Alcon Inc.

SWX:ALC Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 30.2b

Alcon Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of ALC?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
State or Government312,3380.0636%
Individual Insiders680,3450.139%
General Public208,171,29742.4%
Institutions282,036,02057.4%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 31.3% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
4.31%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
21,195,137CHF 1.3b1.57%0.02%
2.37%
Aristotle Capital Management, LLC
11,617,617CHF 714.3m-3.48%1.09%
2.31%
Norges Bank Investment Management
11,345,924CHF 697.5m0%0.06%
2.13%
FMR LLC
10,474,326CHF 644.0m-23.5%0.04%
1.74%
BNY Asset Management
8,527,190CHF 524.3m-11.5%0.11%
1.73%
ZKB Asset Management
8,493,154CHF 522.2m-7.1%1.05%
1.62%
AKO Capital LLP
7,974,364CHF 490.3m3.38%14.43%
1.37%
Select Equity Group, L.P.
6,727,682CHF 413.6m-0.51%2.09%
1.28%
UBS Asset Management AG
6,268,157CHF 385.4m-64.3%0.04%
1.12%
Harding Loevner LP
5,482,424CHF 337.1m-21.8%1.58%
1.04%
Franklin Resources, Inc.
5,086,857CHF 312.7m135%0.12%
1.02%
Vontobel Asset Management, Inc.
5,018,994CHF 308.6m-26.6%1.11%
0.98%
Amundi Asset Management SAS
4,813,008CHF 295.9m1.66%0.07%
0.98%
Pictet Asset Management Limited
4,806,493CHF 295.5m-1.41%0.25%
0.8%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
3,932,719CHF 241.8m-3.56%0.06%
0.76%
Impax Asset Management Group Plc
3,716,581CHF 228.5m0%1.06%
0.76%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
3,712,530CHF 228.2m0.03%0.02%
0.7%
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
3,442,487CHF 211.6m-3.31%0.06%
0.69%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
3,404,734CHF 209.3m0.21%0.04%
0.65%
Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP
3,214,309CHF 197.6m-8.6%1.32%
0.61%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
2,982,748CHF 183.4m13.3%0.05%
0.61%
Troy Asset Management Ltd
2,972,020CHF 182.7m0%2.86%
0.59%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
2,899,585CHF 178.3m18.8%0.04%
0.57%
Cantillon Capital Management LLC
2,823,322CHF 173.6m-1.06%1.15%
0.57%
Zürcher Kantonalbank
2,814,116CHF 173.0m0%1.23%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/11/21 02:12
End of Day Share Price 2025/11/21 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Alcon Inc. is covered by 57 analysts. 22 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
null nullArgus Research Company
Jeffrey JohnsonBaird
null nullBaird