Alcon

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

76.45 0.86 −1.11%
Market cap
$36.9B
P/E
58.4×
Fwd P/E
44.5×
Dividend yield
0.46%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
−2.56
Dividend safety
66/100

Alcon (ALC) Net margin

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Alcon's net margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 5.92%, down 3.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.42%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.74% (fiscal 2019) to 10.3% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 80% of that period. That is above the Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median of 0.00% and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 9.42% (0.85)
FY2024 10.3% (0.03)
FY2023 10.3% 6.46
FY2022 3.84% (0.70)
FY2021 4.54% 12.31
FY2020 −7.77% 0.97
FY2019 −8.74% (5.57)
FY2018 −3.17% (6.94)
FY2017 3.77% 6.34
FY2016 −2.57% —

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 0.00% (6.98)
Mar 2026 6.98% (1.00)
Dec 2025 7.98% (1.09)
Sep 2025 9.07% 2.29
28 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −8.74% High 10.3%
Ten-year median 3.81%
Current reading's percentile 62

Net margin against peers

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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