Abbott Laboratories (ABT): Will This Stock Hit New Highs After Earnings?

But the company isn’t without rivals. In nutritionals, Abbott has a huge opportunity to get its share of emerging-market growth. But Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE)‘s former nutritional segment was also a major player in emerging markets, and with Nestle having spent $12 billion to pick up the business from Pfizer, Abbott can count on Nestle to move aggressively to capture market share in China, India, and elsewhere around the world.

In Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT)’s quarterly report, keep your eyes open for two things. First, with the company having chosen to recall its FreeStyle InsuLinx blood glucose meters just this morning, Abbott will hopefully provide information on the potential impact on the company’s current-quarter and future results. Also, be on the lookout for word about whether Abbott might follow through on rumors concerning a potential buyout of Ache Labs, a major Brazilian privately held drug company. With the generics market in Brazil doing particularly well, Ache could be just the entry point Abbott needs to boost its growth prospects as an independent company.

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