Alcon (ALC) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Alcon (ALC) posted quarterly Operating Expenses of -$1.1 billion for Q1 2026, up 4.0% quarter-over-quarter from -$1.2 billion in Q4 2025.

Alcon (ALC) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Alcon's Operating Expenses history runs 11 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$1.1 billion for Q1 2026.

In Q1 2026, Operating Expenses changed N/A year-over-year to -$1.1 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$4.5 billion (down 44.95% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was -$4.4 billion, down 7.59% from the prior year.
Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at -$1.1 billion, up from -$1.2 billion in the prior quarter.
The five-year high for Operating Expenses was -$912.0 million in Q1 2022, with the low at -$1.2 billion in Q4 2025.
The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is -$1.0 billion (2023), against an average of -$1.0 billion.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Operating Expenses gained 15.13% in 2022, then decreased 13.54% in 2025.
Alcon's Operating Expenses stood at -$1.0 billion in 2022, then dropped by 1.99% to -$1.0 billion in 2023, then dropped by 1.08% to -$1.0 billion in 2024, then dropped by 13.54% to -$1.2 billion in 2025, then increased by 4.0% to -$1.1 billion in 2026.
Business Quant data shows ALC's Operating Expenses at -$1.1 billion in Q1 2026, -$1.2 billion in Q4 2025, and -$1.1 billion in Q3 2025.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Opex (Qtr)
1	Intuitive Surgical	132.71 Bn	127.50 Bn	1.96 Bn	988.50 Mn
2	Becton Dickinson	51.57 Bn	50.71 Bn	2.32 Bn	4.32 Bn
3	Alcon	35.52 Bn	34.17 Bn	1.68 Bn	1.63 Bn
4	Resmed	33.28 Bn	31.81 Bn	861.22 Mn	412.51 Mn
5	Medline	27.86 Bn	25.18 Bn	2.22 Bn	1.82 Bn
6	West Pharmaceutical Services	25.15 Bn	24.71 Bn	329.20 Mn	137.30 Mn
7	Solventum	15.31 Bn	14.91 Bn	1.29 Bn	1.11 Bn
8	Cooper Companies	14.86 Bn	14.72 Bn	735.40 Mn	718.70 Mn
9	Baxter International	13.63 Bn	11.48 Bn	1.03 Bn	864.00 Mn
10	Align Technology	11.37 Bn	10.27 Bn	757.43 Mn	603.42 Mn

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