Alcon (ALC) Cash from Operations (2009 - 2026)
Alcon (ALC) posted Cash from Operations of $510 million for Q2 2026, up 1.0% from $505 million a year earlier and up 22.0% from the prior quarter.
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Alcon (ALC) Cash from Operations (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Cash from Operations at Alcon was $2.09 billion, down 6.7% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $2.27 billion, up 9.3% from FY2024.
- Annual Cash from Operations has increased for three consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 22.5% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Alcon's Cash from Operations was $2.08 billion in FY2024 (+49.6%), $1.39 billion in FY2023 (+14.1%), $1.22 billion in FY2022 (-9.5%) and $1.35 billion in FY2021 (+63.4%).
- Quarterly Cash from Operations has run from a low of $66 million in Q1 2022 to a high of $747 million in Q3 2024 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Cash from Operations increased in four of the last five quarters, with growth averaging 16.6%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Cash from Operations in the past five years was Q1 2024, with growth of 301.2%; the weakest was Q1 2022, with a decline of 57.7%.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cash from Ops. (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 257.99 Bn | 237.02 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 2.13 Bn |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 175.01 Bn | 145.44 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 2.49 Bn |
| 3 | Danaher | 164.93 Bn | 148.74 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 1.53 Bn |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 151.84 Bn | 131.26 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 1.06 Bn |
| 5 | Medtronic | 119.05 Bn | 84.30 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 1.79 Bn |
| 6 | Stryker | 113.89 Bn | 100.00 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 1.26 Bn |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 65.37 Bn | 60.13 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 1.47 Bn |
| 8 | Becton Dickinson | 53.36 Bn | 50.51 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 776.00 Mn |
| 9 | Edwards Lifesciences | 50.83 Bn | 34.83 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 651.90 Mn |
| 10 | Alcon | 33.27 Bn | 24.24 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 510.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 510.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 418.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 658.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 724.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 505.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 384.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 459.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 747.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 530.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 341.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 451.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 527.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 325.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 85.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 345.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 402.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 404.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 66.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 387.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 416.00 Mn |
API Access
Alcon Cash from Operations API
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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-from-operations&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cash-from-operations", "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-from-operations&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();