Ophthalmic Goods

Alcon Inc. vs The Cooper Companies Inc.

WatchlistALC / COOPrices through Oct 22, 2026

Why these are rivals: #1 and #2 by market value ($33B vs $11B) in Nasdaq's "Ophthalmic Goods" industry; SEC SIC 3851 / 3851 (same major group); #1 and #2 by market value ($33B vs $11B) with SEC SIC 3851 (Ophthalmic Goods).

Rivals, but right now the price gap does not have a measured habit of closing, so there is no paper idea, whatever the gap.

  • Co-movement: daily return correlation, 252 sessions: 0.53 (needs >= 0.60)
  • Mean reversion: ADF t-statistic of the spread: -1.96 (needs <= -2.873 (5% critical value))
Business leadership

Business size

Annual revenue reported to the SEC. Scale, not market share.

YearALCCOOLarger
2025-$4.1B-
2024-$3.9B-
2023-$3.6B-
2022-$3.3B-
2021-$2.9B-
2020-$2.4B-

Market value: ALC $33.0B, COO $11.1B.

Stock leadership

ALC is ahead now

Measured against the pair's own last 252 trading days.

ALC leads COO by 1.38 standard deviations: +10.5% over its usual price ratio. 3 lead switches in the last year.

Price change3 mo6 mo12 mo
ALC+4.0%-6.9%-6.8%
COO-12.3%-5.1%-17.8%
Relationship

Not a measured twin today

Only these tests can make a pair tradable on paper.

Pass
Aligned sessions: 1896 (needs >= 254)
Fail
Co-movement: daily return correlation, 252 sessions: 0.53 (needs >= 0.60)
Fail
Mean reversion: ADF t-statistic of the spread: -1.96 (needs <= -2.873 (5% critical value))
Pass
Speed: half-life of the spread, sessions: 23.04 (needs <= 63)
Data
Both stocks current
The twins over two years

