Stock Research: Alcon

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Alcon

SWX:ALC CH0432492467
61
  • Value
    75
  • Growth
    43
  • Safety
    Safety
    36
  • Combined
    65
  • Sentiment
    64
  • 360° View
    360° View
    61
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Company Description

Alcon AG is a Switzerland-based eye care company focused on surgical and vision care products including ophthalmic products, contact lenses, and ocular health products. It operates in 60 countries and serves over 140 countries. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $42831 million, profits of $5515 million, revenue of $9911 million, and 25599 employees.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 61 (better than 61% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Alcon are above average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half below and half above average for Alcon. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 64, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 64% of alternative investment opportunities. It also rates well regarding its financing structure, with the consolidated Safety Rank at 75 or better than 75% of its peers when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. But the stock is expensive and expects low growth. The consolidated Value Rank is only 36, meaning that the share price of Alcon is on the high side, compared with indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. The company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth,and stock returns, with its Growth Rank at 43. ...read more

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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 21-Aug-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
36 22 41 49
Growth
43 42 47 51
Safety
Safety
75 57 39 19
Sentiment
64 90 47 58
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61 57 25 27
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
83 75 56 40
Opinions Change
46 38 48 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 82 46 70
Market Pulse
58 83 56 52
Sentiment
64 90 47 58
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
36 22 41 49
Growth
43 42 47 51
Safety Safety
75 57 39 19
Combined
65 14 18 17
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
41 28 35 29
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
25 13 28 31
Price vs. Book (P/B)
63 61 70 84
Dividend Yield
27 30 34 32
Value
36 22 41 49
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
65 36 26 27
Profit Growth
41 39 74 81
Capital Growth
46 28 42 44
Stock Returns
27 84 53 49
Growth
43 42 47 51
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
76 69 66 62
Refinancing
51 39 33 11
Liquidity
51 48 25 17
Safety Safety
75 57 39 19

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