Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Tops EPS Estimate But Revenue Miss

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) released its earnings report for the second quarter of 2013 this morning, July 16, before the market opened. The firm’s report showed that it earned $46 cents per share in the three month period, and took in $5.45 billion in revenue. Abbott stock will open at $35.70 later today. Analysts studying Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) were looking for earnings of 44 cents per share from the company in this earnings report. Analysts thought that the company would manage to show revenue of $5.52 billion. The earnings are nothing on the company’s performance in 2012 as the company shed its…