Alcon (ALC) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Alcon (ALC) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 28.56% for Q1 2026, up 59.49% quarter-over-quarter from 17.9% in Q4 2025.

Alcon (ALC) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Alcon's Return on Capital Employed history runs 10 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 28.56% for Q1 2026.

In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed changed N/A year-over-year to 28.56%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 28.56% (changed N/A YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 4.87%, down 23.0% from the prior year.
Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 28.56%, up from 17.9% in the prior quarter.
The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 28.56% in Q1 2026, with the low at 4.09% in Q4 2024.
The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 7.99% (2023), against an average of 10.63%.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed sank 1157 bps in 2022, then soared 1382 bps in 2025.
Alcon's Return on Capital Employed stood at 7.52% in 2022, then climbed by 9 bps to 8.23% in 2023, then plunged by 50 bps to 4.09% in 2024, then surged by 338 bps to 17.9% in 2025, then surged by 59 bps to 28.56% in 2026.
Business Quant data shows ALC's Return on Capital Employed at 28.56% in Q1 2026, 17.9% in Q4 2025, and 10.56% in Q3 2025.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	ROCE (Qtr)
1	Intuitive Surgical	134.13 Bn	128.91 Bn	1.96 Bn	18.58%
2	Becton Dickinson	52.76 Bn	51.90 Bn	2.32 Bn	6.00%
3	Alcon	35.81 Bn	34.46 Bn	1.68 Bn	28.11%
4	Resmed	33.72 Bn	32.25 Bn	861.22 Mn	25.22%
5	Medline	29.38 Bn	26.70 Bn	2.22 Bn	5.57%
6	West Pharmaceutical Services	25.00 Bn	24.57 Bn	329.20 Mn	19.71%
7	Solventum	15.46 Bn	15.06 Bn	1.29 Bn	19.76%
8	Cooper Companies	14.88 Bn	14.74 Bn	735.40 Mn	4.68%
9	Baxter International	13.58 Bn	11.43 Bn	1.03 Bn	3.28%
10	Align Technology	11.61 Bn	10.51 Bn	757.43 Mn	12.29%

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