Alcon (XSWX:ALCE) 1-Year Sharpe Ratio: N/A (As of Aug. 10, 2026)

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XSWX:ALCE Alcon Inc XSWX:ALCE
53 GF Score
Price CHF57.12
GF Value CHF74.21
Valuation Modestly Undervalued
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What is Alcon 1-Year Sharpe Ratio?

The 1-Year Sharpe Ratio measures the additional return that an investor receives per unit of increase in risk over the past year. As of today (2026-08-10), Alcon's 1-Year Sharpe Ratio is Not available.

Alcon  (XSWX:ALCE) 1-Year Sharpe Ratio Explanation

The 1-Year Sharpe Ratio inidicates the risk-adjusted return of an investment over the past year. It is calculated as the annualized result of the average monthly excess return divided by its standard deviation over the past year. The monthly excess return is the monthly investment return minus the monthly risk-free rate (typically the 10-year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate). If the risk-free rate for a specific region is not available, U.S. data is used by default.

The greater a portfolio's Sharpe Ratio, the better its risk-adjusted performance. A negative Sharpe Ratio means the risk-free rate is greater than the portfolio’s historical or projected return, or else the portfolio's return is expected to be negative.

Alcon 1-Year Sharpe Ratio Related Terms

XSWX:ALCE vs ISRG, BDX, MDLN: 1-Year Sharpe Ratio Comparison

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Alcon's 1-Year Sharpe Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 1-Year Sharpe Ratio 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 1-Year Sharpe Ratio vs Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Alcon's 1-Year Sharpe Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alcon's 1-Year Sharpe Ratio falls into.


XSWX:ALCE
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Alcon 1-Year Sharpe Ratio Calculation

The 1-Year Sharpe Ratio measures the performance of an investment such as a stock or portfolio compared to a risk-free asset. A stock / portfolio's 1-Year Sharpe Ratio can be calculated by dividing the difference between the one-year returns of the investment and the risk-free rate, by the standard deviation of the investment returns over one year.

Is Alcon (XSWX:ALCE) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Alcon stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of CHF57.12 is trading 23% below its estimated GF Value™ of CHF74.21. GuruFocus considers Alcon to be Modestly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for XSWX:ALCE:

  • 1-Year Sharpe Ratio: N/A
  • GF Value™: CHF74.21 vs. price of CHF57.12 (23% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 53/100 with 3 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the XSWX:ALCE stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Alcon Business Description

Address Chemin de Blandonnet 8, Vernier, Geneva, CHE, 1214
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.
53GF Score

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