Prices side by side, and the gap between them

ALC Alcon Inc. COO The Cooper Companies Inc.Price index, 100 = 2024-10-18. Tint = which stock is ahead of the pair's usual 1-year relationship (z beyond +/-0.5).
6080100Oct 2024Oct 2025Oct 2026ALC 74COO 57
Spread z-score: ALC relative to COO, against the 252 sessions before each day. Above 0: ALC ahead; below 0: COO ahead. Lines at +/-2 (idea) and +/-4 (stop).
-4stop-2idea0+2idea+4stopOct 2024Oct 2025Oct 2026
Data table (504 sessions)
DateALC indexCOO indexzAhead
2026-10-2274.2456.95+1.38ALC ahead
2026-10-2170.8754.47+1.37ALC ahead
2026-10-2071.2954.61+1.42ALC ahead
2026-10-1969.5153.72+1.31ALC ahead
2026-10-1669.5653.52+1.38ALC ahead
2026-10-1569.9853.02+1.61ALC ahead
2026-10-1467.1350.69+1.67ALC ahead
2026-10-1366.2250.42+1.56ALC ahead
2026-10-1267.6451.31+1.63ALC ahead
2026-10-0967.3850.22+1.90ALC ahead
2026-10-0866.3550.16+1.71ALC ahead
2026-10-0766.2250.57+1.57ALC ahead
2026-10-0666.4252.12+1.17ALC ahead
2026-10-0567.6252.44+1.35ALC ahead
2026-10-0267.0252.57+1.19ALC ahead
2026-10-0167.2153.03+1.10ALC ahead
2026-09-3068.0652.22+1.52ALC ahead
2026-09-2968.7852.31+1.66ALC ahead
2026-09-2868.5952.25+1.64ALC ahead
2026-09-2567.7651.15+1.79ALC ahead
2026-09-2467.8651.15+1.82ALC ahead
2026-09-2368.7351.79+1.83ALC ahead
2026-09-2268.9451.07+2.10ALC ahead
2026-09-2168.1849.99+2.27ALC ahead
2026-09-1868.3651.07+1.98ALC ahead
2026-09-1768.5149.67+2.43ALC ahead
2026-09-1669.6950.44+2.47ALC ahead
2026-09-1571.2249.21+3.22ALC ahead
2026-09-1471.2050.08+2.98ALC ahead
2026-09-1169.4049.80+2.70ALC ahead
2026-09-1069.9550.04+2.78ALC ahead
2026-09-0971.9358.64+0.71ALC ahead
2026-09-0872.6562.53-0.15near the usual relationship
2026-09-0474.1064.28-0.28near the usual relationship
2026-09-0375.7665.25-0.17near the usual relationship
2026-09-0275.9364.41+0.05near the usual relationship
2026-09-0175.4263.99+0.04near the usual relationship
2026-08-3175.7464.74-0.08near the usual relationship
2026-08-2875.6965.74-0.33near the usual relationship
2026-08-2775.9265.55-0.24near the usual relationship
2026-08-2676.3867.13-0.51COO ahead
2026-08-2577.1267.47-0.45near the usual relationship
2026-08-2477.4670.02-0.93COO ahead
2026-08-2177.3970.40-1.04COO ahead
2026-08-2076.6670.35-1.17COO ahead
2026-08-1978.0570.88-1.02COO ahead
2026-08-1877.3169.98-0.98COO ahead
2026-08-1776.1969.37-1.07COO ahead
2026-08-1478.0470.36-0.94COO ahead
2026-08-1377.2870.76-1.17COO ahead
2026-08-1277.3470.88-1.19COO ahead
2026-08-1179.2070.96-0.87COO ahead
2026-08-1077.3970.50-1.11COO ahead
2026-08-0775.4868.57-1.07COO ahead
2026-08-0673.0967.73-1.35COO ahead
2026-08-0574.1769.13-1.44COO ahead
2026-08-0474.6268.99-1.34COO ahead
2026-08-0373.8068.57-1.41COO ahead
2026-07-3172.4666.80-1.31COO ahead
2026-07-3073.1767.11-1.25COO ahead
2026-07-2973.2167.49-1.32COO ahead
2026-07-2872.6466.56-1.25COO ahead
2026-07-2770.7264.93-1.28COO ahead
2026-07-2471.3864.95-1.16COO ahead
2026-07-2370.6464.87-1.29COO ahead
2026-07-2270.7965.12-1.32COO ahead
2026-07-2170.7965.59-1.43COO ahead
2026-07-2073.6266.13-1.03COO ahead
2026-07-1773.8566.24-1.02COO ahead
