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.

• On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses changed N/A year-over-year to -$1.1 billion in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was -$4.5 billion, a 44.99% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at -$4.4 billion, down 7.59% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses advanced to -$1.1 billion in Q1 2026 per ALC's latest filing, from -$1.2 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at -$907.0 million in Q1 2022 and bottomed 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.
• Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses climbed 16.04% in 2022 and declined 13.54% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Operating Expenses stood at -$958.0 million in 2022, then decreased by 4.59% to -$1.0 billion in 2023, then dropped by 3.19% 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.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest ALC Operating Expenses figures stand at -$1.1 billion (Q1 2026), -$1.2 billion (Q4 2025), and -$1.1 billion (Q3 2025).