Alcon (ALC) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Alcon (ALC) posted quarterly FCF Margin of 20.74% for Q1 2026, down 32.22% quarter-over-quarter from 30.61% in Q4 2025.

Alcon (ALC) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Alcon's FCF Margin history runs 11 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 20.74% for Q1 2026.

In Q1 2026, FCF Margin changed N/A year-over-year to 20.74%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 27.3% (changed N/A YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 27.27%, up 134.0% from the prior year.
FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 20.74%, down from 30.61% in the prior quarter.
The five-year high for FCF Margin was 35.55% in Q3 2024, with the low at 31.93% in Q4 2022.
The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 23.66% (2022), against an average of 16.93%.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: FCF Margin slumped 537 bps in 2023, then jumped 4830 bps in 2024.
Alcon's FCF Margin stood at 31.93% in 2022, then grew by 26 bps to 23.67% in 2023, then soared by 204 bps to 24.63% in 2024, then advanced by 24 bps to 30.61% in 2025, then tumbled by 32 bps to 20.74% in 2026.
Business Quant data shows ALC's FCF Margin at 20.74% in Q1 2026, 30.61% in Q4 2025, and 34.38% in Q3 2025.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	FCF Margin (Qtr)
1	Intuitive Surgical	132.71 Bn	127.50 Bn	1.96 Bn	32.79%
2	Becton Dickinson	51.57 Bn	50.71 Bn	2.32 Bn	12.70%
3	Alcon	35.52 Bn	34.17 Bn	1.68 Bn	4.82%
4	Resmed	33.28 Bn	31.81 Bn	861.22 Mn	27.57%
5	Medline	27.86 Bn	25.18 Bn	2.22 Bn	7.86%
6	West Pharmaceutical Services	25.15 Bn	24.71 Bn	329.20 Mn	9.26%
7	Solventum	15.31 Bn	14.91 Bn	1.29 Bn	6.52%
8	Cooper Companies	14.86 Bn	14.72 Bn	735.40 Mn	8.91%
9	Baxter International	13.63 Bn	11.48 Bn	1.03 Bn	6.11%
10	Align Technology	11.37 Bn	10.27 Bn	757.43 Mn	14.87%

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