2026-07-1674.2367.52-1.21COO ahead
2026-07-1572.0065.21-1.17COO ahead
2026-07-1470.2863.28-1.10COO ahead
2026-07-1372.5265.88-1.22COO ahead
2026-07-1071.2765.31-1.34COO ahead
2026-07-0970.5765.60-1.54COO ahead
2026-07-0869.9664.30-1.41COO ahead
2026-07-0770.2966.40-1.78COO ahead
2026-07-0671.8267.07-1.64COO ahead
2026-07-0273.2268.54-1.68COO ahead
2026-07-0170.2366.46-1.84COO ahead
2026-06-3070.5366.24-1.75COO ahead
2026-06-2971.0665.94-1.61COO ahead
2026-06-2671.2665.60-1.51COO ahead
2026-06-2571.6165.25-1.39COO ahead
2026-06-2471.4063.58-1.11COO ahead
2026-06-2369.5061.10-0.95COO ahead
2026-06-2268.5160.43-1.00COO ahead
2026-06-1867.9860.88-1.20COO ahead
2026-06-1767.4260.09-1.15COO ahead
2026-06-1669.2062.21-1.26COO ahead
2026-06-1569.6862.59-1.26COO ahead
2026-06-1270.2662.70-1.19COO ahead
2026-06-1169.9162.36-1.19COO ahead
2026-06-1069.4962.53-1.31COO ahead
2026-06-0971.3763.38-1.16COO ahead
2026-06-0869.4961.69-1.16COO ahead
2026-06-0570.2262.20-1.14COO ahead
2026-06-0469.9857.29-0.18near the usual relationship
2026-06-0367.5055.74-0.29near the usual relationship
2026-06-0267.5654.95-0.11near the usual relationship
2026-06-0169.0655.60+0.01near the usual relationship
2026-05-2969.6856.54-0.08near the usual relationship
2026-05-2869.0156.38-0.16near the usual relationship
2026-05-2769.7456.16+0.01near the usual relationship
2026-05-2671.1657.30+0.01near the usual relationship
2026-05-2271.2457.78-0.08near the usual relationship
2026-05-2171.4058.05-0.11near the usual relationship
2026-05-2070.7257.04-0.01near the usual relationship
2026-05-1969.6756.76-0.13near the usual relationship
2026-05-1869.3456.29-0.09near the usual relationship
2026-05-1566.8955.06-0.26near the usual relationship
2026-05-1467.2755.77-0.35near the usual relationship
2026-05-1366.6854.93-0.27near the usual relationship
2026-05-1267.0455.38-0.31near the usual relationship
2026-05-1165.1954.48-0.45near the usual relationship
2026-05-0865.7655.42-0.56COO ahead
2026-05-0767.1456.45-0.54COO ahead
2026-05-0668.7556.46-0.26near the usual relationship
2026-05-0578.2556.58+1.27ALC ahead
2026-05-0477.2356.83+1.06ALC ahead
2026-05-0177.8757.60+1.00ALC ahead
2026-04-3078.6958.10+1.02ALC ahead
2026-04-2976.5356.66+0.99ALC ahead
2026-04-2879.2558.28+1.07ALC ahead
2026-04-2779.8959.43+0.94ALC ahead
2026-04-2479.6759.50+0.89ALC ahead
2026-04-2379.7459.99+0.80ALC ahead
2026-04-2280.3361.81+0.53ALC ahead
2026-04-2181.8062.17+0.68ALC ahead
2026-04-2084.4064.16+0.67ALC ahead
2026-04-1785.4764.71+0.72ALC ahead
2026-04-1683.6164.09+0.57ALC ahead
2026-04-1584.8564.93+0.59ALC ahead
2026-04-1484.0266.15+0.25near the usual relationship
2026-04-1383.8166.23+0.20near the usual relationship
2026-04-1081.9965.78+0.02near the usual relationship
2026-04-0981.3566.01-0.12near the usual relationship
2026-04-0881.2666.26-0.18near the usual relationship
2026-04-0778.4864.35-0.25near the usual relationship
2026-04-0678.4464.93-0.37near the usual relationship
2026-04-0278.3764.82-0.36near the usual relationship
2026-04-0179.3765.98-0.43near the usual relationship
2026-03-3179.2066.04-0.47near the usual relationship
