Dividend Announcement Thread!

[Dividend Watcher]

Abbott increases quarterly dividend for 54th consecutive year
Dec 12, 2025, 10:26 ET

• Quarterly dividend increased by 6.8%
  
• Quarterly dividend payout has increased more than 70% since 2020
  
• 408th consecutive quarterly dividend to be paid by Abbott since 1924
  

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Dec. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced that its board of directors has increased the company's quarterly common dividend to 63 cents per share, an increase of 6.8%. The company's quarterly dividend payout has increased more than 70% since 2020.

This marks Abbott's 54th consecutive year of dividend growth and is the 408th consecutive quarterly dividend to be paid by Abbott since 1924. The cash dividend is payable Feb. 13, 2026, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Jan. 15, 2026.

Abbott is a member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index, which tracks companies that have increased dividends annually for at least 25 consecutive years.