Previous close | 1.1500 |
Open | 1.1500 |
Bid | 0.4900 |
Ask | 0.6000 |
Strike | 155.00 |
Expiry date | 2024-01-19 |
Day's range | 1.1500 - 1.1500 |
Contract range | N/A |
Volume | |
Open interest | 45 |
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.
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