Alcon (ALC) Total Payout Yield % : 0.28 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)

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What is Alcon Total Payout Yield %?

Total Payout Yield % is the percent a company has paid to its shareholders through net repurchases of shares and dividends based on its Market Cap. It is a measure of shareholder return.

Alcon's current Total Payout Yield % is 0.28%.

Alcon Total Payout Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alcon's Total Payout Yield % can be seen below:

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Alcon Total Payout Yield % Chart

Alcon Annual Data

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0.30

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Competitive Comparison of Alcon's Total Payout Yield %

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Alcon's Total Payout Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Total Payout 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 Total Payout Yield % Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

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

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

Alcon Total Payout Yield % Calculation

Total Payout Yield % is a measure of shareholder return.

Alcon's Total Payout Yield % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Total Payout Yield %	=	- (Repurchase of Stock	+	Issuance of Stock	+	Cash Flow for Dividends)	/	Market Cap
	=	- (0	+	0	+	-116)	/	38532.22128
	=	0.30%

Alcon's annualized Total Payout Yield % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Total Payout Yield %	=	- (Repurchase of Stock	+	Issuance of Stock	+	Cash Flow for Dividends)	*	Annualized Factor	/	Market Cap
	=	- (0	+	0	+	0)	*	4	/	38532.22128
	=	0.00%

Alcon Total Payout Yield % Explanation

Similar to Dividend Yield, Total Payout Yield % is a measurement of shareholder return. Dividends is not the only way that companies are able to distribute their excess cash back to the shareholders. The other way to distribute the cash is a stock repurchase. The stock repurchase buys back the company's own shares from the marketplace. This results in a reduced number of oustanding shares, making each share worth a greater percentage of the corporation.

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https://www.alcon.com

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.