Alcon Inc. (NYSE:ALC) saw a downside of -0.15% to close Friday at $78.25 after subtracting -$0.12 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 627,060 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $81.54 in the past week and touched a new high 1 time within the past 5 days. An average of 593,810 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 641,122.
ALC’s 1-month performance is -7.33% or -$5.78 on its low of $78.17 reached on 09/22/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $55.21 and high of $86.20, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 07/27/23. YTD, ALC has achieved 14.15% or $9.70 and has reached a new high 19 times. However, the current price is down -9.22% from the 52-week high price.
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Valuation Metrics
ALC stock has a beta of 0.90. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 4.24 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 1.94, with the price to cash flow ratio at 71.66.
Alcon Inc.’s quick ratio for the recent period was 1.22, with the current ratio over the same period at 2.16. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 56.71%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is 24.13%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $4.75 billion against revenue of $8.72 billion.
Earnings Surprise
Net income and sales went up compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Net income shrunk -12.24% to $335.0 million, while revenue of $0.0 was 100.0% off the previous quarter. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than $571.0 million. ALC stock balance sheet for the recent quarter shows that total liabilities totaled 9.27 billion, with total debt at $5.11 billion.
Let’s look briefly at Alcon Inc. (ALC) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 22 September was 23.88% to suggest the stock is trending oversold, with historical volatility in this time period at 13.82%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $79.68, reflecting a -4.49% or -$3.68 change from its current price. ALC is currently trading -5.83% above its 20-day SMA, +8.68% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by -7.62% and SMA200 by+14.57%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 2.23% and 3.85% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 1.19. The RSI (14) points at 30.97%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 1.50% with the period’s ATR at 1.20. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at -1.77 and -2.30 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for Alcon Inc. (NYSE: ALC), JP Morgan upgraded it to an Overweight rating. They previously had a Neutral rating on the stock. Analysts offering their rating for ALC stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Overweight. Currently, 0 brokerage advisors rate ALC as a “sell,”, while 5 advise that investors “Hold.” 1 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 3 rates the stock as overweight while 16 have offered a “buy” rating.
What is ALC’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $83.17 and a high of $104.05, with their median price target at $94.00. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for Alcon Inc. (ALC) stock is $93.78.
