Bausch + Lomb Corporation

BLCO Healthcare Medical Instruments & Supplies

Bausch + Lomb Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $5.1 billion, up 6.47% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+7.34%
EPS
+222.4%
Free cash flow
+182.5%
Total debt
+2.93%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

20.05 0.13 +0.65%
Market cap
$7.1B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
749×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
0.87
Beneish M
−2.52
Dividend safety
n/a

Revenue by segment Fiscal 2022

  • Vision Care
  • Surgical
  • Pharmaceuticals

Every year since 2020 →

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Bought, $m 1.22
Sold, $m 3.49
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — 4 5 — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — 2 — 1 —
Insider Ownership 88.79%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 7,120.00
Revenue ttm 5,418.00
Net income ttm (103.00)
Free cash flow ttm 252.00
Net debt Q 4,580.00
Valuation
P/E 0.00
Forward P/E 749.00 (above 35: high)
Price / sales 1.32
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 31.41
Price / book 1.10
Financial health
Current ratio Q 1.56 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt / equity Q 0.78
Interest coverage Q 1.63
Growth
Revenue growth Q +7.34% (above 0%: growing)
Operating income growth Q +63.16% (above 0%: growing)
EPS, this year +83.69% (at or above 15%: strong)
EPS, next year A +26.70% (at or above 15%: strong)
Revenue, next year A +7.84%
EPS, past 5 yrs —
EPS, next 5 yrs A +43.70% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 52.74%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 99.03%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 59.82%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
—
Annual rate
—
Payout ratio
—

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 334 316 397 515
Receivables 839 1,026 1,221 1,147
Inventory 1,028 1,036 976 1,007
Other — — — —
2,742 2,788 2,977 3,055
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 522 389 388 367
ST’ Debt 30 40 39 45
Other — — — —
1,579 1,738 1,920 1,960

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales — 8.38% 10.62%
Cash Flow — (11.52%) (6.39%)
Earnings — 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value — (8.18%) (2.81%)

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (0.20) (0.04) 0.10 — —
’25 (0.60) (0.18) (0.08) (0.16) (1.02)
’24 (0.48) (0.43) 0.01 (0.01) (0.90)
’23 (0.26) (0.09) (0.24) (0.15) (0.74)
’22 0.06 0.01 (0.05) 0.00 0.02
’21 0.09 0.13 0.18 0.15 0.55
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,244 1,394 1,375 — —
’25 1,137 1,278 1,281 1,405 5,101
’24 1,099 1,216 1,196 1,280 4,791
’23 931 1,035 1,007 1,173 4,146
’22 889 941 942 996 3,768
’21 881 934 949 1,001 3,765
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 32 153 233 — —
’25 (25) 35 137 136 283
’24 41 15 154 22 232
’23 (56) (24) 48 15 (17)
’22 3 156 27 159 345
’21 188 250 273 162 873
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (68) 82 178 — —
’25 (135) (54) 63 60 (66)
’24 (26) (57) 94 (70) (59)
’23 (93) (54) 15 (69) (198)
’22 (39) 122 (27) 109 170
’21 143 206 232 83 664
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Valuation

The price implies free cash flow after share-based pay growing 32.8% a year for ten years.

Implied
32.8%
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Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.4
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Sep ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue — — — — 3,412 3,765 3,768 4,146 4,791 5,101 5,418 +8.4% 5,501 5,825 6,147 +6.4%
Gross margin, % — — — — 62.34 61.04 59.69 60.40 60.93 59.81 62.55 (2.5) pt
EBT — — — — 290 318 73 (166) (234) (317) (4) n/m
EBT margin, % — — — — 8.50 8.45 1.94 (4.00) (4.88) (6.21) (0.07) (14.7) pt
Net income — — — — (17) 193 15 (248) (305) (352) (103) +83.3%
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue — — — — 9.75 10.76 10.77 11.83 13.62 14.42 15.15 +8.1%
Earnings — — — — (0.05) 0.55 0.02 (0.74) (0.90) (1.02) (0.30) +83.8%
Cash flow — — — — 1.49 2.49 0.99 (0.05) 0.66 0.80 1.55 (11.7%)
Capex — — — — (0.74) (0.60) (0.50) (0.52) (0.83) (0.99) (0.84) +5.9%
Free cash flow — — — — 0.75 1.90 0.49 (0.56) (0.17) (0.19) 0.70 n/m
Book value — — — — 28.54 26.86 20.29 19.74 18.60 18.43 18.20 (8.4%)
Shares, m — — — — 350 350 350 351 352 354 356 +0.2%
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E — — — — 38.04 38.04 786.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 143.7
P/S — — — — 1.86 1.86 1.46 1.43 1.33 1.18 1.32 1.5
P/B — — — — 0.97 0.97 0.77 0.86 0.97 0.93 1.10 0.9
EV/Sales — — — — 2.39 2.39 2.01 2.45 2.26 2.10 2.16 2.3
EV/FCF — — — — 18.13 18.13 50.72 (45.55) (128.83) (117.89) 51.59 (34.2)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow — — — — 522 873 345 (17) 232 283 554 (11.5%)
Capex — — — — (259) (209) (175) (181) (291) (349) (302) +6.1%
Free cash flow — — — — 263 664 170 (198) (59) (66) 252 n/m
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital — — — — 745 536 841 1,163 1,050 1,057 1,095 +7.2%
Net debt — — — — (238) (177) 2,056 4,228 4,468 4,685 4,580 n/m
Shareholders’ equity — — — — 9,988 9,402 7,101 6,920 6,544 6,519 6,510 (8.2%)
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA — — — — 0.00 1.65 0.05 (2.12) (2.36) (2.62) (0.80) (2.6) pt
ROIC — — — — 1.67 2.23 1.41 0.73 0.92 0.63 2.16 (1.0) pt
ROE — — — — 0.00 1.88 0.07 (3.71) (4.71) (5.51) (1.71) (5.5) pt
People
People Employees — — — — — 12,500 12,900 13,300 13,500 13,000 — +1.0%
Revenue/emp, $m — — — — 0.00 0.30 0.29 0.31 0.35 0.39 — n/m
Negative figures in brackets.
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Sep 2026 · fundamentals updated 2 Nov 2026

