Company Analysis

Abbvie Inc. (ABBV)

NYSE: ABBV · Pharmaceutical Preparations · North Chicago, IL · filing with the SEC since 2012
Grade6.3
◀ Past 8.0● Present 6.1▶ Future 4.7

The grade of Abbvie Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.3/10
◀ Past8.030% of the headline
● Present6.140% of the headline
▶ Future4.730% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

8.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 497 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Abbvie Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+10.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 74th percentile among 323 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Abbvie Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $26 billion in fiscal 2016 to $61 billion in fiscal 2025, up 10.1% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 6% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span10.1%bottom 45% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 18% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 3% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak6.4%top 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.1% a year. 62% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 7 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 89th percentile among 80 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Abbvie Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 62% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 7 sales (4 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 10% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 102%: owes 102¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 54th percentile among 473 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Abbvie Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned about 32 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 102 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count was unchanged over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 10% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 40% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 27% of 315 in its family; net margin 6.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Abbvie Inc.'s standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $61 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 2% by size; a net margin of 6.8% ranks in the top 19%; revenue growth of 1.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 41% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$61.16Btop 2% of its family
  • net margin6.8%top 19% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth1.8%bottom 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 43% of 315 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 57th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Abbvie Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Michael, Robert A. (CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-02-18, 1.7 years (bottom 21% of its family); the 21 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.5 years (top 16%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 21 people in charge now (top 33%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge7 in three years among 21 peopletop 33% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.5 yearstop 16% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.7 yearsbottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 41% of 273 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 41st percentile among 273 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Abbvie Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $5.2 billion against debt of $59 billion leaves -40.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 3% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 29.1% of revenue (top 7%); a gross margin of 70.2% (bottom 49%); research spending of 14.9% of revenue (bottom 19%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-40.1%bottom 3% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue29.1%top 7% of its family
  • gross margin70.2%bottom 49% of its family
  • research spending against revenue14.9%bottom 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 43% of 306 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 306 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Abbvie Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 1.8% a year over the last three filed years against 10.1% over all 10, slowing (bottom 38% of its family); the newest year grew 8.6% (top 49%); research spending grew 11.8% a year (top 36%); capital spending grew 20.4% a year (top 24%) (its annual reports). Abbvie Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-8.4 points a yearbottom 38% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth8.6%top 49% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending11.8%top 36% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending20.4%top 24% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.3/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 42% of 233 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 233 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Abbvie Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $61 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 10.2% above the $55 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 33% of its family); net income of $4.2 billion against a prior three-year average of $6.9 billion (bottom 29%); a net margin of 6.8% against 12.2% before (bottom 32%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace10.2%top 33% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-40%bottom 29% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-5.4 pointsbottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton ABBV · research, not advice