AbbVie Inc. (ABBV) Key Metrics

NYSE: ABBVValuation, returns, debt and efficiency ratios over 10 years.

ABBV valuation today

Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026
Market cap
$504.37B
Enterprise value
$532.68B
P/E (TTM)
80.6
10-yr median 27.1
Forward P/E
16.4
PEG ratio
0.54
Price / sales
7.8
10-yr median 4.7
Price / book
50.5
10-yr median 22.0
EV / EBITDA
27.3
10-yr median 18.2
Dividend yield
2.42%
$6.92 a year
Beta
0.23

ABBV key metrics, 2016–2025

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollars

ABBV valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.

P/E ratio+30.2%
95.9
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 17.2 (−9.0%)2017: 29.2 (+70.2%)2018: 25.1 (−14.2%)2019: 16.7 (−33.5%)2020: 38.8 (+133.0%)2021: 20.8 (−46.3%)2022: 24.3 (+16.5%)2023: 56.5 (+132.7%)2024: 73.6 (+30.3%)2025: 95.9 (+30.2%)
20162025
Price / sales+18.5%
6.6
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 4.0 (−6.1%)2017: 5.5 (+37.9%)2018: 4.4 (−20.8%)2019: 3.9 (−9.2%)2020: 3.9 (−0.9%)2021: 4.3 (+9.4%)2022: 4.9 (+15.6%)2023: 5.1 (+2.2%)2024: 5.6 (+10.6%)2025: 6.6 (+18.5%)
20162025
EV / EBITDA+5.2%
26.6
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 13.1 (−10.7%)2017: 17.6 (+34.3%)2018: 21.0 (+19.5%)2019: 13.0 (−38.3%)2020: 20.9 (+61.4%)2021: 12.9 (−38.4%)2022: 14.2 (+9.9%)2023: 18.8 (+32.5%)2024: 25.3 (+34.9%)2025: 26.6 (+5.2%)
20162025
Price / free cash flow+28.8%
22.8
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 15.6 (+12.4%)2017: 16.4 (+5.6%)2018: 11.1 (−32.2%)2019: 10.3 (−7.7%)2020: 10.7 (+3.8%)2021: 10.9 (+2.5%)2022: 11.9 (+8.3%)2023: 12.5 (+5.1%)2024: 17.7 (+41.9%)2025: 22.8 (+28.8%)
20162025
Free cash flow yield−1.3 pts
4.4%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 6.4% (−0.8 pts)2017: 6.1% (−0.3 pts)2018: 9.0% (+2.9 pts)2019: 9.7% (+0.7 pts)2020: 9.4% (−0.4 pts)2021: 9.1% (−0.2 pts)2022: 8.4% (−0.7 pts)2023: 8.0% (−0.4 pts)2024: 5.7% (−2.4 pts)2025: 4.4% (−1.3 pts)
20162025

ABBV valuation history

Fiscal year-endToday10-year median

ABBV returns on capital

ROEROICROA

Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.

ABBV debt vs cash

Total debtCash & short-term investments

Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.

ABBV cash returned to shareholders

DividendsBuybacksFree cash flow

ABBV price vs earnings per share

Share price at year-endEPS (right axis)

