AL
ALC
-2.1%🟢 Fundamentally supportedAlcon Inc. · Healthcare
$62.99Vol 1.32M · 1.9× normalMkt cap −$0.66Blive · 2026-10-13 ET
What happened
Move
-2.1%
Price
$62.99
Volume
1.32M
1.9× normal
Market cap
$30.45B
−$0.66B today
Why it moved
Analyst downgrademedium confidence
- BTIG Maintains Buy on Alcon, Lowers Price Target to $74 — finnhub-news
Possible catalyst: analyst downgrade, 1.6pp below its sector, on 1.9× normal volume.
Verdict — was the move justified?
🟢 Fundamentally supported
Analyst downgrade — direction and rough magnitude are consistent with the identified fundamental catalyst.
How unusual is this move
σ score
1.8σ
vs own 20d volatility
Percentile
84th
of 1275 daily moves
Avg daily move
±1.2%
own 5y average
vs sector
-1.6%
beyond sector median
What happened after similar moves
174 similar down moves in ALC’s 5-year history:
After 5 days
+0.4%
55% higher
After 20 days
+0.6%
54% higher
Median of same-direction moves within ±35% magnitude band. Past patterns don’t predict outcomes — context, not signal.
Fundamental context
V 70G 87P 35H 80Q 90
Valuation context
P/E (TTM)
31.7
5y median 47.4
P/E percentile
1%
vs own 5y history
FCF yield
0.1%
Trading cheaper than 99% of its own historical valuation range.
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