Alcon (ALC) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Alcon (ALC) has reported Operating Margin for 11 consecutive years, with 98.77% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Operating Margin changed N/A year-over-year to 98.77% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 77.34% (changed N/A YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 13.18%, down 119.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin declined to 98.77% in Q1 2026 per ALC's latest filing, from 99.56% in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Operating Margin for ALC reached as high as 99.56% in Q4 2025 and fell as low as 16.51% in Q4 2024.
• A 5-year average of 33.69% and a median of 23.77% in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin sank 8842 bps — and 2025, when it surged 11607 bps.
• Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 20.46% in 2022, then grew by 11 bps to 22.81% in 2023, then sank by 172 bps to 16.51% in 2024, then jumped by 703 bps to 99.56% in 2025, then decreased by 1 bps to 98.77% in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 98.77%, 99.56%, and 99.38% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.