During the last session, Alcon Inc (NYSE:ALC)’s traded shares were 0.89 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.02. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $95.75, reflecting an intraday loss of -0.14% or -$0.13. The 52-week high for the ALC share is $101.10, that puts it down -5.59 from that peak though still a striking 15.95% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $80.48. The company’s market capitalization is $47.36B, and the average trade volume was 1.65 million shares over the past three months.
Alcon Inc (ALC) received a consensus recommendation of Buy from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 1.52. ALC has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 13 analysts who have looked at this stock. 1 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 12 recommend a Buy rating for it.
Alcon Inc (NYSE:ALC) trade information
Alcon Inc (ALC) registered a -0.14% downside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock plummet -0.14% in intraday trading to $95.75, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -2.59%, and it has moved by 6.40% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 18.25%.
The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $94.11, which implies a decrease of -1.74% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $69 and $110 respectively. As a result, ALC is trading at a discount of -14.88% off the target high and 27.94% off the low.
While earnings are projected to return 6.15% in 2025, the next five years will return 11.95% per annum.
ALC Dividends
Alcon Inc is due to release its next quarterly earnings in June. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for Alcon Inc is 0.26, with the dividend yield indicating at 0.28 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years.
The next largest institutional holding, with 14.16 million shares, is of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC’s that is approximately 2.8637% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $1.26 billion.
Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of Alcon Inc (ALC) shares are VANGUARD STAR FUNDS-Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund and VANGUARD TAX-MANAGED FUNDS-Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund . Data provided on Jan 31, 2025 indicates that VANGUARD STAR FUNDS-Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund owns about 6.93 shares. This amounts to just over 1.39 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $663.12 million market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 4.27, or about 0.85% of the stock, which is worth about $409.03 million.