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Alcon Inc. (ALC.SW)

CHF55.36 +1.16 (+2.14%)
CH SIX Healthcare Medical - Instruments & Supplies
Address Chemin de Blandonnet 8 1214
Geneva, CH
CEO David J. Endicott
Website alcon.com
IPO 2019-04-08
ISIN CH0432492467

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Also trades on London Stock Exchange · 0A0D.L (CHF) New York Stock Exchange · ALC (USD) Swiss Exchange · ALC.SW (CHF)
Description

Alcon Inc. is a global eye care enterprise dedicated to the research, development, manufacturing, and distribution of a comprehensive range of vision products for both eye care professionals and their patients worldwide. The company operates through two primary divisions. Its Surgical segment equips ophthalmic surgeons with advanced solutions for various procedures. This includes specialized equipment, diagnostic instrumentation, and implantable devices such as intraocular lenses (IOLs), alongside a full suite of consumables like viscoelastic substances, surgical solutions, and customized procedure kits. For cataract interventions, key offerings feature the Centurion Vision System, LenSx femtosecond laser, LuxOR surgical ophthalmic microscope, NGENUITY 3D visualization system, and ORA System for intra-operative measurements. Vitreoretinal surgeons benefit from systems like Constellation Vision, procedure packs, lasers, and a variety of specialized micro-instruments, including grieshaber and MIVS tools, scissors, forceps, medical-grade vitreous tamponades, and Hypervit vitrectomy probes. Refractive surgery innovations include WaveLight lasers and Contoura Vision for LASIK treatments, and the segment also provides the EX-PRESS glaucoma filtration device. Its IOL portfolio, prominently featuring AcrySof IQ, includes advanced technology lenses like PanOptix and ReSTOR, designed to correct presbyopia and astigmatism during cataract removal. The Vision Care segment addresses everyday eye health needs. It offers a diverse selection of contact lenses, including daily disposables, reusable options, and color-enhancing varieties. This segment also provides ocular health products for conditions such as dry eye, glaucoma, and allergies, in addition to contact lens care solutions, ocular vitamins, and redness-relieving drops. Prominent brands within this segment include TOTAL, PRECISION, DAILIES AquaComfort PLUS, Air Optix, Opti-Free, Clear Care, Tears Naturale, Genteal, ICAPS, and Vitalux. Founded in 1945, the company was initially known as Alcon Universal S.A. before rebranding as Alcon Inc. in December 2001. Its headquarters are located in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Merger & Acquisition History

No mergers or acquisitions recorded for this company.

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Liquidity & share structure
Average Volume
1M
Beta
0.70
Float Shares
486.10M
Free Float %
99.7%
Price Performance
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+0.24% +0.52% -18.51% -17.57% -20.04% -20.87% -36.52% -29.56% -18.80% +0.56% +0.56%
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Market Data

Analyst Consensus (23 ratings, all time) Buy
Price Targets & DCF
Current price
55.36
DCF (Unlevered) 55.07 -0.5%
DCF (Levered) 43.52 -21.4%

DCF figures are point estimates: small changes in growth or discount-rate assumptions move them materially. Read them as a reference, not a precise target.

