How often does ALC pay dividends?

Alcon Inc. dividend frequency can be quarterly, monthly, semiannual, annual, or none depending on company policy. Check the payout history and event dates on this page.

What is the ex-dividend date for ALC?

The ex-dividend date is the cutoff date to qualify for the next dividend payment. Investors must own ALC before the ex-dividend date.

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Healthcare

Alcon Inc.(ALC)

Live Price

Offline

$67.80

-0.48% today

1Y Change

-26.73%

Window

Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026

Market Cap: $35.82B
Revenue Growth: +4.9%
EPS Growth: -3.4%
Dividend Yield: 0.5%

Coverage: 244 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026

Research Briefing

A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.

Decision context

Research Snapshot

Alcon Inc. (ALC) is a Healthcare stock with a market cap of $35.82B. The stock last traded around $67.80 and down 26.7% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +4.9%, EPS growth of -3.4%, a dividend yield of 0.5%. What stands out right now is revenue +4.9%, EPS -3.4%, free cash flow +22.8% with operating margin 13.1% and ROIC 3.9%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.5%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 36.7 and price/sales 3.4. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines ALC price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Healthcare peers on this page.

Benchmark Edge

ALC vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs

Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.

Shared 1Y chart + MAX history table

Relative Read

ALC trails SPY

ALC is 47.59 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.

ALC had 23.61 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.

ALC beat SPY in 0 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 2.

ALC

-26.73%

Normalized return

SPY

+20.86%

S&P 500

Excess Return

-47.59 pts

Relative to SPY

ALC Max Drawdown

-32.75%

Trailing 1Y

SPY Max Drawdown

-9.13%

Trailing 1Y

ALCSPY

Calendar-Year Returns

Uses the longest available daily history for ALC and SPY.

Year	ALC	SPY	Excess	Leader
2026	-16.65%	+6.71%	-23.36 pts	SPY
2025	-10.16%	+11.19%	-21.35 pts	SPY

ALC Dividend History

unknown

Dividend Yield

0.45%

Trailing 12M Payout

$0.36

Last Payout

$0.36

Ex: May 5, 2026 · Pay: —

Ex-Date	Record	Pay	Dividend	Adj	Frequency
May 5, 2026	—	—	$0.36	—	—

No upcoming dividends in the next 90 days

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