Alcon Inc.
At today's price, Alcon Inc. (ALC) is priced for today's economics sustained for ~5.4 years. boothcheck doesn't publish a fair value or a price target; it shows what the price assumes, so you can judge whether that bar is too high. Built from SEC EDGAR filings.
At $64.67 the market is paying about 33 times operating income, embedding growth held near the self-funding ceiling for roughly five years. The asset, earnings-power and peer methods land well below, so only the forward-growth frame reaches the price. The product cycle is real: first-quarter 2026 sales rose 6 percent to $2.7 billion, with surgical equipment up 23 percent on the UNITY platform and full-year guidance for 10 to 13 percent earnings-per-share growth. The business sells elective and
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641 institutional managers reported holding ALC in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 46% of the company; the top 10 hold 20%. 70 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Vanguard Group, BNY Mellon, FMR (Fidelity), among others. On the short side, 8.6M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 2% of shares outstanding (5 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
ALC's share count grew 1.1% over the past five years. It pays a dividend, and has for 5 years running, raised 4 years straight. Cash returned over the past three years: $715.00M in dividends.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Last analyzed: June 27, 2026
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