $10.40B-$10.76B... LAST QUARTER: Abbott reported Q3 EPS of $1.30 against estimates of $1.28 on revenue of $9.77B against estimates of $9.93B. On its Q3 earnings conference call the company said it was too early to give FY13 guidance... STREET RESEARCH: On January 11, Barclays initiated Abbott with an Equal Weight and a $35 price target. Earlier in January, Deutsche Bank downgraded Abbott to Hold from Buy with a $33 price target citing valuation following the spin-off of AbbVie, while Wells Fargo in a research note on January 2 said Abbott shares are attractive following the spin-off, citing significant margin expansion opportunities. Wells Fargo gave a valuation range on Abbott shares of $33-$34 to reflect the spin-off... PRICE ACTION: Shares of Abbott traded in an upward trajectory in 2012 from approximately $56.50 to a high of approximately $72 reached in mid-October. Abbott has traded in a range of approximately $31.64 to $33.88 since the company announced the completion of the spin-off on January 2. | |
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| May 22, 2013 | | 07:28 EDT |  | ABT | UBS to host a conference
Global Healthcare Services Conference is being held in New York on May 20-22 with webcasted company presentations to begin on May 22 at 8 am; not all company presentations may be webcasted. Webcast Link | | | May 21, 2013 | | 08:03 EDT |  | ABT | Abbott announces CE Mark for coronary drug eluting stent
 Subscribe for More Information | | | May 20, 2013 | | 10:11 EDT |  | ABT | On The Fly: Analyst Upgrade Summary
Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:01 EDT | | ABT | Abbott upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman
Goldman upgraded Abbott to reflect accelerating growth driven by emerging markets, better growth and product mix, new product launches, and market share gains. Price target raised to $44 from $38. | | | May 9, 2013 | | 07:04 EDT | | ABT | Abbott announces CE Mark for A1c test
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