ABBOTT LABORATORIES
AI summary Insiders purchase open-market shares following a post-guidance stock sell-off.
- Research score
- 52
- AI adjustment
- +9
Research score, not a recommendation.
Market data
Live quote and chart from Yahoo Finance, loaded through this server. Insider purchases are marked on the chart.
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Why this score
Research score: a weighted blend of the five factors, times the routine and offering discounts, minus the selling penalty.
Why are they buying?
AI · discretionary · catalyst credible · documentedInsiders likely stepped in to purchase shares following a notable dip in the stock price after Abbott cut its yearly profit forecast and received negative news surrounding litigation and guidance in mid-April 2026.
CFO Philip Boudreau and Directors Daniel Starks and John G. Stratton made open-market purchases between late April and early May 2026 right after news broke regarding lowered profit guidance following the Exact Sciences deal adjustment.
Stock Price & Insider Purchase History
Daily close price with open-market insider purchases plotted over time
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| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | STARKS DANIEL J 5 purchases with a 63-day result · median +2.5% | Director | 10,000 | $92.65 | $926.5K | SEC filing for STARKS DANIEL J (opens in a new tab) |
| 2026-04-23 | Boudreau Philip P history of Boudreau Philip P's purchases | CFO | 2,200 | $91.50 | $201.3K | SEC filing for Boudreau Philip P (opens in a new tab) |
| 2026-05-07 | Stratton John G history of Stratton John G's purchases | Director | 2,000 | $86.82 | $173.6K | SEC filing for Stratton John G (opens in a new tab) |
| Total | $1.3M | |||||
What happened next
A run ends after a pause in the buying, so one company can have several. Returns are the stock's return minus its benchmark's (IWM for small companies, SPY otherwise), from the first open after the run became a cluster. Past results, not a forecast.
After this run became a cluster: 21 days +14.9%63 days +14.0%126 days –