Alcon Inc. (ALC) Stock

About Alcon Inc.

Alcon Inc. is led by CEO David J. Endicott, employs 25,599 people, headquartered in Geneva, CH, publicly traded since 2019.

Alcon Inc. (ALC) stock trades at $70.17 with a market capitalization of $33.92B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 50.34, price-to-book of 1.47, price-to-sales of 2.95. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $61.84 and $87.64, and currently trades 19.9% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.55%.

On profitability, Alcon Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 2.91%, return on capital employed of 3.82%, an operating margin of 13.08%, a net profit margin of 5.92%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Alcon Inc. reported annual revenue of $10.4B, net profit of $980.0M. Revenue grew at an average annual rate of 8.8% over the last 5 fiscal years.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25 (debt below half of shareholders' equity), a current ratio of 2.12, total assets of $31.6B, $1.5B in cash and equivalents.

ALC has an average daily trading volume of 1,869,720 shares, a beta of 0.70 (historically less volatile than the overall market).

Alcon Inc. by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 Alcon Inc. reported revenue of $6.6B rising to $10.4B, a change of +57.7% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 8.8% a year over five years, 6.1% over three, 4.9% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $980.0M.

Operating margin went from 0.1% in 2016 to 13.1% in 2025, a gain of 12.9 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 5.92%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $10.7B and net profit $639.0M.

Borrowings rose from $249.0M to $5.2B, cash from operations was $2.3B in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 3.5% over five years, and was 4.5% in the most recent year.

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Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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