Alcon (ALC) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2025)

Alcon (ALC) posted Interest Coverage Ratio of 6.67 for FY2025, up 9.41% year-over-year from 7.36 in FY2024.

Analysis

Alcon (ALC) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Alcon has reported Interest Coverage Ratio for 11 years, with the latest figure at 6.67 in FY2025.

On a quarterly basis, Interest Coverage Ratio rose 95.71% year-over-year to 0.21 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 4.54, a 30.49% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 6.67, up 9.41% from the prior year.
Interest Coverage Ratio was 6.67 for FY2025 at Alcon, up from 7.36 in the prior year.
The five-year high for Interest Coverage Ratio was 4.83 in FY2021, with the low at 7.36 in FY2024.
Average Interest Coverage Ratio over 5 years is 5.87, with a median of 5.5 recorded in 2023.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2025: Interest Coverage Ratio tumbled 224.34% in 2021, then climbed 9.41% in 2025.
Over 5 years, Interest Coverage Ratio stood at 4.83 in 2021, then retreated by 3.76% to 5.01 in 2022, then dropped by 9.62% to 5.5 in 2023, then slumped by 33.87% to 7.36 in 2024, then gained by 9.41% to 6.67 in 2025.
The last three Interest Coverage Ratio figures came in at 6.67 (FY2025), 7.36 (FY2024), and 5.5 (FY2023), per Business Quant data.

Peer Set

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Interest Cover (Yr)
1	Abbott Laboratories	177.43 Bn	172.48 Bn	7.27 Bn	-
2	Intuitive Surgical	139.20 Bn	134.11 Bn	1.96 Bn	-
3	Medtronic	118.01 Bn	109.81 Bn	6.34 Bn	-
4	Stryker	105.44 Bn	101.96 Bn	4.50 Bn	-
5	Boston Scientific	62.90 Bn	62.60 Bn	3.85 Bn	-
6	Edwards Lifesciences	50.87 Bn	46.72 Bn	1.35 Bn	-
7	Dexcom	33.72 Bn	31.77 Bn	830.00 Mn	-
8	Resmed	32.45 Bn	30.98 Bn	861.22 Mn	-
9	Alcon	31.70 Bn	30.25 Bn	1.68 Bn	-
10	Steris	20.01 Bn	19.54 Bn	684.20 Mn	-

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