Alcon

medical company
Organization business Q684825
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data
Assets
$10.07B
▲ 16.0% YoY FY2010
EPS (diluted)
$7.27
▲ 9.2% YoY FY2010

Alcon

Summary

Alcon is a business[1]. Alcon ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,210 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alcon is in the country of Switzerland[3].
  • Alcon is in the country of IN[4].
  • Alcon's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Alcon's instance of is recorded as public company[6].
  • Alcon's instance of is recorded as organization[7].
  • Alcon's headquarters location is recorded as Geneva[8].
  • Alcon's child organization or unit is recorded as Alcon (India)[9].
  • Alcon's child organization or unit is recorded as Alcon (China)[10].
  • Alcon's child organization or unit is recorded as Alcon (Ireland)[11].
  • Alcon's child organization or unit is recorded as Alcon[12].
  • Alcon's child organization or unit is recorded as Alcon Japan[13].
  • Alcon's child organization or unit is recorded as Alcon (South Korea)[14].
  • Alcon's child organization or unit is recorded as Alcon (France)[15].
  • Alcon's child organization or unit is recorded as Alcon (United Kingdom)[16].
  • Alcon's child organization or unit is recorded as Alcon (Canada)[17].
  • Alcon's child organization or unit is recorded as Alcon (United States)[18].
  • Alcon is part of Swiss Market Index[19].
  • Alcon's Commons category is recorded as Alcon[20].
  • Alcon's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[21].
  • Alcon's stock exchange is recorded as Swiss Stock Exchange[22].
  • Alcon's industry is recorded as pharmaceutical industry[23].
  • January 1, 1945 marks the founding of Alcon[24].
  • 2000-04-01 marks the founding of Alcon[25].
  • Alcon's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 32.6565299, 'lon': -97.3808569}[26].
  • Alcon's location of formation is recorded as Fort Worth[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include January 1, 1945[24] and 2000-04-01[25]. Alcon's location of formation is recorded as Fort Worth[27].

Identity

Alcon is part of Swiss Market Index[19].

Operations

Alcon's headquarters location is recorded as Geneva[8]. Alcon's parent organization or unit is recorded as Novartis[28]. Subsidiaries include Alcon (India)[9], a business[29], in India[30], founded in 1945[31]; Alcon (China)[10]; Alcon (Ireland)[11]; Alcon[12]; Alcon Japan[13], a business[32], in Japan[33], founded in 1945[34], headquartered in Minato[35]; and Alcon (South Korea)[14].

Industry

Alcon's industry is recorded as pharmaceutical industry[23].

Ownership

Stock exchanges include New York Stock Exchange[21] and Swiss Stock Exchange[22]. Alcon's product or material produced is recorded as surgical instrument[36].

Why It Matters

Alcon ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,210 views/month).[2] Alcon has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Alcon is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . lobbyfacts.eu. lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [36] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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