ALC
Alcon Inc. (ALC)
Last Price$94.11.8%
Market Cap$46.6B
LTM Operating Cash Flow margin
8.8%
5Y avg
13.9%
Medical - Instruments & Supplies industry median
4.8%
Stock quality & Intrinsic value
6/10
(0.1%) overvalued

Alcon Inc. Operating Cash Flow margin

Annual
Quarterly
LTM
Industry median
Company stand-alone
ALC
Healthcare
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Operating Cash Flow margin
20.2%
18.9%
17.9%
15.9%
12.3%
12.0%
16.2%
14.0%
14.7%
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ALC key stats

USD
Millions
Billions
Annual
Quarterly
Trailing
Key stats
Income statement
Balance sheet
Cash Flow Statement
Valuation
Ratios
Per share
Per employee
Dividends & Yields
Dec'15Dec'16Dec'17Dec'18Dec'19Dec'20Dec'21Dec'22Dec'23
% growth
6,518.0
0.0%
6,596.0
1.2%
6,792.0
3.0%
7,153.0
5.3%
7,508.0
5.0%
6,833.0
(9.0%)
8,291.0
21.3%
8,717.0
5.1%
9,455.0
8.5%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)3,394.63,485.03,588.03,961.03,846.03,893.03,639.03,969.04,208.0
% margin
3,123.3
47.9%
3,111.0
47.2%
3,204.0
47.2%
3,192.0
44.6%
3,662.0
48.8%
2,940.0
43.0%
4,652.0
56.1%
4,748.0
54.5%
5,247.0
55.5%
Operating Expenses2,722.23,101.03,281.03,440.03,849.03,422.04,072.04,076.04,208.0
Research & Development Expenses (R&D)440.6499.0584.0587.0656.0673.0842.0702.0859.0
Selling, General & Administrative Expenses (SG&A)2,248.02,526.02,596.02,801.02,847.02,694.03,076.03,068.03,209.0
401.1
6.2%
10.0
0.2%
(77.0)
(1.1%)
(248.0)
(3.5%)
(187.0)
(2.5%)
(482.0)
(7.1%)
580.0
7.0%
672.0
7.7%
1,039.0
11.0%
Interest Income17.01.00.02.08.06.03.016.034.0
Interest Expense0.031.027.024.0113.0124.0120.0134.0189.0
Pre-tax Income337.6(113.0)(127.0)(300.0)(332.0)(635.0)418.0463.0832.0
% effective tax rate
41.4
12.3%
57.0
(50.4%)
(383.0)
301.6%
(73.0)
24.3%
324.0
(97.6%)
(104.0)
16.4%
42.0
10.0%
128.0
27.6%
(142.0)
(17.1%)
% margin
296.3
4.5%
(170.0)
(2.6%)
256.0
3.8%
(227.0)
(3.2%)
(656.0)
(8.7%)
(531.0)
(7.8%)
376.0
4.5%
335.0
3.8%
974.0
10.3%
EPS0.61(0.35)0.52(0.46)(1.34)(1.09)0.770.701.98
Diluted EPS0.61(0.35)0.52(0.46)(1.34)(1.09)0.760.701.96
% margin
1,567.0
24.0%
1,170.0
17.7%
1,217.1
17.9%
1,352.1
18.9%
1,256.1
16.7%
1,112.0
16.3%
1,760.7
21.2%
1,776.4
20.4%
2,242.0
23.7%

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1) What is Alcon Inc.'s Operating Cash Flow margin?

As of today, Microsoft Corp's last 12-month Operating Cash Flow margin is 8.8%, based on the financial report for Dec 31, 2024 (Q4’2024). The average annual Operating Cash Flow margin for Alcon Inc. have been 14.7% over the past three years, and 14.6% over the past five years.

2) Is Alcon Inc.'s Operating Cash Flow margin Good?

As of today, Alcon Inc.'s Operating Cash Flow margin is 8.8%, which is higher than industry median of 4.8%. It indicates that Alcon Inc.'s Operating Cash Flow margin is Good.

3) How does Alcon Inc.'s Operating Cash Flow margin compare to its peers?

As of today, Alcon Inc.'s Operating Cash Flow margin is 8.8%, which is lower than peer median of 20.4%. The list of peers includes HOLX, RMD, RGEN, ISRG, WST, COO, ATR, BDX, MASI, BAX.