ALC vs Peers Stock Comparison

Alcon Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ALC Alcon Inc
$70.00 +8.6% 1M -8.0% 1Y
Market cap
$34.12B
P/E
53.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.80B
Div. yield
0.40%
Medical Devices Healthcare

Percentile Scorecard

ALC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisALC
Valuation 80 #17 of 80
Growth 48 #39 of 74
Profitability 79 #15 of 67
Financial Health 51 #45 of 91
Shareholder Returns 71 #11 of 35
Overall 66
  • ALC ranked among 95 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodALCSPY
1 month +8.6% -0.8%
3 months +4.1% +3.5%
6 months -7.9% +7.0%
Year to date -11.2% +12.2%
1 year -8.0% +13.0%
3 years 0.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year 0.0% +23.1%
5 years -14.3% +68.6%
5 years, per year -3.0% +11.0%

Risk

MeasureALCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 28.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 28.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.38 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.28 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -19.7% -1.8%
52-week high $87.18 $779.14
52-week low $62.02 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleALC
P/E now vs peer median 53.7xmedian 29.3x
P/S now vs peer median 3.2xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 19.6xmedian 19.6x
P/B now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median 2.56median 0.84

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsALC
Revenue $10.80B
Gross profit $6.17B
Operating income $948.00M
Net income $643.00M
Free cash flow $1.74B
R&D $1.43B
EPS (diluted) $1.30
Cash & equivalents $1.36B
Total debt $4.72B
Shares (diluted) 496.20M
Enterprise value $25.09B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricALC
P/E 53.7x
P/FCF 19.6x
P/Operating cash flow 14.8x
P/S 3.2x
P/B 1.6x
P/Tangible book 2.6x
EV/EBITDA –
EV/EBIT 38.7x
EV/Revenue 3.4x
EV/FCF 21.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.56

Growth

14 metrics
MetricALC
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 11.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 7.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) -34.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 7.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -40.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 21.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -40.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 21.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 10.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 25.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 7.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 48.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricALC
Gross margin 57.2%
EBITDA margin –
Operating margin 8.8%
Pretax margin 6.9%
Net margin 6.0%
FCF margin 16.1%
Operating cash flow margin 21.4%
Return on equity 2.9%
Return on assets 2.1%
Return on invested capital 3.6%
Return on capital employed 3.4%
Asset turnover 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 3.6x
Stock comp / revenue 1.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricALC
Debt / assets 15.2%
Debt / equity 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA –
Debt / FCF 2.7x
Liabilities / assets 30.6%
Equity / assets 69.4%
Interest coverage 9.2x
Current ratio 2.1x
Quick ratio 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.7x
Altman Z-score –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricALC
Dividend yield 0.4%
Net buyback yield 2.7%
Shareholder yield 3.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusALC
Forward P/E 21.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.23FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +8.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +15.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $10.54BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersALC
Held by institutions 48.8%
Institutions holding 629
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.3%
Institutions buying 225
Institutions selling 274
Buyers to sellers 0.82

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.