Alcon (XSWX:ALCE) 1-Year Sortino 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
! 3 Warning Signs
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What is Alcon 1-Year Sortino Ratio?

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


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

The 1-Year Sortino 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 the standard deviation of negative returns 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.

Differnt from the Sharpe Ratio that penalizes both upside and downside volatility equally, the Sortino Ratio penalizes only those returns falling below a user-specified target or required rate of return. The expected returns here is set to the risk-free rate as well.


Alcon 1-Year Sortino Ratio Related Terms


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

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

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

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


XSWX:ALCE
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Alcon 1-Year Sortino Ratio Calculation

The 1-Year Sortino Ratio measures the risk-adjusted return of an investment asset or portfolio over the past year, focusing specifically on downside risk rather than total risk. A stock / portfolio's 1-Year Sortino 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 downside risks over one year.

A downside risk is a potential loss from the asset or investment. The Downside risk here is measured by the downside deviation, which is the standard deviation of negative returns.

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 Sortino 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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