Alcon (ALC) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)
Alcon (ALC) recorded EBIT Margin of 0.40% in Q2 2026, down 9.19 percentage points from 9.58% a year earlier and down 10.48 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Alcon (ALC) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Alcon's EBIT Margin came in at 8.03% as of Jun 30, 2026, down 4.93 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 13.18%, down 1.19 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual EBIT Margin has a five-year change of +20.23 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, EBIT Margin came in at 14.37% in FY2024 (+3.28 pp), 11.09% in FY2023 (+3.32 pp), 7.77% in FY2022 (+0.77 pp) and 7.00% in FY2021 (+14.05 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly EBIT Margin since Q4 2020.
- On a year-over-year basis, EBIT Margin rose in two of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.74 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for EBIT Margin in the last five years was a gain of 33.31 percentage points in Q4 2021, against a drop of 9.19 percentage points in Q2 2026 at the low end.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBIT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 252.57 Bn | 231.60 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 17.40% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 176.08 Bn | 146.51 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 13.44% |
| 3 | Danaher | 163.92 Bn | 147.72 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 17.99% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 155.68 Bn | 135.10 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 33.60% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 121.40 Bn | 86.65 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 18.08% |
| 6 | Stryker | 117.11 Bn | 103.23 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 25.18% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 66.70 Bn | 61.47 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 21.65% |
| 8 | Becton Dickinson | 54.26 Bn | 51.41 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 13.31% |
| 9 | Edwards Lifesciences | 51.46 Bn | 35.46 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 29.48% |
| 10 | Alcon | 34.18 Bn | 25.15 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 0.39% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.39% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 10.88% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 11.58% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 12.82% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 9.51% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 19.09% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 15.95% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 13.65% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 12.74% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 15.06% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 8.92% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 12.58% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 11.15% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 11.39% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.97% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 9.58% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 9.02% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 11.24% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 8.47% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.95% |
API Access
Alcon EBIT Margin 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=ebit-margin&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebit-margin", "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=ebit-margin&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();