Alcon slips 9% on top-line miss, updated 2025 guidance

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* Alcon (NYSE:ALC [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ALC]) is down ~9% in Wednesday trading after releasing Q2 financial results after Tuesday's closing bell that missed [https://seekingalpha.com/news/4487250-alcon-and-nbsp-non-gaap-eps-of-0_76-beats-by-0_05-revenue-of-2_58b-misses-by-60m] on the top line.
* In addition, the eye care company adjusted some of its 2025 guidance, including lowering net sales to $10.3B to $10.4B, down from $10.4B to $10.5B prior. Consensus is $10.47B.
* Core diluted EPS remained at $3.05 to $3.15. Consensus is $3.11.
* Q2 core diluted EPS of $0.76 compared to $0.74 in the year-ago period.
* While revenues in vision care -- Alcon's largest business unit -- increased 4% year over year, in surgical care, the increase was only 2%.
* Alcon ended the quarter with ~$1.4B in cash and cash equivalents compared to ~$1.7B on Dec. 31, 2024.

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