2026-03-3077.4364.02-0.37near the usual relationship
2026-03-2777.0964.45-0.50COO ahead
2026-03-2678.2766.08-0.62COO ahead
2026-03-2579.1066.00-0.48near the usual relationship
2026-03-2478.0365.11-0.49near the usual relationship
2026-03-2377.9364.88-0.46near the usual relationship
2026-03-2077.4164.62-0.50COO ahead
2026-03-1978.8465.31-0.41near the usual relationship
2026-03-1879.6165.74-0.38near the usual relationship
2026-03-1781.7566.55-0.21near the usual relationship
2026-03-1681.7665.62-0.04near the usual relationship
2026-03-1381.2764.59+0.08near the usual relationship
2026-03-1282.5166.06-0.01near the usual relationship
2026-03-1184.9068.12-0.04near the usual relationship
2026-03-1084.7768.73-0.16near the usual relationship
2026-03-0986.0370.04-0.21near the usual relationship
2026-03-0685.4870.71-0.39near the usual relationship
2026-03-0586.7474.08-0.78COO ahead
2026-03-0488.5775.73-0.79COO ahead
2026-03-0387.3277.01-1.16COO ahead
2026-03-0289.0177.52-1.01COO ahead
2026-02-2791.6377.29-0.63COO ahead
2026-02-2691.1577.60-0.74COO ahead
2026-02-2590.6877.10-0.72COO ahead
2026-02-2488.4377.18-1.03COO ahead
2026-02-2387.0876.61-1.13COO ahead
2026-02-2086.8577.66-1.33COO ahead
2026-02-1987.4777.30-1.19COO ahead
2026-02-1886.4977.04-1.29COO ahead
2026-02-1784.8475.69-1.31COO ahead
2026-02-1383.2576.66-1.69COO ahead
2026-02-1282.5675.47-1.60COO ahead
2026-02-1183.4576.71-1.67COO ahead
2026-02-1084.5975.35-1.28COO ahead
2026-02-0982.4575.26-1.58COO ahead
2026-02-0682.8675.84-1.61COO ahead
2026-02-0582.3773.99-1.38COO ahead
2026-02-0483.1074.75-1.40COO ahead
2026-02-0381.2873.28-1.42COO ahead
2026-02-0283.4374.50-1.30COO ahead
2026-01-3085.1275.17-1.16COO ahead
2026-01-2985.3074.24-0.98COO ahead
2026-01-2884.5374.34-1.09COO ahead
2026-01-2785.0074.54-1.04COO ahead
2026-01-2684.9274.73-1.07COO ahead
2026-01-2384.3975.09-1.19COO ahead
2026-01-2285.1676.48-1.29COO ahead
2026-01-2185.7976.24-1.16COO ahead
2026-01-2083.1074.46-1.24COO ahead
2026-01-1683.0476.09-1.49COO ahead
2026-01-1583.7476.03-1.38COO ahead
2026-01-1484.2075.46-1.22COO ahead
2026-01-1383.0375.47-1.38COO ahead
2026-01-1284.9976.88-1.31COO ahead
2026-01-0984.2277.08-1.43COO ahead
2026-01-0884.7476.79-1.31COO ahead
2026-01-0785.1677.50-1.35COO ahead
2026-01-0685.9977.89-1.30COO ahead
2026-01-0584.7776.43-1.24COO ahead
2026-01-0281.5674.92-1.44COO ahead
2025-12-3182.8475.71-1.38COO ahead
2025-12-3083.3676.18-1.37COO ahead
2025-12-2984.4575.93-1.19COO ahead
2025-12-2684.4976.32-1.23COO ahead
2025-12-2484.2776.27-1.25COO ahead
2025-12-2384.2176.56-1.29COO ahead
2025-12-2284.6677.44-1.35COO ahead
2025-12-1984.0676.44-1.27COO ahead
2025-12-1883.5676.17-1.29COO ahead
2025-12-1783.3176.19-1.31COO ahead
2025-12-1683.0674.86-1.15COO ahead
2025-12-1583.2475.31-1.18COO ahead
2025-12-1282.8375.82-1.28COO ahead
2025-12-1182.7875.85-1.28COO ahead
2025-12-1084.3174.58-0.91COO ahead
2025-12-0982.6972.52-0.81COO ahead
2025-12-0882.9072.08-0.71COO ahead
2025-12-0584.8575.19-0.88COO ahead
2025-12-0483.0371.15-0.54COO ahead
2025-12-0384.1270.18-0.27near the usual relationship