ABBV key metrics

2016–2025
AbbVie Inc. key metrics by fiscal year
2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Valuation
Market capitalization$405.34B$315.06B$274.76B$287.34B$240.61B$179.26B$131.39B$142.53B$155.03B$102.13B
Enterprise value$469.15B$377.35B$322.07B$342.30B$308.35B$257.85B$158.56B$174.77B$182.61B$132.55B
P/E ratio95.973.656.524.320.838.816.725.129.217.2
Price / sales6.65.65.14.94.33.93.94.45.54.0
Price / book—93.726.416.615.613.7——30.422.0
Price / free cash flow22.817.712.511.910.910.710.311.116.415.6
Price / operating cash flow21.316.812.011.510.610.29.910.615.614.5
EV / sales7.76.75.95.95.55.64.85.36.55.2
EV / EBITDA26.625.318.814.212.920.913.021.017.613.1
EV / free cash flow26.321.214.614.114.015.412.413.719.420.2
Earnings yield1.0%1.4%1.8%4.1%4.8%2.6%6.0%4.0%3.4%5.8%
Free cash flow yield4.4%5.7%8.0%8.4%9.1%9.4%9.7%9.0%6.1%6.4%
Dividend yield2.9%3.5%3.8%3.5%3.8%4.3%4.8%3.9%2.6%3.6%
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks)3.1%4.0%4.6%4.0%4.2%4.8%5.3%12.3%3.6%9.5%
Share price at fiscal year-end$228.49$177.70$154.97$161.61$135.40$107.15$88.54$92.19$96.71$62.62
Per share
Revenue per share$34.48$31.77$30.64$32.65$31.62$27.38$22.42$21.19$17.60$15.72
Earnings per share$2.38$2.41$2.74$6.66$6.50$2.76$5.31$3.68$3.31$3.65
Operating cash flow per share$10.73$10.61$12.88$14.03$12.82$10.51$8.98$8.68$6.21$4.32
Free cash flow per share$10.04$10.06$12.44$13.64$12.37$10.04$8.61$8.27$5.88$4.02
Cash per share$2.96$3.13$7.23$5.19$5.53$5.07$26.90$5.21$6.11$3.94
Book value per share−$1.82$1.90$5.86$9.72$8.69$7.83−$5.51−$5.46$3.18$2.84
Tangible book value per share−$51.58−$51.70−$43.71−$46.29−$52.28−$61.51−$28.59−$29.33−$23.86−$24.33
Dividends per share$6.57$6.22$5.94$5.65$5.21$4.61$4.29$3.61$2.56$2.28
Capex per share$0.68$0.55$0.44$0.39$0.44$0.48$0.37$0.41$0.33$0.29
Debt per share$38.93$38.26$33.91$36.10$43.66$52.04$45.21$26.07$23.31$22.59
Shares outstanding1.77B1.77B1.77B1.78B1.78B1.67B1.48B1.55B1.60B1.63B
Change in shares outstanding+0.1%0.0%−0.3%+0.1%+6.2%+12.7%−4.0%−3.6%−1.7%−0.4%
Returns & profitability
Return on equity (ROE)—62.2%35.1%72.3%80.9%187.5%——109.1%138.7%
Return on invested capital (ROIC)20.4%14.8%15.3%20.5%18.2%20.5%56.8%22.6%19.4%22.7%
Return on assets (ROA)3.1%3.2%3.6%8.3%7.8%3.9%10.6%8.7%7.8%10.0%
Return on tangible assets9.3%10.7%10.4%30.2%30.2%13.4%14.4%25.3%19.3%27.3%
Free cash flow margin29.1%31.7%40.6%41.8%39.1%36.7%38.4%39.0%33.4%25.6%
Income quality (OCF / net income)4.504.404.702.111.973.811.692.361.881.18
Financial health
Total debt$69.07B$67.84B$60.12B$64.19B$77.58B$87.06B$67.09B$40.31B$37.37B$36.84B
Cash & short-term investments$5.26B$5.55B$12.82B$9.23B$9.83B$8.48B$39.92B$8.06B$9.79B$6.42B
Net debt$63.81B$62.29B$47.30B$54.96B$67.75B$78.58B$27.16B$32.25B$27.58B$30.42B
Debt / equity—20.175.783.715.036.65——7.337.95
Debt / assets0.520.500.450.460.530.580.750.680.530.56
Net debt / EBITDA3.624.182.752.272.836.382.223.882.663.01
Current ratio0.670.660.870.960.790.843.180.981.281.65
Quick ratio0.560.550.760.840.700.733.060.891.181.51
Interest coverage6.93.35.78.17.44.67.34.78.38.9
Working capital−$14.23B−$13.17B−$4.84B−$1.07B−$7.27B−$4.49B$33.93B−$294.0M$4.58B$6.41B
Invested capital$60.58B$65.65B$57.70B$72.25B$83.18B$91.68B$18.99B$23.80B$32.68B$35.05B
Tangible asset value−$91.51B−$91.66B−$77.51B−$82.31B−$92.89B−$102.90B−$42.42B−$45.34B−$38.25B−$39.68B
Net current asset value−$108.13B−$106.22B−$91.31B−$93.06B−$103.17B−$113.30B−$47.77B−$50.85B−$44.47B−$45.28B
Graham number—$10.15$19.02$38.16$35.63$22.05——$15.39$15.28
Graham net-net per share−$67.65−$65.40−$57.01−$57.40−$63.15−$72.16−$35.30−$35.51−$31.99−$31.12
Capital allocation
Dividends paid$11.66B$11.03B$10.54B$10.04B$9.26B$7.72B$6.37B$5.58B$4.11B$3.72B
Share buybacks (net)$980.0M$1.71B$1.97B$1.49B$934.0M$978.0M$629.0M$12.01B$1.41B$6.03B
Dividend payout ratio275.8%257.7%216.7%84.9%80.2%167.2%80.8%98.1%77.4%62.4%
Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow70.9%71.4%56.7%47.6%46.4%51.8%54.8%137.6%58.5%148.6%
Capex / revenue2.0%1.7%1.4%1.2%1.4%1.7%1.7%1.9%1.9%1.9%
Capex / operating cash flow6.4%5.2%3.4%2.8%3.5%4.5%4.1%4.8%5.3%6.8%
Capex / depreciation0.150.120.090.080.090.120.270.360.350.40
Stock-based compensation / revenue1.6%1.6%1.4%1.2%1.2%1.6%1.3%1.3%1.3%1.4%
R&D / revenue14.9%22.7%14.1%11.2%14.3%16.9%20.4%32.8%18.9%17.9%
SG&A / revenue22.9%23.4%23.8%26.3%22.0%21.5%17.6%22.4%22.1%22.8%
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding70.171.575.366.761.056.859.358.463.767.5
Days of inventory on hand91.689.468.670.367.360.883.975.979.099.0
Days payables outstanding65.571.659.261.054.044.273.571.474.794.0
Cash conversion cycle (days)96.289.384.776.174.473.369.662.868.072.5
Receivables turnover5.205.104.855.475.986.436.156.265.735.40
Payables turnover5.575.106.175.996.768.254.965.114.893.88
Inventory turnover3.994.085.325.195.426.014.354.814.623.69
Asset turnover0.450.420.400.410.380.380.450.500.410.43
Average receivables$11.75B$11.04B$11.20B$10.62B$9.40B$7.12B$5.41B$5.24B$4.92B$4.74B
Average payables$3.27B$3.32B$3.31B$2.91B$2.58B$1.86B$1.50B$1.51B$1.44B$1.50B
Average inventory$4.57B$4.14B$3.84B$3.35B$3.22B$2.56B$1.71B$1.60B$1.52B$1.58B
Intangibles / total assets65.9%70.3%65.3%71.8%73.9%77.0%38.4%62.2%61.2%67.0%

