Alcon Financial Ratios
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Alcon ratio analysis
Alcon earned a net margin of 9.4% in FY 2025, down from 10.3% a year earlier. Gross margin was 55.2% compared with a median of 54.5% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 4.4%, meaning Alcon generated 0.04 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.21 versus 0.22 the year before, and the current ratio was 2.12. At the end of FY 2025, ALC traded at 39.2 times earnings; across the 5 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 39.2 to 114.6, with a median of 41.0. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Alcon financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 39.19 | 41.00 | 39.86 | 100.81 | 114.63 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Price / sales | 3.68 | 4.19 | 4.07 | 3.86 | 5.15 | 4.72 | 3.73 | — | — | — |
| Price / book | 1.74 | 1.93 | 1.87 | 1.71 | 2.22 | 1.71 | 1.45 | — | — | — |
| Gross margin | 55.2% | 55.6% | 55.5% | 54.5% | 56.1% | 43.0% | 48.8% | 44.6% | 47.2% | 76.7% |
| Operating margin | 13.1% | 14.3% | 11.0% | 7.7% | 7.0% | -7.1% | -2.5% | -3.5% | -1.1% | 34.5% |
| Net margin | 9.4% | 10.3% | 10.3% | 3.8% | 4.5% | -7.8% | -8.7% | -3.2% | 3.8% | 30.8% |
| Free cash flow margin | 16.6% | 16.2% | 7.7% | 6.7% | 7.8% | 5.0% | 4.9% | 8.6% | 11.8% | 28.8% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 4.4% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 1.7% | 2.0% | -2.8% | -3.4% | -1.0% | 1.1% | 30.5% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 3.1% | 3.4% | 3.3% | 1.1% | 1.3% | -1.9% | -2.4% | -0.8% | — | 21.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.18 | 0.00 | — | 0.06 |
| Current ratio | 2.12 | 2.77 | 2.35 | 1.90 | 2.18 | 2.21 | 1.84 | 1.80 | — | 3.39 |
| Revenue growth | 4.9% | 4.8% | 8.5% | 5.1% | 21.3% | -9.0% | 5.0% | 5.3% | -5.4% | 10.5% |
| EPS growth | -3.4% | 4.6% | 188.2% | -10.5% | — | — | — | -188.5% | -92.8% | 9.2% |