2025-12-0283.2570.05-0.34near the usual relationship
2025-12-0182.1971.50-0.64COO ahead
2025-11-2883.3671.98-0.56COO ahead
2025-11-2683.2171.99-0.57COO ahead
2025-11-2583.7372.24-0.53COO ahead
2025-11-2480.1570.21-0.66COO ahead
2025-11-2180.5269.71-0.54COO ahead
2025-11-2078.8865.68-0.18near the usual relationship
2025-11-1979.2766.65-0.26near the usual relationship
2025-11-1879.6566.69-0.22near the usual relationship
2025-11-1780.5265.91-0.01near the usual relationship
2025-11-1481.6266.63+0.02near the usual relationship
2025-11-1382.6366.28+0.18near the usual relationship
2025-11-1283.5066.96+0.19near the usual relationship
2025-11-1181.3166.27+0.06near the usual relationship
2025-11-1078.1965.32-0.15near the usual relationship
2025-11-0777.7564.75-0.12near the usual relationship
2025-11-0678.0663.74+0.06near the usual relationship
2025-11-0578.1463.62+0.09near the usual relationship
2025-11-0477.9863.81+0.05near the usual relationship
2025-11-0377.6564.49-0.06near the usual relationship
2025-10-3177.6664.58-0.07near the usual relationship
2025-10-3078.0564.76-0.04near the usual relationship
2025-10-2977.3664.27-0.05near the usual relationship
2025-10-2878.6466.28-0.16near the usual relationship
2025-10-2779.9967.29-0.14near the usual relationship
2025-10-2479.9767.90-0.21near the usual relationship
2025-10-2380.1668.83-0.29near the usual relationship
2025-10-2280.3068.77-0.27near the usual relationship
2025-10-2179.6369.28-0.38near the usual relationship
2025-10-2079.3169.27-0.41near the usual relationship
2025-10-1778.9566.48-0.12near the usual relationship
2025-10-1679.2566.10-0.04near the usual relationship
2025-10-1577.7763.51+0.13near the usual relationship
2025-10-1477.8665.78-0.13near the usual relationship
2025-10-1376.3164.01-0.07near the usual relationship
2025-10-1075.7363.15-0.02near the usual relationship
2025-10-0978.3464.43+0.10near the usual relationship
2025-10-0880.4664.90+0.25near the usual relationship
2025-10-0779.2263.75+0.27near the usual relationship
2025-10-0680.7464.76+0.30near the usual relationship
2025-10-0381.3365.08+0.33near the usual relationship
2025-10-0278.9563.85+0.25near the usual relationship
2025-10-0178.9562.88+0.37near the usual relationship
2025-09-3078.3263.33+0.26near the usual relationship
2025-09-2977.9062.51+0.32near the usual relationship
2025-09-2677.7062.40+0.32near the usual relationship
2025-09-2576.9861.79+0.33near the usual relationship
2025-09-2478.8363.14+0.36near the usual relationship
2025-09-2379.0462.35+0.48near the usual relationship
2025-09-2281.5462.81+0.66ALC ahead
2025-09-1981.2062.97+0.62ALC ahead
2025-09-1881.7662.09+0.78ALC ahead
2025-09-1781.1459.41+1.06ALC ahead
2025-09-1681.6160.19+1.01ALC ahead
2025-09-1581.3660.48+0.96ALC ahead
2025-09-1282.2961.59+0.92ALC ahead
2025-09-1183.7563.24+0.86ALC ahead
2025-09-1081.8462.50+0.78ALC ahead
2025-09-0982.9263.04+0.82ALC ahead
2025-09-0884.0663.54+0.87ALC ahead
2025-09-0584.2762.89+0.97ALC ahead
2025-09-0482.9462.81+0.87ALC ahead
2025-09-0382.7462.02+0.96ALC ahead
2025-09-0282.2760.35+1.12ALC ahead
