Alcon (ALC) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)
Alcon's Gross Margin was 60.21% in Q2 2026, up 6.35 percentage points from 53.86% a year earlier and up 3.41 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Alcon (ALC) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Alcon's Gross Margin was 56.80% through Jun 30, 2026, up 1.45 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 55.67%, down 0.37 percentage points from FY2024.
- Gross Margin shows a five-year change of +12.65 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Gross Margin was 56.04% in FY2024 (+0.04 pp), 56.00% in FY2023 (+1.13 pp), 54.86% in FY2022 (-1.24 pp) and 56.11% in FY2021 (+13.08 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Gross Margin since Q4 2010.
- Compared with a year earlier, Gross Margin was higher in four of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.33 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Gross Margin over five years was Q4 2021 (a gain of 11.02 percentage points); the worst was Q2 2022 (a drop of 3.51 percentage points).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 249.71 Bn | 228.86 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 40.70% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 171.00 Bn | 142.08 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 57.71% |
| 3 | Danaher | 155.79 Bn | 139.61 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 57.64% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 143.91 Bn | 123.46 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 67.78% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 110.42 Bn | 76.29 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 64.99% |
| 6 | Stryker | 105.71 Bn | 91.82 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 68.27% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 63.26 Bn | 58.27 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 70.71% |
| 8 | Edwards Lifesciences | 49.80 Bn | 33.91 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 77.46% |
| 9 | Becton Dickinson | 48.78 Bn | 45.93 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 46.46% |
| 10 | Alcon | 31.56 Bn | 24.76 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 60.21% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 60.21% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 56.80% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 56.11% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 53.86% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 55.91% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 56.35% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 55.36% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 56.55% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 55.32% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 55.35% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 56.28% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 55.48% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 53.89% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 54.49% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 54.31% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 55.19% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 56.12% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 56.85% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 57.82% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 53.42% |
API Access
Alcon Gross Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=gross-margin&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
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params = {"slug": "gross-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=gross-margin&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();