Alcon (ALC) Change in Working Capital (2018 - 2026)

Alcon (ALC) posted quarterly Change in Working Capital of -$2.0 million for Q1 2026, little changed on a QoQ basis from -$2.0 million in Q4 2025.

Alcon (ALC) Change in Working Capital (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Alcon (ALC) has reported Change in Working Capital for 9 consecutive years, with -$2.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Change in Working Capital changed N/A year-over-year to -$2.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$8.0 million (changed N/A YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$8.0 million, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Change in Working Capital held at -$2.0 million in Q1 2026 per ALC's latest filing, from -$2.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Change in Working Capital for ALC reached as high as -$1.0 million in Q4 2024 and fell as low as -$516.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of -$58.9 million and a median of -$2.0 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Change in Working Capital.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Change in Working Capital slumped 261.76% — and 2024, when it soared 99.75%.
  • Year by year, Change in Working Capital stood at -$516.0 million in 2022, then climbed by 22.87% to -$398.0 million in 2023, then surged by 99.75% to -$1.0 million in 2024, then slumped by 100.0% to -$2.0 million in 2025, then changed by 0.0% to -$2.0 million in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Change in Working Capital over the past three periods registered -$2.0 million, -$2.0 million, and -$2.0 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Working Capital (Qtr)
1 Alcon 32,734,969.19 Bn 32,734,967.53 Bn 1.53 Bn -2.00 Mn
2 Intuitive Surgical 117.50 Bn 112.41 Bn 1.96 Bn -
3 Becton Dickinson 42.93 Bn 42.11 Bn 2.15 Bn -
4 Medline 30.82 Bn 36.66 Bn 1.84 Bn -
5 Resmed 27.90 Bn 26.23 Bn 890.98 Mn -
6 West Pharmaceutical Services 26.76 Bn 26.23 Bn 329.20 Mn -
7 Cooper Companies 15.30 Bn 15.16 Bn 735.40 Mn -
8 Solventum 13.46 Bn 12.90 Bn 1.10 Bn -
9 Align Technology 12.02 Bn 10.96 Bn 736.59 Mn -
10 Baxter International 11.17 Bn 9.12 Bn 891.00 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -2.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 -2.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -2.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -2.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -2.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -2.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -2.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -2.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -1.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -1.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -2.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -2.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -2.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -2.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -3.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -3.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -398.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -398.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -2.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -2.00 Mn