SIX$ALC

Alcon Inc. · Q3 2008 earnings

Q3 2008 earnings · · Investor relations

Headline financials

EPS (adj)

CHF 2.10

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-CHF 88M

No prior period
Free Cash Flow

CHF 711M

No prior period
Net Income

CHF 672M

No prior period
Operating Income

CHF 494M

No prior period
Gross Profit

CHF 1.18B

No prior period
Cash & Equivalents

CHF 2.49B

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

CHF 16M

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Alcon · Revenue · Quarterly

CHF 2.69B

Q1 2026+9.5%vs Q1 2025
Beat estimate in 8 of 16 quarters(50%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Alcon · CHF 5.12B total across 6 segments · Q1 2026

  • Surgical
    CHF 1.46B—
  • Vision Care
    CHF 1.23B—
  • Surgical — Consumables
    CHF 769M—
  • Vision Care — Contact lenses
    CHF 738M—
  • Vision Care — Ocular health
    CHF 487M—
  • Surgical — Implantables
    CHF 438M—

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports

Historical avg

+0.7%

Avg return

Earnings day

-1.8%

Avg return

5 days after

-1.5%

Avg return

30 days after

48%

13 / 27 earnings

Positive

+13.0%

Q2 2021

Best reaction

-8.9%

Q2 2025

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q2 2026———
Q1 2026+0.2%-34.4%-28.6%
Q3 2025+4.6%-1.0%+1.9%
Q2 2025-8.9%-10.4%-14.3%
Q1 2025+2.4%-4.2%-7.6%
Q3 2024-5.2%-7.7%-7.1%
Q2 2024-1.7%-0.2%+2.2%
Q1 2024+8.9%+8.3%+12.5%
Q4 2023+6.4%+7.7%+3.4%
Q3 2023-2.1%-2.1%+7.0%
Q2 2023-1.6%+1.4%+0.4%
Q1 2023+7.6%+6.0%+5.4%
Q4 2022-3.9%-3.7%-4.8%
Q3 2022+4.1%+3.1%+8.1%
Q2 2022-5.4%-7.9%-10.4%
Q1 2022+8.7%+10.0%+12.7%
Q4 2021+5.0%-0.6%-0.3%
Q3 2021-4.2%-5.9%-1.4%
Q2 2021+13.0%+13.9%+21.9%
Q1 2021-7.8%-7.6%-9.0%
Q4 2020-2.1%-4.4%-3.1%
Q3 2020-1.1%-0.3%-1.8%
Q2 2020-2.9%-4.9%-4.1%
Q1 2020+4.3%+5.0%+7.0%
Q4 2019+4.5%+1.4%-20.2%
Q3 2019-3.5%-3.8%-3.0%
Q2 2019-2.0%-5.1%-4.1%
Q1 2019+2.1%-0.4%-3.3%
Q4 2018———
Q3 2018———
Q2 2018———
Q1 2018———
Q4 2017———
Q4 2011———
Q3 2010———
Q2 2010———
Q1 2009———
Q1 2010———
Q4 2009———
Q4 2007———
Q3 2009———
Q3 2008———
Q4 2008———
Q2 2008———
Q2 2009———

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