Alcon AG vs Dover Corp — how do they compare? Alcon AG trades at $72.57 (market cap $36.44B), while Dover Corp trades at $209 (market cap $28.07B). The key difference: Alcon AG is the larger of the two by market cap, and Dover Corp pays the higher dividend (1.01%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ALC | DOV | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $36.44B | $28.07B |
Sector | Health | Industrials |
52-Week High | $90.12 | $233.31 |
52-Week Low | $62.02 | $161.16 |
Enterprise Value | $40.28B | $29.58B |
Dividend Yield | 0.48% | 1.01% |
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Alcon, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is the global eyecare leader with a diverse portfolio in ophthalmology including contact lenses, eye drops, surgical equipment, and related surgical products. Novartis purchased Alcon from Nestle in 2010 and, following nine years as a Novartis subsidiary, the company was spun off as a public company in April 2019. The company reports five distinct segments: implantables (16% of revenue), consumables (31%), equipment (9%), contact lenses (27%), and ocular health (17%). The company is geographically diversified, with only about 40% of revenue from the U.S. market, and the firm has a strong presence in the European Union and Japan.
Read more on ALC →Dover is a diversified industrial manufacturing company with products and services that include digital printing for fast-moving consuming goods, marking and coding for the food and beverage industry, loaders for the waste collection industry, pumps for the transport of fluids, including petroleum and natural gas, and commercial refrigerators used in groceries and convenience stores. Most of the business operates in the United States. After the spinoff of Apergy, the company operates through five segments: engineered systems, clean energy and fueling solutions, imaging and identification, pumps and process solutions, and climate and sustainability technologies equipment.
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