Alcon (ALC) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2010)
Alcon's Retained Earnings came in at $21.58 billion for Q2 2026, down 2.3% from $22.09 billion a year earlier and down 2.4% from the prior quarter.
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Alcon (ALC) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2010) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Alcon's Retained Earnings was $22.01 billion, up 2.2% from FY2024.
- Retained Earnings has increased in each of the last five years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 3.2% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Retained Earnings was $21.53 billion in FY2024 (+4.5%), $20.6 billion in FY2023 (+4.8%), $19.66 billion in FY2022 (+2.2%) and $19.24 billion in FY2021 (+2.3%).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Retained Earnings since Q4 2024.
- Year-over-year, Retained Earnings increased in four of the last five quarters, with growth averaging 3.2%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Retained Earnings over five years came in Q3 2024 (growth of 6.1%), and the weakest in Q2 2026 (a decline of 2.3%).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Retained Earnings (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 257.99 Bn | 237.02 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 62.19 Bn |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 175.01 Bn | 145.44 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 49.79 Bn |
| 3 | Danaher | 164.93 Bn | 148.74 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 48.23 Bn |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 151.84 Bn | 131.26 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 6.84 Bn |
| 5 | Medtronic | 119.05 Bn | 84.30 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 33.19 Bn |
| 6 | Stryker | 113.89 Bn | 100.00 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 21.82 Bn |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 65.37 Bn | 60.13 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 7.82 Bn |
| 8 | Becton Dickinson | 53.36 Bn | 50.51 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 17.51 Bn |
| 9 | Edwards Lifesciences | 50.83 Bn | 34.83 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 14.86 Bn |
| 10 | Alcon | 33.27 Bn | 24.24 Bn | 1.68 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2010 | 5.71 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 5.18 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 4.74 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2010 | 5.10 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2009 | 4.53 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2009 | 4.08 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2009 | 3.68 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2009 | 4.15 Bn |
API Access
Alcon Retained 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=retained-earnings&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "retained-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=retained-earnings&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();