Alcon (ALC) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

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 was -$1.1 billion for Q1 2026 at Alcon, up from -$1.2 billion in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of -$907.0 million in Q1 2022 to a low of -$1.2 billion in Q4 2025.
• Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged -$1.0 billion across 5 years, with a median of -$1.0 billion in 2023.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Operating Expenses advanced 15.13% in 2022, then slipped 13.54% in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at -$1.0 billion in 2022, then declined by 1.99% to -$1.0 billion in 2023, then declined by 1.08% to -$1.0 billion in 2024, then declined by 13.54% to -$1.2 billion in 2025, then rose by 4.0% to -$1.1 billion in 2026.
• The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at -$1.1 billion (Q1 2026), -$1.2 billion (Q4 2025), and -$1.1 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.