Alcon (ALC) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2026)
Alcon's Times Interest Earned came in at 0.21 for Q2 2026, down 95.7% from 4.84 a year earlier and down 96.3% from the prior quarter.
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Alcon (ALC) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Alcon reported Times Interest Earned of 4.13, down 36.7% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 6.67, down 9.4% from FY2024.
- Going back by year, Times Interest Earned was 7.36 in FY2024 (+33.9%), 5.50 in FY2023 (+9.6%), 5.01 in FY2022 (+3.8%) and 4.83 in FY2021.
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Times Interest Earned since Q4 2020.
- Year-over-year, Times Interest Earned increased in two of the last five quarters, with an average decline of 10.6%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Times Interest Earned over five years came in Q3 2022 (growth of 834.6%), and the weakest in Q2 2026 (a decline of 95.7%).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Times Interest Earned (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 250.71 Bn | 229.74 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 5.20 |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 178.38 Bn | 148.81 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 4.82 |
| 3 | Danaher | 161.61 Bn | 145.42 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 10.53 |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 154.15 Bn | 134.44 Bn | 2.08 Bn | - |
| 5 | Medtronic | 123.21 Bn | 88.46 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 9.48 |
| 6 | Stryker | 117.50 Bn | 103.61 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 11.77 |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 67.50 Bn | 62.26 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 12.27 |
| 8 | Becton Dickinson | 54.80 Bn | 51.95 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 5.02 |
| 9 | Edwards Lifesciences | 51.78 Bn | 35.79 Bn | 1.35 Bn | - |
| 10 | Alcon | 34.78 Bn | 25.74 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 0.21 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.21 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 5.62 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 5.91 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.51 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.84 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 9.55 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 8.23 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 6.78 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.36 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 8.18 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.43 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 6.23 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.63 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.70 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.53 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 6.03 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 6.45 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 8.48 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.50 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.65 |
API Access
Alcon Times Interest Earned 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=times-interest-earned&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "times-interest-earned", "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=times-interest-earned&ticker=ALC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();