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The price of Alcon Inc (NYSE: ALC) closed at $78.76 in the last session, down -1.81% from day before closing price of $80.21. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.81 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.42 million shares were traded. ALC stock price reached its highest trading level at $79.825 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $78.66.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at ALC’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 26.00 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 25.18. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.30 and its Current Ratio is at 2.12. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.24 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.21.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 03 ’25 when Duplan Sergio bought 12,600 shares for $93.20 per share.
STONESIFER TIMOTHY C. bought 20,000 shares of ALC for $1,841,800 on Feb 28 ’25. On Feb 27 ’25, another insider, Attias Laurent, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 9,000 shares for $91.88 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, ALC now has a Market Capitalization of 38835400704 and an Enterprise Value of 42429911040. As of this moment, Alcon’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 37.43, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 23.31. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.70. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.82 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.75. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.166 whereas that against EBITDA is 16.904.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ALC is 0.97, which has changed by -0.06427467 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.14045572 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ALC has reached a high of $99.20, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $71.55. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 3.16%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -6.83%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, ALC traded on average about 2.10M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1556860 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 491.20M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 489.17M. Insiders hold about 1.10% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 55.82% stake in the company. Shares short for ALC as of 1764288000 were 6164426 with a Short Ratio of 2.93, compared to 1761868800 on 6801187.
Earnings Estimates
Alcon Inc (ALC) is currently under the scrutiny of 16.0 analysts, each contributing to the ongoing evaluation of its stock.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.83, with high estimates of $0.88 and low estimates of $0.78.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $3.15 and $3.0 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $3.08. EPS for the following year is $2.21, with 18.0 analysts recommending between $3.28 and -$2.58.
Revenue Estimates
According to 13 analysts,. The current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $2.71B. It ranges from a high estimate of $2.75B to a low estimate of $2.66B. As of. The current estimate, Alcon Inc’s year-ago sales were $2.5BFor the next quarter, 13 analysts are estimating revenue of $2.71B. There is a high estimate of $2.77B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $2.62B.
A total of 23 analysts have provided revenue estimates for ALC’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $10.46B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $10.3B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $10.37B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $9.91BBased on 23 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $11.09B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $11.26B and the low estimate is $10.94B.
