Alcon AG vs Tripadvisor Inc Common Stock — how do they compare? Alcon AG trades at $72.57 (market cap $36.44B), while Tripadvisor Inc Common Stock trades at $11.04 (market cap $1.28B). The key difference: Alcon AG is far larger — about 28.5× Tripadvisor Inc Common Stock's market cap, and Alcon AG pays a 0.48% dividend while Tripadvisor Inc Common Stock pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ALC | TRIP | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $36.44B | $1.28B |
Sector | Health | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $90.12 | $19.14 |
52-Week Low | $62.02 | $9.24 |
Enterprise Value | $40.28B | $1.33B |
Dividend Yield | 0.48% | — |
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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 →TripAdvisor is the world's leading travel metasearch company. The website offers 1 billion reviews and information on about 8 million accommodations, restaurants, experiences, airlines, and cruises. In 2021, 74% of revenue came from the company's core segment, which includes hotel revenue generated through advertising on its metasearch platform. Viator, its experiences brand, was 20% of sales in 2021, and TheFork, its dining brand, represented 9% of revenue (about 3% of sales were intersegment, which are eliminated from consolidated revenue).
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