Alcon Inc. (ALC)

NYSE: ALC · USD

$69.7

+0.27 (+0.4%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	33.7B
Revenue (ttm)	10.9B
Net income (ttm)	643M
EPS (ttm)	$1.28
Shares out	483.4M
P/E (trailing)	54.5x
P/E (forward)	18.7x
Dividend	$0.23 (0.33%)
Volume	923,928
Beta	0.73

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 10.9B
Net income (ttm): 643M
EPS (ttm): $1.28
P/E (trailing): 54.5x
P/E (forward): 18.7x
Market cap: 33.7B

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
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Calendar

Next earnings

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E18.7

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Trailing P/E54.5

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ROE2.9

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ROIC4.7

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001167379
Company name	Alcon Inc.
Country	Switzerland
Country code	US
CUSIP number	H01301128
Earnings date	2026-11-10
Earnings time	amc
Employees	25,942
Employees change	343
Employees growth	1.34%
Enterprise value	$37.5B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1945
Industry	Medical Instruments & Supplies
Is primary listing	No
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	CH0432492467
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-24
Last earnings date	2026-08-10
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$33.7B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-10
Options	Yes
Price	$69.69
Price currency	USD
Sector	Healthcare
SIC code	3851
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	ALC
Website	https://www.alcon.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	21.38x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	44.99x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	65.11x
Earnings yield	1.84%
EV/Earnings	58.06x
EV/EBIT	26.69x
EV/EBITDA	15.53x
EV/FCF	21.46x
EV/Sales	3.44x
FCF / EV yield	4.66%
FCF yield	5.18%
Forward EV/Sales	3.19x
Forward P/E	18.66x
Forward P/S	2.87x
Graham number	36.70926
Graham upside	-47.38%
Industry forward P/E	22.69x
Industry P/E	75.18x
Lynch fair value	$33.38
Lynch upside	-52.14%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	21.42x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	15.71x
P/B ratio	1.56x
P/E ratio	54.49x
P/FCF ratio	19.3x
P/OCF ratio	14.54x
P/S ratio	3.09x
Price / tangible book value	8.26x
Price/EBITDA ratio	13.97x
Sector forward P/E	23.56x
Sector P/E	50.13x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	12.88%
EBITDA margin	22.13%
Effective tax rate	13.23%
FCF margin	16.02%
Gross margin	57.22%
Operating margin	12.88%
Pretax margin	6.82%
Profit margin	5.92%
Profit per employee	$24,786
Profitable years	5
Revenue per employee	$418,665
ROA	2.8%
ROA (5Y)	2.31%
ROCE	5.01%
ROE	2.94%
ROE (5Y)	3.57%
ROIC	4.75%
ROIC (5Y)	3.89%
SBC / revenue	1.58%
Tax / revenue	0.9%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	-39.24%
EPS growth 10Y	-14.86%
EPS growth 3Y	21.53%
EPS growth 5Y	28.69%
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	7.54%
FCF growth (Q)	2.73%
FCF growth (QoQ)	48.39%
FCF growth 3Y	48.16%
FCF growth 5Y	17.59%
Gross profit growth	11.58%
Gross profit growth (Q)	17.05%
Gross profit growth 3Y	7.38%
Gross profit growth 5Y	8.8%
Net income growth	-40.08%
Net income growth 3Y	21.11%
Net income growth 5Y	28.57%
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	10.26%
OCF growth (Q)	0.99%
OCF growth (QoQ)	22.01%
OCF growth 10Y	0.9%
OCF growth 3Y	25.92%
OCF growth 5Y	12.06%
Operating income growth	8.53%
Operating income growth (Q)	42.41%
Operating income growth 3Y	14.99%
Operating income growth 5Y	21.8%
Revenue growth	8.34%
Revenue growth (Q)	8.74%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	4.32%
Revenue growth 10Y	5.63%
Revenue growth 3Y	6.13%
Revenue growth 5Y	6.8%
Revenue growth quarters	23
Revenue growth years	5

