How comparing works here

How do I compare two companies?

Type the tickers into the box above — up to five at once. Every row is read from the companies' own annual filings, so a comparison shows the same measure computed the same way for each of them rather than whatever each company chose to highlight.

Can I compare an ETF with a stock?

Yes, and the table changes to suit. Two funds are compared on cost, income, spread and record, because revenue growth and debt mean nothing for a fund. A fund against a company shows only what both of them have.

Side by side

Compare

Put up to 4 companies, funds, commodities or coins next to each other — health, valuation, growth and performance.

Every row is computed the same way for every column, from each company's own annual filing, so a comparison is not a collection of whichever figures each of them chose to put in a press release. Funds are compared on what a fund is actually judged on: cost, income, spread and record.

Relative performance

Rebased so every symbol starts at 0%

Loading price history…

Side by side

Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricABBVAbbVie Inc.950160.KQ950160.KQ950220.KQ950220.KQMedian of the restexcluding ABBV
TypeCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$285.19▲ 0.39 (0.14%)
₩15610.00▲ 2280.00 (17.10%)
₩1647.00▼ 41.00 (2.43%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.0/103.3/102.0/102.6/10
Market value$503.46B$264.55B$11.04B
Revenue$61.16B$5.16B$94.8M
Profit$4.23B-$192.59B-$31.80B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.8.6%1.7%-44.3%-21.3%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.70.2%13.3%100.0%56.6%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.24.6%-432.7%-26596.5%-13514.6%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.6.9%-3733.3%-33531.4%-18632.3%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.29.1%-2742.6%-34003.6%-18373.1%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-129.2%-300.5%-53.7%-177.1%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.16.5%-25.0%-71.1%-48.1%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.119.13x———
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.35.69x———
Price to book-153.96x4.13x0.19x2.16x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.-41.97x5.62x0.39x3.00x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.8/93/83/83.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.greydistressdistress

How ABBV compares with the others

  • ABBV's operating margin of 24.6% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (-13514.6%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 8.6% against -21.3%.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: -42.0x against 3.0x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.