2025-08-2983.8962.25+1.04ALC ahead
2025-08-2883.5059.65+1.34ALC ahead
2025-08-2785.5268.45+0.49near the usual relationship
2025-08-2685.6168.04+0.55ALC ahead
2025-08-2584.8967.87+0.50ALC ahead
2025-08-2286.2169.48+0.45near the usual relationship
2025-08-2183.2267.47+0.41near the usual relationship
2025-08-2085.1867.89+0.54ALC ahead
2025-08-1994.7268.37+1.29ALC ahead
2025-08-1892.6367.92+1.18ALC ahead
2025-08-1592.1967.67+1.18ALC ahead
2025-08-1491.2267.84+1.09ALC ahead
2025-08-1390.9068.60+0.98ALC ahead
2025-08-1290.4267.14+1.11ALC ahead
2025-08-1189.0165.47+1.19ALC ahead
2025-08-0890.1364.93+1.36ALC ahead
2025-08-0789.8263.92+1.47ALC ahead
2025-08-0688.4262.92+1.48ALC ahead
2025-08-0589.9164.25+1.46ALC ahead
2025-08-0492.3166.00+1.47ALC ahead
2025-08-0192.3665.46+1.55ALC ahead
2025-07-3192.0265.30+1.56ALC ahead
2025-07-3093.7466.77+1.54ALC ahead
2025-07-2996.1168.08+1.60ALC ahead
2025-07-2894.7667.35+1.59ALC ahead
2025-07-2596.5568.90+1.57ALC ahead
2025-07-2496.5968.17+1.68ALC ahead
2025-07-2396.9367.78+1.77ALC ahead
2025-07-2293.1967.46+1.50ALC ahead
2025-07-2191.6165.88+1.57ALC ahead
2025-07-1891.8167.09+1.45ALC ahead
2025-07-1791.4067.67+1.35ALC ahead
2025-07-1691.3667.15+1.42ALC ahead
2025-07-1590.3466.69+1.40ALC ahead
2025-07-1491.7867.99+1.38ALC ahead
2025-07-1191.9569.07+1.27ALC ahead
2025-07-1093.2370.85+1.18ALC ahead
2025-07-0991.4269.23+1.22ALC ahead
2025-07-0891.5068.59+1.31ALC ahead
2025-07-0791.2367.70+1.41ALC ahead
2025-07-0392.2667.71+1.51ALC ahead
2025-07-0293.8667.45+1.71ALC ahead
2025-07-0193.5767.25+1.72ALC ahead
2025-06-3092.7965.73+1.87ALC ahead
2025-06-2792.3065.71+1.84ALC ahead
2025-06-2691.5664.37+1.97ALC ahead
2025-06-2592.0464.23+2.07ALC ahead
2025-06-2491.6665.52+1.87ALC ahead
2025-06-2389.7164.22+1.88ALC ahead
2025-06-2089.7664.17+1.92ALC ahead
2025-06-1889.1064.48+1.82ALC ahead
2025-06-1789.2263.51+2.00ALC ahead
2025-06-1690.6064.42+2.04ALC ahead
2025-06-1390.6064.38+2.07ALC ahead
2025-06-1293.6765.47+2.25ALC ahead
2025-06-1193.1065.97+2.15ALC ahead
2025-06-1093.4967.14+2.05ALC ahead
2025-06-0991.9566.48+2.01ALC ahead
2025-06-0692.2766.81+2.02ALC ahead
2025-06-0591.3765.75+2.11ALC ahead
2025-06-0490.3362.28+2.57ALC ahead
2025-06-0389.7961.80+2.64ALC ahead
2025-06-0289.5261.89+2.64ALC ahead
2025-05-3090.3363.07+2.58ALC ahead
2025-05-2990.7673.86+1.00ALC ahead
2025-05-2889.7474.01+0.87ALC ahead
2025-05-2791.1374.44+0.98ALC ahead
2025-05-2390.9472.82+1.19ALC ahead
2025-05-2290.5473.25+1.09ALC ahead
2025-05-2192.0173.31+1.26ALC ahead
2025-05-2092.5775.28+1.06ALC ahead
2025-05-1993.9275.66+1.17ALC ahead
2025-05-1694.4276.59+1.10ALC ahead
2025-05-1592.1575.24+1.04ALC ahead
2025-05-1491.7074.33+1.13ALC ahead
2025-05-1398.0175.52+1.67ALC ahead
2025-05-1299.6378.00+1.52ALC ahead
2025-05-09100.6475.99+1.92ALC ahead
2025-05-08100.7876.59+1.87ALC ahead
2025-05-07101.0175.05+2.14ALC ahead
2025-05-06100.8974.42+2.25ALC ahead
2025-05-05102.3575.35+2.30ALC ahead
2025-05-02103.3276.02+2.34ALC ahead
2025-05-01101.0874.95+2.29ALC ahead
2025-04-30102.6075.44+2.42ALC ahead
2025-04-29101.3575.96+2.23ALC ahead
2025-04-28100.1975.61+2.19ALC ahead
