Unlocking the Essentials of Alcon Stock

By Scott Lee • Wednesday, September 10 10:08 • Permanent Link

Alcon logged a 1.0% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $79.7 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. ALC's trading volume is 330,199 compared to the stock's average volume of 1,904,238.

Alcon trades -18.34% away from its average analyst target price of $97.6 per share. The 17 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $77.53 to $123.0, and on average have given Alcon a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in ALC, you'll want to know the following:

Alcon's current price is 78.3% above its Graham number of $44.7, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Alcon has moved -19.7% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 17.3%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 2.16, Alcon has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 36.9 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
ALC has a forward P/E ratio of 22.6 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $3.52 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.78 compared to its sector average of 3.19
Alcon Inc. researches, develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells eye care products worldwide.
Based in Geneva, the company has 25,000 full time employees and a market cap of $39.71 Billion. Alcon currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.4%.

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