Alcon (ALC) Cash per Share

: $2.23 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Cash per Share is calculated as Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities divided by Shares Outstanding (EOP). Alcon's Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.23.

Alcon Cash per Share Historical Data

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

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Alcon Annual Data

Trend

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Cash per Share

1.75

3.21

3.22

2.00

2.23

Alcon Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Cash per Share																2.00	-	-	-	2.23

Alcon Cash per Share Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's available cash, including easy to liquidate short-term investment, to its total number of shares outstanding. The result indicates the percentage of a company's share price that is available to spend on company's activities, such as strengthening the business, paying down the debt and making dividend payment to shareholders. It's a reliable indicator of a company's financial health.

Alcon's Cash per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash per Share	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
	=	1101	/	493
	=	2.23

Alcon's Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash per Share	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Shares Outstanding (EOP)
	=	1101	/	493
	=	2.23

Alcon (NYSE:ALC) Cash per Share Explanation

Cash per Share represents the liquidity of a compant's assets. A high level of Cash per Share suggests that there's enough money on hand for a company to cover any emergencies and that the company has adequate money to reinvest its business or pay dividends to investors. However, if the ratio is too high, it can also suggeust the inefficiency of management for not making a full usage of the cash.

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Alcon (ALC) Business Description

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Address

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Website

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.