Previous Close | 17.85 |
Open | 17.85 |
Bid | 18.50 |
Ask | 18.70 |
Strike | 95.00 |
Expire Date | 2023-05-19 |
Day's Range | 17.85 - 17.85 |
Contract Range | N/A |
Volume | |
Open Interest | 43 |
The Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition is working nonstop at the front lines of virus surveillance and prevention to help stop outbreaks before they become pandemics.
Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) has generally been a good investment to hold over the years. Is Abbott a bad-news buy that could turn things around in 2023, or has this once-safe healthcare stock become too risky of an investment to be holding right now? Last month, Abbott reported its fourth-quarter and year-end results for 2022.
No matter which way the market goes, the payouts of companies with decades of dividend growth behind them tend to go in one direction: up. Abbott Laboratories' (NYSE: ABT) 50-year dividend growth streak makes it one of just 43 Dividend Kings. With 113,000 employees and a presence in more than 160 countries, Abbott is among the largest healthcare companies in the world.