Alcon vs Cooper Companies
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KIRA’s take AI analyst
I put Alcon and Cooper Companies side by side, using each one’s latest annual report. Here is what stands out:
- Alcon is the larger business, with $10.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $4.1B for Cooper Companies, about 2.5 times as much.
- Cooper Companies kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (16.7% operating margin, against 13.1%).
- Alcon turned more of its sales into free cash flow (16.6% FCF margin, against 10.6%).
Who comes out ahead
Of the 10 measures where higher (or lower) is clearly better, how many each company leads.
Alcon
ALC
5/10
Net marginFCF marginReturn on capitalPiotroski F-scoreShare count change
Cooper Companies
COO
5/10
Revenue growth5-year growthGross marginOperating marginReturn on equity
Side by side
Best in the row
| Latest fiscal year | ALC FY25 | COO FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $34.7B | $11.8B |
| Revenue | $10.4B | $4.1B |
| Free cash flow | $1.7B | $434M |
| Net income | $980M | $375M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 4.9% | 5.1% |
| 5-year growth | 8.8% | 11.0% |
| Share count change | −0.3% | −0.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 55.2% | 65.5% |
| Operating margin | 13.1% | 16.7% |
| Net margin | 9.4% | 9.2% |
| FCF margin | 16.6% | 10.6% |
| Return on capital | 4.6% | 4.3% |
| Return on equity | 4.5% | 4.6% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $3.2B | $2.4B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | — | 2.3x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $842M | $290M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | — | 20.9x |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 5 |
Ten years
Revenue
Operating margin
Free cash flow
Return on capital
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.