Alcon AG Dividend yield

Alcon AG is part of Health Care Equip. and Services business, which is part of Health Care industry. Alcon AG is a company from Switzerland, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Alcon AG stock dividend

Alcon AG paid a total dividend of 103 million CHF last year, for a market value of 36,369 millions (Market Cap 36,336 millions). Alcon AG dividend per share is 0.21 CHF, and his stock market price 73.92 CHF.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Alcon AG has a dividend yield of 0.28%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Switzerland. It is also lower than average of Health Care industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Alcon AG stocks dividend with other Health Care Equip. and Services companies or other of the high Switzerland dividend stocks list.

Alcon AG Dividend Payout

About the ability of Alcon AG to maintain his current dividend of CHF 0.21 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.28%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Alcon AG payout on ernings is currently 10.94%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Health Care industry, which are 39.34% and 23.54% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Alcon AGcan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Alcon AG is CHF 2.36 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of CHF 0.21, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Alcon AG, compared againt world market average, Switzerland companies, Health Care industry and Health Care Equip. and Services sector companies.

Alcon AG Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Alcon AG's dividend stock, both in percentage and in CHF, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	CHF	Paypout	Shares*
Present	0.28%	0.21	10.94%	492
2022	0.32%	0.20	11.05%	490
2021	0.12%	0.10	9.62%	489
2020	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	488
2019	0.00%	0.00	0.00%	489

*In millions

Alcon AG Stock performance

Finally, last moth Alcon AG showed a return of -0.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.07% of Health Care firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 14.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Switzerland and Health Care Equip. and Services firms.