Alcon AG vs Moody's Corporation — how do they compare? Alcon AG trades at $72.55 (market cap $36.44B), while Moody's Corporation trades at $477 (market cap $82.52B). The key difference: Moody's Corporation is far larger — about 2.3× Alcon AG's market cap, and Moody's Corporation pays the higher dividend (0.86%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ALC | MCO | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $36.44B | $82.52B |
Sector | Health | Financials |
52-Week High | $90.12 | $539.61 |
52-Week Low | $62.02 | $412.23 |
Enterprise Value | $40.28B | $88.54B |
Dividend Yield | 0.48% | 0.86% |
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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 →Moody's, along with S&P Ratings, is a leading provider of credit ratings on fixed income securities. Moody's ratings segment, known as Moody's Investors Service or MIS, includes corporates, structured finance, financial institutions, and public finance ratings. MIS represents a majority of the firm's revenue and profits. Moody's other segment is Moody's Analytics and consists of Research, Data, and Analytics or RD&A and Enterprise Risk Solutions or ERS. RD&A's products include credit research, quantitative credit scores, economic research, business intelligence, know your customer (KYC) tools, commercial real estate data and analytical tools, and training services. ERS includes risk management software solutions to financial institutions.
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