Ratings Trend (MoM) 79% Bullish
Rating 2026-05 Change
Strong Buy 5 0
Buy 17 0
Hold 5 -1
Sell 0 0
Strong Sell 1 0
Quality scores
Altman Z-Score
2.53
Grey zone
Piotroski F-Score
8 / 9
Strong
MOAT Score
6 / 10
Developing
Composite Rating
B+
Overall Score
3 / 5
Medium
DCF Score
4 / 5
High
ROE Score
3 / 5
Medium
ROA Score
4 / 5
High
D/E Score
3 / 5
Medium
P/E Score
1 / 5
Low
P/Book Score
4 / 5
High
Operational MOAT
✗ Below peers
  • Revenue growth Medical - Instruments & Supplies: +7.9%
    +9.9% Q1'26: +7.0% (vs Q1'25)
  • EPS growth Medical - Instruments & Supplies: +16.3%
    +1.0% Q1'26: -47.1% (vs Q1'25)
  • FCF margin FCF growth · Medical - Instruments & Supplies: +27.1%
    +13.7% Q1'26: +10.3% (vs Q1'25)
  • EBIT margin Medical - Instruments & Supplies: +13.5%
    +13.1% Q1'26: +15.5% (vs Q1'25)
  • ROIC Medical - Instruments & Supplies: +6.0%
    +4.6% Q1'26: +5.0% (vs Q1'25)
  • Share dilution Medical - Instruments & Supplies: +0.1%
    -0.3% Q1'26: -1.6% (vs Q1'25)
  • Debt / EBITDA Net debt/EBITDA · Medical - Instruments & Supplies: -0.24×
    2.04× Q1'26: 3.20× (vs Q1'25)
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Ke (Cost of Equity) = Rf + β (0.70) × ERP
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Intrinsic value (base): 54.26 Current price: 55.36
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Consensus Estimates
Metric Dec 2018
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Dec 2019
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Dec 2021
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Dec 2022
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Dec 2023
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Dec 2024
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Dec 2025
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Dec 2026
22 Rev. Ana.
16 EPS Ana.
Dec 2027
22 Rev. Ana.
20 EPS Ana.
Dec 2028
15 Rev. Ana.
13 EPS Ana.
Dec 2029
11 Rev. Ana.
11 EPS Ana.
Dec 2030
7 Rev. Ana.
5 EPS Ana.
Revenue
7.28B
est: 7.15B (+1.8%)
7.51B
est: 7.27B (+3.3%)
6.83B
est: 6.07B (+12.6%)
8.29B
est: 7.54B (+10.0%)
8.72B
est: 8.10B (+7.7%)
9.46B
est: 10.75B (-12.1%)
9.91B
est: 9.76B (+1.5%)
10.90B
est: 10.26B (+6.2%)
10.78B
10.67B – 11.06B
+5.0% YoY
11.44B
11.25B – 11.74B
+6.1% YoY
12.15B
11.99B – 12.47B
+6.2% YoY
12.87B
12.70B – 13.20B
+5.9% YoY
13.77B
13.58B – 14.12B
+7.0% YoY
EBITDA
1.35B
est: 1.54B (-12.7%)
1.21B
est: 1.57B (-23.1%)
1.11B
est: 868.97M (+28.0%)
1.76B
est: 1.00B (+75.4%)
1.72B
est: 1.05B (+64.0%)
2.24B
est: 2.52B (-11.0%)
2.68B
est: 2.29B (+17.1%)
2.78B
est: 2.40B (+15.5%)
2.52B
2.50B – 2.59B
+5.0% YoY
2.68B
2.64B – 2.75B
+6.1% YoY
2.85B
2.81B – 2.92B
+6.2% YoY
3.01B
2.97B – 3.09B
+5.9% YoY
3.22B
3.18B – 3.31B
+7.0% YoY
EBIT
-276.00M
est: 446.88M (-161.8%)
-219.00M
est: 454.48M (-148.2%)
-511.00M
est: -172.54M (-196.2%)
538.00M
est: -198.89M (+370.5%)
597.00M
est: -208.20M (+386.7%)
1.02B
est: 1.11B (-8.4%)
1.45B
est: 1.01B (+43.2%)
1.42B
est: 1.06B (+33.9%)
1.12B
1.11B – 1.15B
+5.0% YoY
1.19B
1.17B – 1.22B
+6.1% YoY
1.26B
1.24B – 1.29B
+6.2% YoY
1.33B
1.32B – 1.37B
+5.9% YoY
1.43B
1.41B – 1.46B
+7.0% YoY
Net Income
-315.00M
est: 1.07B (-129.6%)
-656.00M
est: 941.96M (-169.6%)
-531.00M
est: -586.47M (+9.5%)
376.00M
est: -676.02M (+155.6%)
335.00M
est: 362.00M (-7.5%)
974.00M
est: 1.23B (-20.8%)
1.02B
est: 1.50B (-32.0%)
1.03B
est: 1.53B (-33.0%)
1.40B
1.25B – 1.96B
-8.4% YoY
1.77B
1.70B – 1.96B
+26.4% YoY
2.07B
1.42B – 2.66B
+16.7% YoY
2.48B
2.44B – 2.57B
+19.9% YoY
2.84B
2.79B – 2.93B
+14.2% YoY
SGA
2.80B
est: 2.55B (+9.8%)
2.85B
est: 2.59B (+9.8%)
2.69B
est: 2.50B (+7.5%)
3.08B
est: 2.89B (+6.5%)
3.07B
est: 3.02B (+1.5%)
3.21B
est: 3.70B (-13.4%)
3.25B
est: 3.75B (-13.2%)
3.61B
est: 3.53B (+2.2%)
3.71B
3.68B – 3.81B
+5.0% YoY
3.94B
3.88B – 4.04B
+6.1% YoY
4.19B
4.13B – 4.29B
+6.2% YoY
4.43B
4.37B – 4.55B
+5.9% YoY
4.74B
4.68B – 4.86B
+7.0% YoY
EPS
-0.65
est: 2.14 (-130.3%)
-1.34
est: 1.89 (-170.8%)
-1.09
est: 1.06 (-203.0%)
0.77
est: 2.11 (-63.5%)
0.68
est: 2.27 (-70.0%)
1.98
est: 2.49 (-20.5%)
2.06
est: 2.99 (-31.2%)
2.08
est: 3.06 (-32.1%)
3.36
2.53 – 3.95
+9.7% YoY
3.84
3.42 – 3.96
+14.3% YoY
4.34
2.86 – 5.35
+13.1% YoY
5.00
4.92 – 5.17
+15.2% YoY
5.72
5.62 – 5.91
+14.2% YoY
Recent Grade Changes (3M)
Date Firm Previous New Grade Action
2026-05-07 Wells Fargo Overweight Overweight Maintain
2026-05-06 BTIG Buy Buy Maintain
Historical Ratings (3M)
Date Rating Overall DCF ROE ROA D/E P/E P/B
2026-05-07 B+ 3/5 4/5 3/5 4/5 3/5 1/5 4/5
2026-05-06 B+ 3/5 4/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 2/5 3/5
2026-05-05 B 3/5 3/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 2/5 3/5
2026-05-04 B 3/5 3/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 2/5 3/5
2026-04-30 B 3/5 3/5 3/5 4/5 2/5 2/5 3/5
2026-04-29 B 3/5 3/5 2/5 4/5 2/5 2/5 3/5
2026-04-28 B 3/5 3/5 2/5 4/5 2/5 2/5 3/5
2026-04-27 B 3/5 3/5 2/5 4/5 2/5 2/5 3/5
2026-04-24 B 3/5 3/5 2/5 4/5 2/5 2/5 3/5
2026-04-23 B 3/5 3/5 2/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 3/5
2026-04-22 B 3/5 3/5 2/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 3/5
2026-04-21 B 3/5 3/5 2/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 3/5
2026-04-20 B 3/5 3/5 2/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 3/5
2026-04-17 B 3/5 4/5 2/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 3/5
2026-04-16 B 3/5 4/5 2/5 5/5 1/5 2/5 3/5