2025-04-2599.7974.72+2.31ALC ahead
2025-04-2499.5276.28+2.07ALC ahead
2025-04-2398.4974.67+2.22ALC ahead
2025-04-2298.0873.70+2.36ALC ahead
2025-04-2196.0572.70+2.31ALC ahead
2025-04-1797.2773.44+2.37ALC ahead
2025-04-1696.7572.26+2.54ALC ahead
2025-04-1596.0971.86+2.56ALC ahead
2025-04-1495.2172.75+2.33ALC ahead
2025-04-1194.1971.55+2.44ALC ahead
2025-04-1091.4469.62+2.45ALC ahead
2025-04-0994.5971.96+2.49ALC ahead
2025-04-0887.1166.04+2.58ALC ahead
2025-04-0787.2267.72+2.30ALC ahead
2025-04-0488.1068.14+2.39ALC ahead
2025-04-0394.1972.21+2.53ALC ahead
2025-04-0297.3275.03+2.49ALC ahead
2025-04-0197.4475.07+2.54ALC ahead
2025-03-3199.7877.91+2.39ALC ahead
2025-03-28100.6677.38+2.63ALC ahead
2025-03-27101.7478.50+2.62ALC ahead
2025-03-2695.9877.46+2.04ALC ahead
2025-03-2597.5477.31+2.31ALC ahead
2025-03-2497.0777.66+2.21ALC ahead
2025-03-2195.1975.48+2.36ALC ahead
2025-03-2096.0474.26+2.74ALC ahead
2025-03-1995.5174.01+2.76ALC ahead
2025-03-1895.5573.93+2.83ALC ahead
2025-03-1794.4573.81+2.74ALC ahead
2025-03-1493.5075.02+2.40ALC ahead
2025-03-1391.2471.80+2.73ALC ahead
2025-03-1293.3273.04+2.86ALC ahead
2025-03-1193.7074.85+2.60ALC ahead
2025-03-1094.5373.79+3.00ALC ahead
2025-03-0797.7878.51+2.62ALC ahead
2025-03-0696.8384.04+1.44ALC ahead
2025-03-0599.5684.36+1.82ALC ahead
2025-03-0497.3283.75+1.60ALC ahead
2025-03-0398.9584.66+1.71ALC ahead
2025-02-2897.2383.48+1.67ALC ahead
2025-02-2796.6783.01+1.68ALC ahead
2025-02-2698.0884.05+1.73ALC ahead
2025-02-2595.7683.37+1.49ALC ahead
2025-02-2493.8683.19+1.22ALC ahead
2025-02-2194.9281.73+1.69ALC ahead
2025-02-2094.1581.92+1.53ALC ahead
2025-02-1994.1379.86+1.95ALC ahead
2025-02-1894.0280.63+1.79ALC ahead
2025-02-1494.6581.38+1.77ALC ahead
2025-02-1394.8586.53+0.85ALC ahead
2025-02-1292.6684.98+0.78ALC ahead
2025-02-1194.4086.32+0.83ALC ahead
2025-02-1093.8486.49+0.71ALC ahead
2025-02-0794.1386.43+0.78ALC ahead
2025-02-0696.3388.02+0.86ALC ahead
2025-02-0598.2889.29+0.95ALC ahead
2025-02-0496.2588.03+0.86ALC ahead
2025-02-0395.0288.07+0.66ALC ahead
2025-01-3195.7489.18+0.59ALC ahead
2025-01-3097.0490.62+0.56ALC ahead
2025-01-2996.0590.52+0.43near the usual relationship
2025-01-2895.9290.98+0.34near the usual relationship
2025-01-2796.0291.86+0.22near the usual relationship
2025-01-2493.5090.25+0.10near the usual relationship
2025-01-2393.6688.38+0.44near the usual relationship
2025-01-2293.3287.92+0.46near the usual relationship
2025-01-2193.0688.08+0.41near the usual relationship
2025-01-1788.6886.15+0.04near the usual relationship
2025-01-1688.4485.02+0.19near the usual relationship
2025-01-1587.5283.76+0.26near the usual relationship
2025-01-1486.9682.31+0.42near the usual relationship
2025-01-1387.6584.32+0.20near the usual relationship
2025-01-1087.6783.42+0.36near the usual relationship
2025-01-0887.9984.87+0.17near the usual relationship
2025-01-0788.7085.62+0.17near the usual relationship
2025-01-0688.1585.91+0.04near the usual relationship
2025-01-0388.3584.79+0.26near the usual relationship
2025-01-0287.7183.74+0.33near the usual relationship
2024-12-3189.2384.92+0.38near the usual relationship
