Alcon (ALC) Cash & Current Investments (2009 - 2026)
Alcon (ALC) posted Cash & Current Investments of $2.12 billion for Q2 2026, down 2.2% from $2.17 billion a year earlier and down 10.7% from the prior quarter.
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Alcon (ALC) Cash & Current Investments (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Alcon's Cash & Current Investments came in at $2.3 billion, down 1.4% from FY2024.
- Annual Cash & Current Investments shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 5.3% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Alcon's Cash & Current Investments was $2.33 billion in FY2024 (+44.5%), $1.61 billion in FY2023 (+27.2%), $1.27 billion in FY2022 (-29.3%) and $1.79 billion in FY2021 (+1.0%).
- Quarterly Cash & Current Investments has run from a low of -$8 million in Q1 2025 to a high of $2.38 billion in Q1 2026 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Cash & Current Investments increased in three of the last five quarters, with growth averaging 19.1%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Cash & Current Investments in the past five years was Q2 2022, with growth of 480.0%; the weakest was Q1 2022, with a decline of 33.6%.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cash & Current Investments (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 249.17 Bn | 228.32 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 4.06 Bn |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 179.42 Bn | 150.51 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 5.60 Bn |
| 3 | Danaher | 161.98 Bn | 145.80 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 4.35 Bn |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 156.76 Bn | 137.18 Bn | 2.08 Bn | 4.04 Bn |
| 5 | Medtronic | 122.13 Bn | 88.00 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 8.82 Bn |
| 6 | Stryker | 117.84 Bn | 103.96 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 3.48 Bn |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 66.19 Bn | 61.20 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 539.00 Mn |
| 8 | Becton Dickinson | 54.16 Bn | 51.31 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 709.00 Mn |
| 9 | Edwards Lifesciences | 51.35 Bn | 35.47 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 4.25 Bn |
| 10 | Alcon | 34.21 Bn | 25.17 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 2.12 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.12 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.38 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.30 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.24 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.17 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.09 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.33 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.27 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.98 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.73 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.61 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.57 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.17 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.20 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.27 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.44 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.28 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.18 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.79 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.78 Bn |
API Access
Alcon Cash & Current Investments API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cash-and-current-investments&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cash-and-current-investments", "ticker": "ALC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cash-and-current-investments&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();