Alcon Inc.

ALC stock score: 48/100

$67.83 · +2.57% · Scored Oct 20, 2026

Technical
42
Fundamental
53
News
44

The reading

Alcon (ALC) scores 48 out of 100, which reads weak, higher than 56% of Healthcare stocks and 36% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 42, fundamentals 53.

Among the fundamentals, Price to Book Ratio at 95 and Debt to Equity at 87 score highest, while Earnings Growth (Quarterly) at 1 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 54 and contrarian oscillators 37.

News sentiment is neutral at 44; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 31 to 52, and it is up 16 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward ALC’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

53

Pulling it up

  • Price to Book Ratio95

    Price-to-Book ratio compares market value to book value.

  • Debt to Equity87

    Debt-to-Equity ratio measures financial leverage by comparing total debt to shareholder equity.

  • EV/Revenue87

    EV/Revenue compares the whole company's value, debt included, with its sales.

Holding it back

  • Earnings Growth (Quarterly)1

    Quarterly earnings growth measures profit increase versus the prior-year quarter.

  • Institutional Ownership5

    Institutional ownership measures the percentage held by professional investors.

  • Trailing P/E9

    Trailing P/E ratio uses the last 12 months of actual earnings.

39 weighted scorers; 2 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

49

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • EMA 50 Cross Up100

    EMA 50 Cross Up detects when price crosses above the 50-period EMA.

  • Candlestick Patterns100

    Candlestick patterns recognize specific price formations that historically suggest continuation or reversal.

Holding it back

  • Bollinger Bands (20)0

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

  • Ichimoku Cloud0

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

  • Williams %R (14)8

    Williams %R (14-period) measures where the current price sits within the recent high-low range.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
44

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly561
Daily493
Weekly362
Monthly352
Quarterly402

Composite score, last 90 days

05010048Jul 25, 2026Oct 20, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 32Jul 26, 2026: 32Jul 27, 2026: 31Jul 28, 2026: 33Jul 29, 2026: 49Jul 30, 2026: 49Jul 31, 2026: 49Aug 2, 2026: 47Aug 3, 2026: 50Aug 5, 2026: 50Aug 6, 2026: 48Aug 7, 2026: 50Aug 8, 2026: 49Aug 9, 2026: 49Aug 10, 2026: 52Aug 11, 2026: 52Aug 12, 2026: 52Aug 13, 2026: 51Aug 14, 2026: 52Aug 15, 2026: 52Aug 16, 2026: 52Aug 17, 2026: 51Aug 18, 2026: 50Aug 19, 2026: 52Aug 20, 2026: 50Aug 22, 2026: 49Aug 23, 2026: 49Aug 24, 2026: 50Aug 25, 2026: 49Aug 26, 2026: 48Aug 27, 2026: 48Aug 28, 2026: 49Aug 29, 2026: 48Aug 30, 2026: 48Aug 31, 2026: 47Sep 1, 2026: 48Sep 2, 2026: 50Sep 3, 2026: 49Sep 4, 2026: 46Sep 5, 2026: 48Sep 6, 2026: 48Sep 7, 2026: 48Sep 8, 2026: 45Sep 9, 2026: 44Sep 10, 2026: 42Sep 11, 2026: 43Sep 12, 2026: 43Sep 13, 2026: 43Sep 14, 2026: 44Sep 15, 2026: 45Sep 16, 2026: 43Sep 17, 2026: 43Sep 18, 2026: 43Sep 19, 2026: 43Sep 20, 2026: 43Sep 21, 2026: 43Sep 22, 2026: 45Sep 23, 2026: 45Sep 24, 2026: 45Sep 25, 2026: 44Sep 26, 2026: 44Sep 27, 2026: 44Sep 28, 2026: 45Sep 29, 2026: 45Sep 30, 2026: 44Oct 1, 2026: 43Oct 2, 2026: 43Oct 3, 2026: 43Oct 4, 2026: 43Oct 5, 2026: 44Oct 6, 2026: 43Oct 7, 2026: 43Oct 8, 2026: 44Oct 9, 2026: 45Oct 10, 2026: 45Oct 11, 2026: 45Oct 12, 2026: 46Oct 13, 2026: 43Oct 14, 2026: 44Oct 15, 2026: 47Oct 16, 2026: 46Oct 17, 2026: 47Oct 18, 2026: 47Oct 19, 2026: 46Oct 20, 2026: 48
Show the daily numbers
DateComposite
Oct 20, 202648
Oct 19, 202646
Oct 18, 202647
Oct 17, 202647
Oct 16, 202646
Oct 15, 202647
Oct 14, 202644
Oct 13, 202643
Oct 12, 202646
Oct 11, 202645
Oct 10, 202645
Oct 9, 202645
Oct 8, 202644
Oct 7, 202643
Oct 6, 202643
Oct 5, 202644
Oct 4, 202643
Oct 3, 202643
Oct 2, 202643
Oct 1, 202643
Sep 30, 202644
Sep 29, 202645
Sep 28, 202645
Sep 27, 202644
Sep 26, 202644
Sep 25, 202644
Sep 24, 202645
Sep 23, 202645
Sep 22, 202645
Sep 21, 202643
Sep 20, 202643
Sep 19, 202643
Sep 18, 202643
Sep 17, 202643
Sep 16, 202643
Sep 15, 202645
Sep 14, 202644
Sep 13, 202643
Sep 12, 202643
Sep 11, 202643
Sep 10, 202642
Sep 9, 202644
Sep 8, 202645
Sep 7, 202648
Sep 6, 202648
Sep 5, 202648
Sep 4, 202646
Sep 3, 202649
Sep 2, 202650
Sep 1, 202648
Aug 31, 202647
Aug 30, 202648
Aug 29, 202648
Aug 28, 202649
Aug 27, 202648
Aug 26, 202648
Aug 25, 202649
Aug 24, 202650
Aug 23, 202649
Aug 22, 202649
Aug 20, 202650
Aug 19, 202652
Aug 18, 202650
Aug 17, 202651
Aug 16, 202652
Aug 15, 202652
Aug 14, 202652
Aug 13, 202651
Aug 12, 202652
Aug 11, 202652
Aug 10, 202652
Aug 9, 202649
Aug 8, 202649
Aug 7, 202650
Aug 6, 202648
Aug 5, 202650
Aug 3, 202650
Aug 2, 202647
Jul 31, 202649
Jul 30, 202649
Jul 29, 202649
Jul 28, 202633
Jul 27, 202631
Jul 26, 202632
Jul 25, 202632

Key facts

Market cap
$32.8B
Sector
Healthcare
Industry
Medical Instruments & Supplies
Beta
0.73
Risk grade (1–10)
4
Next earnings
Nov 10, 2026

Medical Instruments & Supplies peers

CompanyMarket capScore
BDX Becton, Dickinson and Company$52.8B57
RMD ResMed$34.5B66
WST West Pharmaceutical Services$27.4B59
SOLV Solventum$14.7B58
BAX Baxter International$12.7B41
RGEN Repligen$11.4B54

Questions

What is ALC's stock score today?

ALC scores 48/100 (Weak) as of Oct 20, 2026: technical 42, fundamental 53, and news sentiment 44, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is ALC a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 48 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean weak today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the ALC score calculated?

101 weighted scorers feed it today: 39 fundamental, scored against Healthcare ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.