Alcon AG vs VNET Group Inc — how do they compare? Alcon AG trades at $74.19 (market cap $36.44B), while VNET Group Inc trades at $7.51 (market cap $2.14B). The key difference: Alcon AG is far larger — about 17× VNET Group Inc's market cap, and Alcon AG pays a 0.48% dividend while VNET Group Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ALC | VNET | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $36.44B | $2.14B |
Sector | Health | Technology |
52-Week High | $90.12 | $14.03 |
52-Week Low | $62.02 | $6.29 |
Enterprise Value | $40.28B | $5.29B |
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 →VNET Group, formerly 21Vianet, is a leading carrier-neutral data center services provider in China. It operates a dual-core strategy: a large-scale retail business serving over 7,000 enterprise customers and an aggressive wholesale segment (Hyperscale 2.0) designed to meet the high-density power and cooling demands of large-scale AI and cloud platforms.
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