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Alcon (ALC) Dividends per Share : $0.23 (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Alcon Dividends per Share?

Alcon's dividends per share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00. Its dividends per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.23. Its Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.00. As of today, Alcon's Dividend Yield % is 0.30%.

During the past 12 months, Alcon's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.20% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

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Alcon Dividends per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alcon's Dividends per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Alcon Dividends per Share Chart

Alcon Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividends per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - 0.11 0.21 0.23

Alcon Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Dividends per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 0.23 - -

Competitive Comparison of Alcon's Dividends per Share

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Alcon's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Alcon's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Alcon's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alcon's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Alcon Dividends per Share Calculation

Dividends paid to per common share.


Alcon  (NYSE:ALC) Dividends per Share Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Alcon's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Dec. 2023 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=0/ 0.69
=0.00

During the past 8 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Alcon was 0.09. The lowest was 0.05. And the median was 0.08.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Alcon Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
CHF 0.2102023-05-102023-05-112023-05-12Cash DividendannuallyCHF:USD 1.095410

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.


Alcon's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.2300361/78.77
=0.29 %

Current Share Price is $78.77.
Alcon's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.2300361.

During the past 8 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Alcon was 0.35%. The lowest was 0.12%. And the median was 0.28%.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


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Alcon (ALC) Business Description

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Alcon is one of the leading visioncare companies in the world. Following nine years as a Novartis subsidiary, it was spun off as a public company in April 2019. Alcon operates in two segments: visioncare and surgical. Visioncare comprises contact lenses, lenscare solutions, and a suite of ocular health products. With brands like Dailies, Total1, and Air Optix, Alcon controls one fourth of the U.S. contact lens market. Surgical comprises intraocular lenses, ophthalmic surgical equipment, and consumables used during surgeries. Its main products include Centurion, a phacoemulsification device used during cataract surgeries, and a portfolio of IOLs including PanOptix and Vivity. Alcon has one of the largest installed bases of eye surgical equipment in the world.