Alcon (XSWX:ALC) Interest Expense : CHF-169 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2024)

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What is Alcon Interest Expense?

Interest Expense is the amount reported by a company or individual as an expense for borrowed money. Alcon's interest expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was CHF -43 Mil. Its interest expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was CHF-169 Mil.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income(EBIT) by its Interest Expense. Alcon's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was CHF 352 Mil. Alcon's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was CHF -43 Mil. Alcon's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 8.23. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is. Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Alcon Interest Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alcon's Interest Expense can be seen below:

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Alcon Interest Expense Chart

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Interest Expense

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-110.16

-110.52

-124.83

-163.45

-171.19

Alcon Quarterly Data
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Interest Expense	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-40.65	-39.99	-44.69	-41.51	-42.80

Alcon Interest Expense Calculation

Interest Expense is the amount reported by a company or individual as an expense for borrowed money.

Interest Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was CHF-169 Mil.

Alcon (XSWX:ALC) Interest Expense Explanation

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Alcon's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was CHF-43 Mil. Its Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was CHF352 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was CHF4,429 Mil.

Alcon's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Interest Coverage	=	-1	*	Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2024 )	/	Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2024 )
	=	-1	*	352.182	/	-42.797
	=	8.23

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

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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 about one fourth of the US 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.