Computed from ABBV's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 20, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.

ABBV valuation and financial ratios

At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), AbbVie traded at 95.9 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 27.1. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 80.6 and the forward P/E is 16.4. AbbVie earned a return on invested capital of 20.4% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $69.1 billion of debt and $5.3 billion in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $63.8 billion. It returned $12.6 billion to shareholders: $11.7 billion in dividends and $980.0 million in share buybacks, 71% of free cash flow. The share count rose 8.8% from 1.63B to 1.77B over 9 years.

See the ABBV income statement, the ABBV chart for price history, or the ABBV stock overview for the latest quote and news.

ABBV key metrics FAQ

What is AbbVie's P/E ratio?

AbbVie's trailing P/E ratio is 80.6 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 16.4. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 95.9, compared with a 10-year median of 27.1.

What is AbbVie's EV/EBITDA?

AbbVie's enterprise value was 26.6 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $469.2 billion, EBITDA $17.6 billion); the current EV/EBITDA is 27.3.

What is AbbVie's ROIC?

AbbVie's return on invested capital was 20.4% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.

How much debt does AbbVie have?

AbbVie had total debt of $69.1 billion at the end of fiscal 2025 and $63.8 billion of net debt (3.62 times EBITDA).

What is AbbVie's dividend yield?

AbbVie's forward dividend yield is 2.42%. AbbVie paid $11.7 billion in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($6.57 per share), a payout ratio of 275.8%.

Does AbbVie buy back its shares?

Yes. AbbVie spent $980.0 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed +0.1% over the year, to 1.77B..

What is AbbVie's free cash flow yield?

AbbVie generated $17.8 billion of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 4.4% on its market value at year-end ($405.3 billion).

What is AbbVie's current ratio?

AbbVie's current ratio was 0.67 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 0.67 times current liabilities.

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