Owner Earnings

Owner's Earnings (history) From To
Owner alignment
Owner's Earnings TTM
1.79B
OE per share TTM
3.61
Owner's Yield
7.30%
Maintenance CapEx ratio
23.79%
Maint CapEx / Avg PPE
49.5%

Ownership Overview

Ownership breakdown

Ownership breakdown not available.

At a glance
Institutional holders
Total invested
Insider transactions (90d)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)
0
Beneficial owners (>5%)

No beneficial ownership filings recorded.

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Institutional ownership trend

Institutional history not available.

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ETF Ownership

Top ETFs holding this stock Held by 341 ETFs in our universe
# ETF Weight Est. AUM exposure TER
1 Xtrackers SLI UCITS ETF 1D DXS0.DE 2.81% 16.54M 0.25%
2 iShares SLI UCITS ETF (DE) EXI1.DE 2.78% 18.16M 0.51%
3 iShares SLI ETF (CH) CSSLI.SW 2.77% 25.38M 0.35%
4 Global X - Aging Population ETF AGNG 2.29% 1.96M 0.50%
5 Invesco STOXX Europe 600 Optimised Health Care UCITS ETF SC0T.DE 2.26% 306.3K 0.20%
6 Amundi MSCI Europe Ex EMU ESG Selection UCITS ETF Acc CU9.PA 2.16% 5.75M 0.30%
7 Amundi DJ Switzerland Titans 30 UCITS ETF Dist C030.DE 2.04% 5.14M 0.25%
8 iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF EWL 1.91% 40.55M 0.50%
9 iShares SMI ETF (CH) CSSMI.SW 1.84% 59.17M 0.35%
10 Franklin FTSE Switzerland ETF FLSW 1.84% 1.51M 0.09%

Insider Activity

Insider Activity — Latest Quarter

No insider activity available.

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Insider history not available.

Recent insider transactions

No recent insider transactions.

Executive team

Top executives
EBIT / Employee
55.7K
Shares Outstanding
487.40M

Executive compensation

Executive compensation (annual)

Executive compensation not available.

CEO compensation breakdown

No CEO compensation history available.

Proxy statements

Proxy statements (DEF 14A)

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Recent SEC filings

Recent SEC filings

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Executive team

NameTitleCompensationGender
David J. Endicott Chief Executive Officer & Director 3M male
Franck Leveiller SVP of Global Research & Development and Chief Scientific Officer
Ian Bell Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer male
Kimberly Martin Senior VP and Chief HR & Corporate Communications female
Laurent Attias Senior VP of Corporate Strategy, Business Development and Licensing (BD&L), M&A male
Leon Sergio Duplan Fraustro Senior Vice President & President of Americas male
Margaret Buckley Chief Accounting Officer
Muru Murugappan Senior Vice President and Chief Information & Transformation Officer male
Royce R. Bedward Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary male
Timothy C. Stonesifer Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer male
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