Coverage clusters in medical-devices, which accounts for 4 of those 5, with the remainder spread across 1 other category. They are less corroborated than the beat average, carrying 2.2 original sources each against 3.6 for the same window. Of the tracked stories, 2 of 5 also mention Cologuard, the most common co-covered peer.
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— see our methodology for how impact and
sentiment are derived.
What the coverage shows about Abbott Laboratories
Coverage clusters in medical-devices, which accounts for 4 of those 5, with the remainder spread across 1 other category. They are less corroborated than the beat average, carrying 2.2 original sources each against 3.6 for the same window. Of the tracked stories, 2 of 5 also mention Cologuard, the most common co-covered peer. The 158-day window averages about 0.2 stories each week. Negative sentiment reaches 20% here, compared with 25% across the 624-story beat baseline for the same window. The average consequence score is 6, matching the 6 beat baseline for this window. Abbott Laboratories appears in 5 tracked Healthcare stories published from March 23, 2026 through August 27, 2026.
Stories tracked
5
Per week
0.2
Negative
20%
Sources per story
2.2
Computed from the 5 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 624 Healthcare stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.
Coverage cohort
Appears alongside
Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering Abbott Laboratories. Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.
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