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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) Gross margin
Alcon's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 56.9%, up 1.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (55.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 43.0% (fiscal 2020) to 56.1% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 70% of that period. That is above the Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median of 53.6% and above the Healthcare sector median of 53.9%.
Gross margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Gross margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 55.2% | (0.37) |
| FY2024 | 55.6% | 0.12 |
| FY2023 | 55.5% | 1.02 |
| FY2022 | 54.5% | (1.64) |
| FY2021 | 56.1% | 13.08 |
| FY2020 | 43.0% | (5.74) |
| FY2019 | 48.8% | 4.15 |
| FY2018 | 44.6% | (2.56) |
| FY2017 | 47.2% | 0.01 |
| FY2016 | 47.2% | — |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Gross margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 59.3% | 2.97 |
| Mar 2026 | 56.4% | 0.58 |
| Dec 2025 | 55.8% | 0.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 55.8% | 2.31 |
| 28 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Gross margin against peers
| Company | Gross margin |
|---|---|
| ALGN Align Technology, Inc. compare | 69.1% |
| COO The Cooper Companies, Inc. compare | 65.9% |
| RMD ResMed Inc. compare | 61.1% |
| ALC Alcon | 56.9% |
| BDX Becton, Dickinson and Company compare | 50.3% |
| MDLN Medline Inc. compare | 44.9% |
| WST West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. compare | 37.6% |
| BAX Baxter International Inc. compare | 30.1% |
| SOLV Solventum Corporation compare | 0.00% |
| Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median | 53.6% |
| Healthcare sector median | 53.9% |
| Market median | 45.1% |
What Gross margin is
Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.
Gross Profit ÷ Revenue
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