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Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
Common-Size Income Statement
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Abbott Laboratories, common-size consolidated income statement
Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2019-02-22), 10-K (filing date: 2018-02-16), 10-K (filing date: 2017-02-17), 10-K (filing date: 2016-02-19), 10-K (filing date: 2015-02-27).
| Income statement item | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Operating earnings | The net result for the period of deducting operating expenses from operating revenues. | Abbott Laboratories’s operating earnings as a percentage of net sales declined from 2016 to 2017 but then increased from 2017 to 2018 not reaching 2016 level. |
| Earnings from continuing operations before taxes | Amount of income (loss) from continuing operations, including income (loss) from equity method investments, before deduction of income tax expense (benefit), and income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest. | Abbott Laboratories’s earnings from continuing operations before taxes as a percentage of net sales increased from 2016 to 2017 and from 2017 to 2018. |
| Net earnings | The portion of profit or loss for the period, net of income taxes, which is attributable to the parent. | Abbott Laboratories’s net earnings as a percentage of net sales declined from 2016 to 2017 but then increased from 2017 to 2018 exceeding 2016 level. |