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In the latest session, Alcon Inc (NYSE: ALC) closed at $86.89 down -5.84% from its previous closing price of $92.28. In other words, the price has decreased by -$5.84 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.92 million shares were traded. ALC stock price reached its highest trading level at $92.16 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $85.98.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Alcon Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 28.05 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 31.85. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.56 and its Current Ratio is at 2.56. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.24 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.23.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 12 ’24 when Endicott David J. bought 112,182 shares for $100.49 per share.
Bell Ian bought 10,000 shares of ALC for $1,000,047 on Sep 12 ’24. On Sep 09 ’24, another insider, Narayanan Rajkumar, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 4,622 shares for $96.54 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 43351855104 and an Enterprise Value of 46683103232. As of this moment, Alcon’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 39.05, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 24.81. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.89. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.99 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.05. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.845 whereas that against EBITDA is 20.165.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, ALC has reached a high of $101.10, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $69.53. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -9.30%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -2.11%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, ALC has traded an average of 695.87K shares per day and 781280 over the past ten days. A total of 493.20M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 486.75M. Insiders hold about 1.33% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 55.12% stake in the company. Shares short for ALC as of 1728950400 were 3433119 with a Short Ratio of 4.93, compared to 1726185600 on 3257051.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for ALC is 0.26, from 0.285 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0030884265