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-570M
Depreciation and amortization	$1B
EBIT	$1.4B
EBITDA	$2.4B
EPS	$1.28
FCF per share	$3.60
Financing cash flow	$-1.3B
Free cash flow	$1.7B
Free cash flow minus SBC	$1.6B
Gross profit	$6.2B
Income taxes	$98M
Investing cash flow	$-1.1B
Net borrowing	$-86M
Net cash flow	$-53M
Net income	$643M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$2.1B
Operating income	$1.4B
Revenue	$10.9B
Stock-based compensation	$172M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Book value per share	$44.67
Debt / EBITDA	2.12
Debt / equity	0.25
Debt / FCF	3.05
Goodwill	$9.3B
Interest coverage	6.69
Long-term assets	$24.5B
Long-term liabilities	$6.3B
Net cash (debt)	$-3.8B
Net cash / market cap	-11.44%
Net debt / EBITDA	1.6
Net debt / equity	0.18
Net debt / FCF	2.21
Piotroski F-Score	7
Property, plant and equipment	$5.3B
Shareholders' equity	$21.6B
Tangible book value	$4.1B
Tangible book value per share	$8.41
Total assets	$31.1B
Total cash	$1.5B
Total debt	$5.3B
Total liabilities	$9.5B
WACC	7.59%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.35
Current assets	$6.6B
Current liabilities	$3.2B
Current ratio	2.09
Inventory turnover	1.89
Net working capital	$2.7B
Quick ratio	1.12
Working capital	$3.5B
Working capital turnover	2.96

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	1.24%
Dividend growth	7.61%
Dividend growth (3Y)	14.99%
Dividend growth years	4
Dividend payment date	2026-05-07
Dividend payment years	6
Dividend payout frequency	Annual
Dividend per share	$0.23
Dividend yield	0.33%
Ex-dividend date	2026-05-06
FCF payout ratio	6.47%
Last dividend	$0.23
Payout ratio	18.02%
Shareholder yield	1.57%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
150-day SMA	$69.32
1D price change	0.39%
1M price change	7.91%
1M total return	7.91%
1W price change	2.57%
1W total return	2.57%
1Y price change	-8.58%
1Y return CAGR	-8.3%
1Y total return	-8.29%
20-day SMA	$66.03
200-day SMA	$72.03
3M price change	3.4%
3M total return	3.4%
3Y price change	-0.64%
3Y return CAGR	0.04%
3Y total return	0.11%
50-day SMA	$67.73
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$87.64
52-week high date	2026-02-26
52-week low	$61.84
52-week low date	2026-05-11
5Y price change	-14.86%
5Y return CAGR	-2.94%
5Y total return	-13.87%
6M price change	-8.47%
6M total return	-8.19%
All-time high	$101.10
All-time high date	2024-09-12
All-time low	$39.37
All-time low date	2020-03-23
Average true range (ATR)	$1.29
Average volume	1.6M
Beta (5Y)	0.73
Change from 52-week high	-20.48%
Change from 52-week low	12.7%
Change from all-time high	-31.19%
Change from all-time low	76.71%
Change from open	1.18%
Day's gap	-0.78%
Dollar volume	$64.4M
High price	$70.02
Low price	$68.88
Monthly RSI	43.29
Open price	$68.88
Position in 52-week range	71.05%
Premarket change	-0.8%
Premarket close	$69.42
Premarket price	$68.87
Premarket volume	21.6K
Previous close	$69.42
Price vs 150-day SMA	0.36%
Price vs 20-day SMA	5.36%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-3.41%
Price vs 50-day SMA	2.72%
Relative volume	0.58
RSI	61.83
Sharpe ratio	-0.31
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	-0.06
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	-0.12
Sortino ratio	-0.24
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.12
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.04
Volume	923.9K
Weekly RSI	49.62
YTD price change	-11.72%
YTD total return	-11.45%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	481.8M
Float percentage	99.68%
Shares change (QoQ)	-0.31%
Shares change (YoY)	-1.24%
Shares held by insiders	0.17%
Shares held by institutions	57.88%
Shares outstanding	483.4M
Short % of shares	1.52%
Short ratio	10.4 days

Deeper analysis on ALC

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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