Alcon (ALC) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2009 - 2026)
Alcon (ALC) recorded Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 3.52% in Q2 2026, down 1.52 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Alcon (ALC) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Alcon reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 5.14%, down 0.35 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a five-year change of +7.59 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 5.48% in FY2024 (+2.01 pp), 3.47% in FY2023 (+0.65 pp), 2.82% in FY2022 (+0.10 pp) and 2.72% in FY2021 (+5.18 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] since Q1 2023.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the last five years was a gain of 8.52 percentage points in Q4 2021, against a drop of 0.02 percentage points in Q1 2023 at the low end.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 242.18 Bn | 221.33 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 7.89% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 168.71 Bn | 139.79 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 6.20% |
| 3 | Danaher | 150.46 Bn | 134.27 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 5.71% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 138.71 Bn | 118.26 Bn | 1.96 Bn | - |
| 5 | Medtronic | 110.54 Bn | 76.41 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 6.90% |
| 6 | Stryker | 105.66 Bn | 91.78 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 10.46% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 61.74 Bn | 56.75 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 10.53% |
| 8 | Edwards Lifesciences | 49.09 Bn | 33.21 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 8.99% |
| 9 | Becton Dickinson | 48.16 Bn | 45.31 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 5.27% |
| 10 | Alcon | 31.07 Bn | 24.27 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 3.52% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.52% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.04% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.92% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.06% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.96% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.43% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.78% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.02% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.64% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.13% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.05% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.85% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.00% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.15% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.73% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -0.36% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -1.04% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -4.84% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -5.79% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | -3.88% |
API Access
Alcon Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] 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=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();