Business profile

Updated

Bausch + Lomb is an eye health company that develops, manufactures and markets products used by consumers, patients and eye care professionals. Its portfolio covers everyday vision correction and eye care, prescription treatments, and equipment and supplies used in eye surgery. Tom Appio is its chairman and interim chief executive officer.

Its Vision Care business sells contact lenses, lens cleaning solutions, over-the-counter eye drops and eye vitamins. Contact lenses include daily disposable and frequently replaced lenses, as well as designs for conditions such as astigmatism and presbyopia. Consumer products include Lumify redness-relief drops, Biotrue lens care solutions and PreserVision eye supplements.

Where the money comes from and where it goes Fiscal 2022

Fiscal 2022: revenue by segment, and margins
Vision Care 2,369 62.87%
Surgical 718 19.06%
Pharmaceuticals 681 18.07%
Gross margin 59.69%
Operating margin 5.49%
Pre-tax margin 1.94%

Revenue by segment since 2020

Bausch + Lomb Corporation vs peers in Medical Instruments & Supplies (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
COO The Cooper Companies, Inc. $12.1B 21.7× 17.5× +0.56% (above 0%: growing) +357.14% (above 0%: growing) +65.96% (above 0%: growing) 66.77% 20.82% Compare
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $11.3B 23.1× 20.4× +1.92% (above 0%: growing) +143.87% (above 0%: growing) +8.26% (above 0%: growing) 68.73% 16.67% Compare
RGEN Repligen Corporation $10.8B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +10.86% (above 0%: growing) n/m −11.46% (below 0%: shrinking) 53.02% (14.12%) Compare
AVTR Avantor, Inc. $10.3B 30.3× 34.8× +4.59% (above 0%: growing) n/m −9.03% (below 0%: shrinking) 31.49% 8.21% Compare
ATR AptarGroup, Inc. $9.1B 34.6× 25.9× +6.03% (above 0%: growing) −73.85% (below 0%: shrinking) −16.86% (below 0%: shrinking) 36.59% 13.25% Compare
BLCO Bausch + Lomb Corporation $7.1B — (loss-making) 749× +7.34% (above 0%: growing) n/m +182.54% (above 0%: growing) 64.65% 11.27%
TFX Teleflex Incorporated $6.5B — (loss-making) 37.4× +28.88% (above 0%: growing) −17.33% (below 0%: shrinking) +220.14% (above 0%: growing) 58.16% 12.77% Compare
MMSI Merit Medical Systems, Inc. $5.4B 33.2× 30.7× +8.35% (above 0%: growing) +50.53% (above 0%: growing) +50.18% (above 0%: growing) 48.20% 14.12% Compare
MMED MiniMed Group, Inc. $5.1B — (loss-making) 27.8× — n/m −13.92% (below 0%: shrinking) 55.16% 0.47% Compare
Median of peers $9.7B 30.3× 27.8× +6.03% +50.53% −0.38% 54.09% 13.01%

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From the latest earnings call

Updated

  • Interim CEO Tom Appio said his priorities include improving profitability, advancing the product pipeline and examining opportunities for savings in selling, advertising and administration.
  • CFO Sam Eldessouky said higher-margin products and productivity initiatives helped adjusted gross margin, which also benefited from a one-time tariff refund.

Largest institutional holders 13F, quarter to 30 June 2026

Held by institutions 10.69%
Held by the ten largest 7.55%
Holder Shares Stake Change
ICAHN CARL C 3.50m 0.98% 0.00
OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 3.44m 0.96% +58.30k
Deutsche Bank (DWS) 3.42m 0.96% −105.39k
D. E. Shaw 3.32m 0.93% +171.85k
Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP 3.16m 0.88% +959.80k
GOLDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 2.66m 0.75% 0.00
T. Rowe Price 2.16m 0.61% +936.63k
CASPIAN CAPITAL LP 2.00m 0.56% 0.00
GLENVIEW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.92m 0.54% +7.65k
Arrowstreet Capital 1.36m 0.38% +382.92k
13F filings for the quarter to 30 June 2026: long positions in US-listed shares reported by managers with $100m or more, ~45 days after the quarter.

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