SIX$ALC

Alcon Inc. · Q4 2017 earnings

Q4 2017 earnings · · Investor relations

Headline financials

Total Revenue

CHF 6.79B

No prior period
EPS (adj)

CHF 0.13

No prior period
Net Income

CHF 329M

No prior period
Operating Income

CHF 48M

No prior period
Gross Profit

CHF 820M

No prior period
R&D Expense

CHF 646M

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Alcon · Revenue · Quarterly

CHF 6.79B

Q4 2017
Beat estimate in 7 of 11 quarters(64%)
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 20 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
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%
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