Alcon (ALC) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)
Alcon (ALC) recorded Net Margin of 7.04% in Q1 2026, down 0.99 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Alcon (ALC) Net Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Alcon reported Net Margin of 9.50%, down 0.85 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Net Margin has a five-year change of +17.27 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Net Margin came in at 10.35% in FY2024 (-0.05 pp), 10.39% in FY2023 (+6.52 pp), 3.87% in FY2022 (-0.66 pp) and 4.54% in FY2021 (+12.31 pp).
- Quarterly Net Margin has ranged from -4.47% in Q4 2022 to 18.31% in Q4 2023 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Net Margin rose in two of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.68 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Net Margin in the last five years was a gain of 41.92 percentage points in Q2 2021, against a drop of 10.94 percentage points in Q4 2022 at the low end.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Net Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 252.06 Bn | 231.09 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 14.47% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 175.85 Bn | 146.28 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 7.37% |
| 3 | Danaher | 162.82 Bn | 146.63 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 13.89% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 154.68 Bn | 134.10 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 28.29% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 121.24 Bn | 86.49 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 15.07% |
| 6 | Stryker | 116.82 Bn | 102.94 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 19.37% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 66.43 Bn | 61.20 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 16.67% |
| 8 | Becton Dickinson | 54.07 Bn | 51.21 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 7.57% |
| 9 | Edwards Lifesciences | 51.42 Bn | 35.43 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 13.89% |
| 10 | Alcon | 34.19 Bn | 25.15 Bn | 1.68 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 7.04% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.03% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 9.15% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.78% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 14.89% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 11.47% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 10.81% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 8.93% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 10.15% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 18.31% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 8.76% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 6.98% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.40% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -4.47% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 5.42% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 6.68% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 7.67% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.47% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.10% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 7.16% |
API Access
Alcon Net 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=net-margin&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "net-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=net-margin&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();