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ALC Healthcare Medical Instruments & Supplies
Alcon’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $10.4 billion, up 4.94% from fiscal 2024.
- Revenue
- +8.74%
- EPS
- −100.0%
- Free cash flow
- −0.54%
- Total debt
- −0.55%
Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier
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Alcon (ALC) Free cash flow margin
Alcon's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 14.7%, down 0.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (15.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.99% (fiscal 2021) to 18.9% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 80% of that period. That is above the Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median of 2.36% and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.
Free cash flow margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Free cash flow margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 15.5% | 1.31 |
| FY2024 | 14.2% | 8.52 |
| FY2023 | 5.68% | 0.27 |
| FY2022 | 5.41% | 3.42 |
| FY2021 | 1.99% | (1.84) |
| FY2020 | 3.83% | 0.58 |
| FY2019 | 3.25% | (2.73) |
| FY2018 | 5.98% | (11.96) |
| FY2017 | 17.9% | (0.94) |
| FY2016 | 18.9% | — |
Against its own ten years
Free cash flow margin against peers
| Company | Free cash flow margin |
|---|---|
| RMD ResMed Inc. compare | 27.7% |
| ALGN Align Technology, Inc. compare | 18.0% |
| COO The Cooper Companies, Inc. compare | 16.0% |
| BDX Becton, Dickinson and Company compare | 15.4% |
| ALC Alcon | 14.7% |
| WST West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. compare | 13.4% |
| MDLN Medline Inc. compare | 10.1% |
| BAX Baxter International Inc. compare | 9.79% |
| SOLV Solventum Corporation compare | 0.00% |
| Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median | 2.36% |
| Healthcare sector median | 0.00% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Free cash flow margin is
Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.
(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue
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