Alcon (ALC) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2026)
Alcon (ALC) posted Short-term Investments of $768 million for Q2 2026, up 0.7% from $763 million a year earlier but down 4.0% from the prior quarter.
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Alcon (ALC) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Since Q1 2009, Alcon has reported Short-term Investments for 37 quarters.
- Annual Short-term Investments has increased for four consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 28.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Alcon's Short-term Investments was $652 million in FY2024 (+26.1%), $517 million in FY2023 (+80.1%), $287 million in FY2022 (+32.3%) and $217 million in FY2021 (-0.5%).
- Quarterly Short-term Investments has run from a low of -$34 million in Q1 2025 to a high of $800 million in Q1 2026 over five years.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Short-term Investments in the past five years was Q2 2023, with growth of 108.5%; the weakest was Q4 2021, with a decline of 0.5%.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 250.06 Bn | 229.21 Bn | 4.88 Bn |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 177.62 Bn | 148.71 Bn | 7.27 Bn |
| 3 | Danaher | 161.58 Bn | 145.40 Bn | 3.61 Bn |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 153.84 Bn | 134.26 Bn | 2.08 Bn |
| 5 | Medtronic | 123.63 Bn | 89.50 Bn | 6.34 Bn |
| 6 | Stryker | 117.79 Bn | 103.90 Bn | 4.50 Bn |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 66.71 Bn | 61.72 Bn | 3.85 Bn |
| 8 | Becton Dickinson | 54.60 Bn | 51.75 Bn | 2.32 Bn |
| 9 | Edwards Lifesciences | 51.95 Bn | 36.07 Bn | 1.35 Bn |
| 10 | Alcon | 34.43 Bn | 25.40 Bn | 1.68 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 768.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 800.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 768.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 740.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 763.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 673.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 652.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 705.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 608.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 589.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 517.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 514.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 513.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 312.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 287.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 263.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 246.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 221.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 217.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 217.00 Mn |
API Access
Alcon Short-term Investments 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=short-term-investments&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "short-term-investments", "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=short-term-investments&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();