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How Alcon Inc. stacks up
ALC · against 73 other Healthcare companies of similar size
Growth
43/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #56 of 74 · scores higher than 23% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score11 peers with a growth score of 40–49, including ALC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 43?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Its metrics sit close to the Healthcare norm.
- slower growth in earnings per share: weaker than 64% of peers. Earnings per share growth: -2.3% vs peer median 9.8%
- Revenue growth is close to the peer norm. Revenue growth: 4.9% vs peer median 6.1%
- 3-year revenue growth is close to the peer norm. 3-year revenue growth: 6.1% vs peer median 5.8%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = ALC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | ALC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 75 reported | 4.9% | 11.9% | 26% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 56 reported | -2.3% | 15.7% | 25% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 74 reported | 6.1% | 9.0% | 44% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ALC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21.4B USD | 97 | 67 | |
| 2 | 56.7B USD | 96 | 79 | |
| 3 | 22.8B USD | 95 | 38 | |
| 4 | 40.2B USD | 92 | 73 | |
| 5 | 138.4B HKD (≈$17.7B) | 91 | 70 | |
| 51 | 18.5B USD | 48 | 54 | |
| 53 | 54.0B USD | 45 | 47 | |
| 53 | 34.0B USD | 45 | 49 | |
| 55 | 272.9B BRL (≈$49.1B) | 44 | 43 | |
| 56 | 35.0B USD | 43 | 52 | |
| 56 | 33.3B USD | 43 | 24 | |
| 58 | 95.4B AUD (≈$62.9B) | 42 | 48 | |
| 58 | 34.3B USD | 42 | 57 | |
| 60 | 54.9B USD | 40 | 59 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score