Abbott's Growth and Dividends Make It a Smart Portfolio Pick

Abbott Laboratories TodayABTAbbott Laboratories$115.50 -0.55 (-0.47%) 52-Week Range$91.25▼$121.64Dividend Yield1.90%P/E Ratio36.44Price Target$125.54Add to WatchlistThere are many reasons to own Abbott Laboratories NYSE: ABT, but they all boil down to one thing: consistent market-beating returns. A study published by Hendrik Bessembinder, a professor of finance at Arizona State University, found that Abbott is the 11th top-returning stock since 1937 and #1 among healthcare names. The critical takeaways from ...