Alcon (ALC) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Alcon has reported Operating Margin for 11 years, with the latest figure at 0.4% in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 919.0% year-over-year to 0.4% in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 8.81%, a 415.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 13.18%, down 119.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin was 0.4% for Q2 2026 at Alcon, down from 10.88% in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Operating Margin was 15.95% in Q4 2024, with the low at 0.4% in Q2 2026.
• Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 10.45%, with a median of 11.24% recorded in 2022.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2026: Operating Margin soared 863 bps in 2022, then sank 919 bps in 2026.
• Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 0.97% in 2022, then soared by 822 bps to 8.92% in 2023, then soared by 79 bps to 15.95% in 2024, then decreased by 27 bps to 11.58% in 2025, then plunged by 97 bps to 0.4% in 2026.
• The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 0.4% (Q2 2026), 10.88% (Q1 2026), and 11.58% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.