Alcon (ALC) Stock Overview
Researches, develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells eye care products worldwide. More details
Snowflake Score | |
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Valuation | 4/6 |
Future Growth | 3/6 |
Past Performance | 3/6 |
Financial Health | 4/6 |
Dividends | 0/6 |
Rewards
Risk Analysis
No risks detected for ALC from our risk checks.
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Alcon Inc. Competitors
Price History & Performance
Historical stock prices | |
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Current Share Price | CHF 70.18 |
52 Week High | CHF 87.00 |
52 Week Low | CHF 67.34 |
Beta | 0.70 |
1 Month Change | -0.99% |
3 Month Change | -13.93% |
1 Year Change | -13.14% |
3 Year Change | 5.34% |
5 Year Change | 28.77% |
Change since IPO | 20.90% |
Recent News & Updates
Recent updates
Alcon (VTX:ALC) Strong Profits May Be Masking Some Underlying Issues
May 21Alcon (VTX:ALC) Seems To Use Debt Quite Sensibly
Apr 08Is It Too Late To Consider Buying Alcon Inc. (VTX:ALC)?
Mar 24Unity VCS And PRECISION7 Launches Will Strengthen Position In Eye Care Market
Alcon's broad product pipeline and innovations in Surgical, Vision Care, and Ocular Health are positioned to propel revenue growth.Alcon Inc.'s (VTX:ALC) Share Price Matching Investor Opinion
Mar 12Alcon Inc. Just Beat Analyst Forecasts, And Analysts Have Been Updating Their Predictions
Feb 28There's Been No Shortage Of Growth Recently For Alcon's (VTX:ALC) Returns On Capital
Feb 05We Ran A Stock Scan For Earnings Growth And Alcon (VTX:ALC) Passed With Ease
Jan 22Does Alcon (VTX:ALC) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?
Dec 12Are Investors Undervaluing Alcon Inc. (VTX:ALC) By 28%?
Nov 27Subdued Growth No Barrier To Alcon Inc.'s (VTX:ALC) Price
Nov 11Alcon (VTX:ALC) Might Have The Makings Of A Multi-Bagger
Oct 28Do Alcon's (VTX:ALC) Earnings Warrant Your Attention?
Oct 15Alcon (VTX:ALC) Has A Pretty Healthy Balance Sheet
Sep 04Investor Optimism Abounds Alcon Inc. (VTX:ALC) But Growth Is Lacking
Jul 27A Look At The Fair Value Of Alcon Inc. (VTX:ALC)
Jul 13Should You Be Adding Alcon (VTX:ALC) To Your Watchlist Today?
Jun 24Shareholder Returns
ALC | CH Medical Equipment | CH Market | |
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7D | 0.5% | -1.6% | -1.8% |
1Y | -13.1% | -8.1% | 0.04% |
Return vs Industry: ALC underperformed the Swiss Medical Equipment industry which returned -8.1% over the past year.
Return vs Market: ALC underperformed the Swiss Market which returned 0% over the past year.
Price Volatility
ALC volatility | |
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ALC Average Weekly Movement | 5.0% |
Medical Equipment Industry Average Movement | 4.6% |
Market Average Movement | 4.6% |
10% most volatile stocks in CH Market | 8.5% |
10% least volatile stocks in CH Market | 2.4% |
Stable Share Price: ALC has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the Swiss market.
Volatility Over Time: ALC's weekly volatility (5%) has been stable over the past year.
About the Company
Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
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1945 | 25,000 | David Endicott | www.alcon.com |
Alcon Inc. researches, develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells eye care products worldwide. It operates through two segments, Surgical and Vision Care. The company offers equipment, instrumentation and diagnostics, intraocular lenses (IOLs), and other implantables; and consumables, including viscoelastics, surgical solutions, incisional instruments, surgical custom packs, and other products for surgical procedures.
Alcon Inc. Fundamentals Summary
ALC fundamental statistics | |
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Market cap | CHF 34.79b |
Earnings (TTM) | CHF 916.29m |
Revenue (TTM) | CHF 8.12b |
Is ALC overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
ALC income statement (TTM) | |
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Revenue | US$9.93b |
Cost of Revenue | US$4.41b |
Gross Profit | US$5.52b |
Other Expenses | US$4.40b |
Earnings | US$1.12b |
Last Reported Earnings
Mar 31, 2025
Next Earnings Date
Aug 20, 2025
Earnings per share (EPS) | 2.26 |
Gross Margin | 55.58% |
Net Profit Margin | 11.28% |
Debt/Equity Ratio | 21.4% |
How did ALC perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonDividends
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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Company Analysis | 2025/06/23 05:11 |
End of Day Share Price | 2025/06/20 00:00 |
Earnings | 2025/03/31 |
Annual Earnings | 2024/12/31 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
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Company Financials | 10 years |
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Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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Market Prices | 30 years |
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Ownership | 10 years |
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Management | 10 years |
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Key Developments | 10 years |
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* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.
Analysis Model and Snowflake
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Industry and Sector Metrics
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Analyst Sources
Alcon Inc. is covered by 60 analysts. 23 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
Analyst | Institution |
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Rishabh Kochar | AlphaValue |
null null | Argus Research Company |
Jeffrey Johnson | Baird |