Alcon - Comparative Multiple Analysis

Alcon (Comparative Multiple Analysis)

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Improve your investment analysis with by seeing the Alcon's Discounted Cash Flow analysis, Alcon's Warren Buffet analysis, and Alcon's Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) Analysis.

Notes on the Comparative Multiple Analysis of Alcon

WikiWealth compares Alcon's revenue, EBITDA, and EBIT multiples to their peers in order to determine the appropriate fair valuation. Click in the top right corner to experiment with Alcon's comparative analysis.

Notes from the analysis:

1. WikiWealth uses quantitative measures to determine the multiple range for Alcon.
2. Free cash flow to the firm (FCF) multiple is free cash flow to equity holders plus interest owed to Alcon's debt holders.
3. Multiples incorporate benefits due to economies of scale; WikiWealth compares absolute enterprise value multiples to competitor's multiples.
4. WikiWealth excludes outliers when calculating individual company multiples.

Helpful Information for Alcon's Analysis


How does this work? The Comparative Investment Analysis determines the value of Alcon by comparing Alcon financial ratios, prices, growth rates, margins, etc. to those of relevant peer groups.

Value Investing Importance? This method is widely used by investment professionals to determine the correct price of investments, especially initial public offerings (IPOs). It is one element of WikiWealth's three Wall Street approaches used to determine the correct fair value of Alcon.

See the Alcon cash flow (DCF) analysis for a completely different approach that's popular on Wall Street for determining the value of an investment in Alcon.

Also, see the Alcon's buffett intrinsic valuation analysis for WikiWealth's attempt to replicate the investing formula's used by Warren Buffett and Alcon's valuation conclusion for a quick summary.