Alcon (ALC) Price to Earnings (2021 - 2026)
Alcon's Price to Earnings was 56.20 in Q2 2026, up 21.8% from 46.16 a year earlier and up 32.5% from the prior quarter.
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Alcon (ALC) Price to Earnings (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Price to Earnings at Alcon came in at 39.20, down 5.0% from FY2024.
- In earlier years, Price to Earnings was 41.25 in FY2024 (+4.3%), 39.56 in FY2023 (-60.6%), 100.28 in FY2022 (-11.7%) and 113.55 in FY2021.
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Price to Earnings since Q3 2023.
- Compared with a year earlier, Price to Earnings was higher in three of the last five quarters, with an average decline of 1.7%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Price to Earnings over five years was Q3 2023 (growth of 68.1%); the worst was Q2 2024 (a decline of 64.1%).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 242.18 Bn | 221.33 Bn | 4.88 Bn |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 168.71 Bn | 139.79 Bn | 7.27 Bn |
| 3 | Danaher | 150.46 Bn | 134.27 Bn | 3.61 Bn |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 138.71 Bn | 118.26 Bn | 1.96 Bn |
| 5 | Medtronic | 110.54 Bn | 76.41 Bn | 6.34 Bn |
| 6 | Stryker | 105.66 Bn | 91.78 Bn | 4.50 Bn |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 61.74 Bn | 56.75 Bn | 3.85 Bn |
| 8 | Edwards Lifesciences | 49.09 Bn | 33.21 Bn | 1.35 Bn |
| 9 | Becton Dickinson | 48.16 Bn | 45.31 Bn | 2.32 Bn |
| 10 | Alcon | 31.07 Bn | 24.27 Bn | 1.68 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 56.20 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 42.41 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 40.87 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 46.16 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 41.25 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 42.51 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 39.87 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 39.20 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 39.56 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 83.92 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 111.16 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 101.38 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 100.28 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 49.94 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 74.95 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 84.52 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 113.55 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 118.58 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 187.83 |
API Access
Alcon Price to Earnings API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-earnings&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "price-to-earnings", "ticker": "ALC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-earnings&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();