Alcon Inc.

SWX:ALC Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 37.6b

Alcon Valuation

Is ALC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of ALC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: ALC (CHF76.02) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CHF109.96)

Significantly Below Fair Value: ALC is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for ALC?

Key metric: As ALC is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for ALC. This is calculated by dividing ALC's market cap by their current earnings.
What is ALC's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio36.3x
EarningsUS$1.16b
Market CapUS$42.10b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does ALC's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for ALC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average43.6x
YPSN Ypsomed Holding
59.9x41.1%CHF 4.5b
STMN Straumann Holding
63.1x21.2%CHF 18.2b
SOON Sonova Holding
31.2x11.4%CHF 17.6b
VBSN IVF Hartmann Holding
20.3xn/aCHF 357.2m
ALC Alcon
36.3x9.9%CHF 37.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: ALC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.3x) compared to the peer average (43.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does ALC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Medical Equipment Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ALC 36.3xIndustry Avg. 29.6xNo. of Companies9PE01632486480+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: ALC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.3x) compared to the European Medical Equipment industry average (29.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is ALC's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

ALC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio36.3x
Fair PE Ratio36x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: ALC is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst ALC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCHF 76.02
CHF 87.03
+14.5%
10.4%CHF 100.58CHF 63.65n/a16
Dec ’25CHF 78.38
CHF 87.65
+11.8%
10.5%CHF 100.95CHF 63.88n/a16
Nov ’25CHF 80.20
CHF 88.71
+10.6%
10.2%CHF 100.60CHF 63.32n/a15
Oct ’25CHF 84.16
CHF 86.17
+2.4%
11.7%CHF 99.98CHF 61.59n/a15
Sep ’25CHF 82.30
CHF 84.06
+2.1%
10.2%CHF 99.52CHF 61.83n/a15
Aug ’25CHF 83.38
CHF 83.99
+0.7%
12.0%CHF 103.12CHF 60.26n/a15
Jul ’25CHF 80.18
CHF 84.16
+5.0%
10.3%CHF 90.96CHF 61.45n/a15
Jun ’25CHF 80.34
CHF 84.27
+4.9%
10.2%CHF 91.35CHF 61.72n/a16
May ’25CHF 71.10
CHF 84.69
+19.1%
9.5%CHF 92.19CHF 64.16n/a16
Apr ’25CHF 74.74
CHF 84.13
+12.6%
10.0%CHF 91.61CHF 63.76n/a16
Mar ’25CHF 76.12
CHF 80.16
+5.3%
11.4%CHF 90.46CHF 59.22n/a16
Feb ’25CHF 64.98
CHF 78.50
+20.8%
9.9%CHF 90.11CHF 57.44n/a15
Jan ’25CHF 65.64
CHF 76.88
+17.1%
11.3%CHF 89.97CHF 56.26n/a12
Dec ’24CHF 65.72
CHF 79.41
+20.8%
9.1%CHF 91.06CHF 64.51CHF 78.3814
Nov ’24CHF 65.58
CHF 83.82
+27.8%
8.4%CHF 93.25CHF 65.97CHF 80.2013
Oct ’24CHF 70.94
CHF 86.99
+22.6%
6.0%CHF 94.76CHF 77.68CHF 84.1612
Sep ’24CHF 73.20
CHF 84.38
+15.3%
6.2%CHF 91.82CHF 73.49CHF 82.3013
Aug ’24CHF 74.04
CHF 81.56
+10.2%
7.9%CHF 90.04CHF 68.76CHF 83.3812
Jul ’24CHF 74.10
CHF 83.18
+12.2%
6.9%CHF 90.13CHF 71.87CHF 80.1812
Jun ’24CHF 71.30
CHF 83.18
+16.7%
6.9%CHF 90.13CHF 71.87CHF 80.3412
May ’24CHF 64.82
CHF 78.12
+20.5%
9.1%CHF 86.47CHF 62.61CHF 71.1012
Apr ’24CHF 64.70
CHF 78.86
+21.9%
9.3%CHF 88.21CHF 63.87CHF 74.7411
Mar ’24CHF 63.54
CHF 79.56
+25.2%
8.9%CHF 88.11CHF 63.88CHF 76.1211
Feb ’24CHF 68.76
CHF 76.95
+11.9%
11.2%CHF 85.39CHF 58.57CHF 64.9811
Jan ’24CHF 63.18
CHF 76.01
+20.3%
11.2%CHF 84.90CHF 58.94CHF 65.6410
Dec ’23CHF 65.48
CHF 79.53
+21.5%
9.4%CHF 87.44CHF 60.70CHF 65.728

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 01:33
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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 63 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.

AnalystInstitution
Rishabh KocharAlphaValue
null nullArgus Research Company
Jeffrey JohnsonBaird