Alcon AG vs Fox Corp Class B — how do they compare? Alcon AG trades at $74.19 (market cap $36.44B), while Fox Corp Class B trades at $55.42 (market cap $24.58B). The key difference: Alcon AG is the larger of the two by market cap, and Fox Corp Class B pays the higher dividend (1.05%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ALC | FOX | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $36.44B | $24.58B |
Sector | Health | Media |
52-Week High | $90.12 | $67.76 |
52-Week Low | $62.02 | $44.39 |
Enterprise Value | $40.28B | $27.94B |
Dividend Yield | 0.48% | 1.05% |
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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 →Fox represents the assets not sold to Disney by the predecessor firm, Twenty First Century Fox. The remaining assets include Fox News, the FOX broadcast network, FS1 and FS2, Fox Business, Big Ten Network, 28 owned and operated local television stations of which 17 are affiliated with the Fox Network, and the Fox Studios lot. The Murdoch family continues to control the successor firm, which represents a large-scale bet on the value of live sports and news in the U.S. market.
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