Alcon Inc.

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ALC

CH0432492467

Medical Equipment, Supplies & Distribution

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Feb. 11	RBC Expects Alcon's Upcoming FY26 Guidance to Drive Share Price Volatility; Outperform Rating Kept	MT
Feb. 02	Alcon Debuts PRECISION7 in Canada, A One-Week Replacement Contact Lens to Start and End Every Week Fresh	CI

US Initial Jobless Claims Fall, Continuing Claims Rise

Published on 12/24/2025 at 10:06 am EST

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Initial jobless claims in the US fell by 10,000 to 214,000 in the week ending Dec. 20. The median forecast called for 224,000 applications. Continuing claims though rose to 1.92 million. Bloomberg's Michael Ball and Stephanie Roth of Wolfe Research react.

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Latest news about Alcon Inc.

Feb. 11	RBC Expects Alcon's Upcoming FY26 Guidance to Drive Share Price Volatility; Outperform Rating Kept	MT
Feb. 02	Alcon Debuts PRECISION7 in Canada, A One-Week Replacement Contact Lens to Start and End Every Week Fresh	CI
Jan. 26	Berenberg Keeps Alcon at Buy on Expected FY26 Product-supported Growth	MT
Jan. 21	Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on January 21	RE
Jan. 20	Switzerland's Alcon Closes CHF602 Million Share Buyback	MT
Jan. 20	Alcon completes $750 million share repurchase program	RE
Jan. 20	Tranche Update on Alcon Inc.'s Equity Buyback Plan announced on February 25, 2025.	CI
Jan. 20	Deutsche Bank Upgrades Alcon to Buy Rating, Boosts PT	MT
Jan. 19	Alcon Inc.'s Equity Buyback announced on February 25, 2025 has closed with 9,301,877 shares, representing 1.89% for $750 million.	CI
Jan. 15	Staar Surgical CEO to exit as part of deal with top shareholder	RE
Jan. 13	Alcon Inc. Presents at 44th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Jan-13-2026 08:15 AM
Jan. 07	Alcon Terminates Merger Deal With STAAR Surgical	MT
Jan. 07	Alcon terminates agreement to acquire STAAR Surgical	RE
Jan. 07	Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on January 7	RE
Jan. 06	Alcon Scraps Takeover Plans for US-based Staar Surgical	MT

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Company Profile

Alcon Inc. is the global leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of ophthalmic care products. Net sales break down by category of products as follows: - ophthalmic surgical products and equipment (56.1%): consumables (51.8% of net sales), implantable products (32.1%) and other products (16.1%; in particular surgical equipment) for the treatment of cataracts, retinal diseases, glaucoma and refractive errors; - vision care products (43.9%): contact lenses (60.5% of sales) and eye care products (39.5%; eye drops and ophthalmic ointments, etc.). At the end of 2024, the group operated 17 production sites worldwide. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Switzerland (0.8%), the United States (45.9%), China (5.7%), Japan (5.6%) and other (42%).

Employees

25,000

Sector

Medical Equipment, Supplies & Distribution

Calendar

Mar. 02 - Q4 2025 Earnings Release (Projected)

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