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How Alcon Inc. stacks up
ALC · against 77 other Healthcare companies of similar size
Profitability
58/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #62 of 78 · scores higher than 21% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score8 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including ALC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 58?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Its metrics sit close to the Healthcare norm.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 4.3% vs peer median 4.7%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 61% of peers. Return on assets: 3.1% vs peer median 1.7%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 67% of peers. Operating margin: 13.1% vs peer median 7.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 74 reported | 4.3% | 11.9% | 22% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 76 reported | 13.1% | 19.7% | 32% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 75 reported | 3.1% | 6.9% | 23% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 71 reported | 2.9% | 13.4% | 14% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 78 reported | 57.2% | 59.5% | 48% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ALC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17.9B USD | 99 | 76 | |
| 1 | 52.9B USD | 99 | 57 | |
| 3 | 8.24T JPY (≈$56.0B) | 98 | 75 | |
| 3 | 23.8B USD | 98 | 84 | |
| 5 | 193.6B HKD (≈$24.8B) | 97 | 78 | |
| 57 | 101.7B BRL (≈$18.3B) | 66 | 58 | |
| 59 | 28.7B USD | 65 | 52 | |
| 60 | 18.5B USD | 60 | 54 | |
| 61 | 27.5B EUR (≈$30.2B) | 59 | 60 | |
| 62 | 35.0B USD | 58 | 52 | |
| 63 | 133.4B BRL (≈$24.0B) | 57 | 49 | |
| 64 | 27.8B USD | 56 | 55 | |
| 64 | 18.2B USD | 56 | 40 | |
| 66 | 54.0B USD | 53 | 47 |
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