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) Return on assets

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Alcon's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 2.06%, down 1.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.17%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.40% (fiscal 2019) to 3.40% (fiscal 2024); 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 −29.3%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 3.17% (0.23)
FY2024 3.40% 0.09
FY2023 3.31% 2.14
FY2022 1.17% (0.18)
FY2021 1.35% 3.27
FY2020 −1.92% 0.48
FY2019 −2.40% (1.57)
FY2018 −0.83% (2.69)
FY2017 1.86% 2.46
FY2016 −0.60% —

Against its own ten years

Low −2.40% High 3.40%
Ten-year median 1.26%
Current reading's percentile 80

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
RMD ResMed Inc. compare 19.3%
WST West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. compare 15.7%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. compare 7.71%
COO The Cooper Companies, Inc. compare 4.55%
ALC Alcon 2.06%
BDX Becton, Dickinson and Company compare 1.78%
MDLN Medline Inc. compare 1.49%
SOLV Solventum Corporation compare 1.11%
BAX Baxter International Inc. compare −3.57%
Medical Instruments & Supplies industry median 0.00%
Healthcare sector median −29.3%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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