Alcon (ALC) Cash & Equivalents (2009 - 2026)
Alcon (ALC) reported Cash & Equivalents of $1.36 billion for Q2 2026, down 3.8% from $1.41 billion a year earlier and down 14.1% from the prior quarter.
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Alcon (ALC) Cash & Equivalents (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Alcon posted Cash & Equivalents of $1.53 billion, down 8.9% from FY2024.
- Cash & Equivalents has a five-year compound annual growth rate of -0.4% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Cash & Equivalents came in at $1.68 billion in FY2024 (+53.2%), $1.09 billion in FY2023 (+11.6%), $980 million in FY2022 (-37.8%) and $1.58 billion in FY2021 (+1.2%).
- Five-year quarterly Cash & Equivalents spans a low of $1 million in Q3 2025 and a high of $1.68 billion in Q4 2024.
- Year over year, Cash & Equivalents gained in three of the last six quarters, with an average decline of 0.9%.
- The high point for year-over-year Cash & Equivalents in five years was Q2 2024 (growth of 107.6%); the low point was Q1 2025 (a decline of 97.7%).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cash & Equiv. (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 247.86 Bn | 226.89 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 4.06 Bn |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 177.43 Bn | 147.86 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 5.10 Bn |
| 3 | Danaher | 159.54 Bn | 143.35 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 4.35 Bn |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 157.40 Bn | 137.68 Bn | 2.08 Bn | 2.98 Bn |
| 5 | Medtronic | 122.54 Bn | 87.79 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 1.69 Bn |
| 6 | Stryker | 117.68 Bn | 103.80 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 3.39 Bn |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 66.64 Bn | 61.41 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 539.00 Mn |
| 8 | Becton Dickinson | 54.28 Bn | 51.43 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 708.00 Mn |
| 9 | Edwards Lifesciences | 51.48 Bn | 35.49 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 2.91 Bn |
| 10 | Alcon | 34.36 Bn | 25.33 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 1.36 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.36 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.58 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.53 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.50 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.41 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.41 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.68 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.57 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.37 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.14 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.09 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.05 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 661.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 889.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 980.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.18 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.03 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 961.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.58 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.57 Bn |
API Access
Alcon Cash & Equivalents 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-equivalents&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cash-and-equivalents", "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-equivalents&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();