SIX$ALC

Alcon Inc. · Q3 2023 earnings

Q3 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Headline financials

Total Revenue

CHF 2.3B

Previous: CHF 2.12B+8.4%
EPS (adj)

CHF 0.66

Previous: CHF 0.50+32.0%
Capital Expenditures

-CHF 126M

No prior period
Free Cash Flow

CHF 353M

No prior period
Net Income

CHF 204M

No prior period
Operating Income

CHF 293M

No prior period
Gross Profit

CHF 1.29B

No prior period
Cash & Equivalents

CHF 962M

No prior period
Total Assets

CHF 26.9B

No prior period
R&D Expense

CHF 201M

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Alcon · Revenue · Quarterly

CHF 2.3B

Q3 2023+8.4%vs Q3 2022
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 · overlaid with Q3 2023

Historical avgQ3 2023

+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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