As Alcon announced Tuesday evening, sales rose 1.9 percent to $2.12 billion in July-September 2022. The group’s operating profit was 9.7 percent (prior year 1.0 percent).
As a result, Alcon posted a net profit of US$116 million ($2.0 million in the prior year). However, the significant increase is primarily due to accounting effects. In the same period last year, Alcon had written off losses of hundreds of millions. Adjusted for all special effects, a profit of US$269 million would be made.
According to the AWP consensus, the numbers obtained were exactly what analysts expected. Facing 2022, Alcon is once again lowering its sales guidance a bit. Specifically, a turnover of 8.5 to 8.7 billion US dollars is expected.
(SDA)