2024-12-3089.0884.45+0.44near the usual relationship
2024-12-2790.0385.29+0.46near the usual relationship
2024-12-2690.7185.54+0.53ALC ahead
2024-12-2490.4885.73+0.47near the usual relationship
2024-12-2389.7485.46+0.40near the usual relationship
2024-12-2089.0986.31+0.17near the usual relationship
2024-12-1988.4884.92+0.31near the usual relationship
2024-12-1889.0785.34+0.33near the usual relationship
2024-12-1789.9187.28+0.16near the usual relationship
2024-12-1688.1586.81-0.03near the usual relationship
2024-12-1388.4787.61-0.10near the usual relationship
2024-12-1290.1289.34-0.12near the usual relationship
2024-12-1190.9991.71-0.34near the usual relationship
2024-12-1090.1991.52-0.43near the usual relationship
2024-12-0990.8991.69-0.35near the usual relationship
2024-12-0691.1991.17-0.22near the usual relationship
2024-12-0591.8295.35-0.73COO ahead
2024-12-0492.3396.97-0.89COO ahead
2024-12-0391.8095.41-0.75COO ahead
2024-12-0292.7495.14-0.58COO ahead
2024-11-2993.3996.49-0.68COO ahead
2024-11-2792.7495.54-0.64COO ahead
2024-11-2691.7094.81-0.69COO ahead
2024-11-2590.5794.59-0.83COO ahead
2024-11-2290.3893.11-0.65COO ahead
2024-11-2189.9492.29-0.59COO ahead
2024-11-2089.8791.52-0.49near the usual relationship
2024-11-1989.7991.49-0.49near the usual relationship
2024-11-1890.1991.89-0.49near the usual relationship
2024-11-1589.4892.03-0.61COO ahead
2024-11-1489.5292.24-0.64COO ahead
2024-11-1391.9694.11-0.55COO ahead
2024-11-1291.3394.22-0.66COO ahead
2024-11-1196.9995.65-0.05near the usual relationship
2024-11-0897.3495.83-0.03near the usual relationship
2024-11-0797.3395.45+0.03near the usual relationship
2024-11-0696.1495.86-0.20near the usual relationship
2024-11-0597.1697.18-0.24near the usual relationship
2024-11-0496.8896.86-0.24near the usual relationship
2024-11-0196.4897.77-0.42near the usual relationship
2024-10-3196.6596.69-0.25near the usual relationship
2024-10-3098.0397.17-0.13near the usual relationship
2024-10-2999.3496.55+0.14near the usual relationship
2024-10-2899.7297.46+0.06near the usual relationship
2024-10-2599.0699.59-0.32near the usual relationship
2024-10-2499.2199.11-0.24near the usual relationship
2024-10-2399.3497.28+0.03near the usual relationship
2024-10-2299.4797.76-0.02near the usual relationship
2024-10-2199.1698.58-0.17near the usual relationship
2024-10-18100.00100.00-0.25near the usual relationship

One-day company-specific moves (4+ standard deviations, which block ideas for 10 sessions): May 30, 2025 (ALC -0.5%, COO -14.6%); Aug 20, 2025 (ALC -10.1%, COO -0.7%); Aug 28, 2025 (ALC -2.4%, COO -12.8%); May 6, 2026 (ALC -12.1%, COO -0.2%); Jun 5, 2026 (ALC +0.3%, COO +8.6%); Sep 10, 2026 (ALC -2.8%, COO -14.7%).

Paired trades

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Historical simulation (a diagnostic, same rules)

No simulated trade through Oct 20, 2026: the pair rarely passed every test while 2 standard deviations apart.

Per $10,000 a leg. A replay on today's companies cannot prove an edge.

The companies

ALC and COO at a glance

ALC Alcon Inc.

Listing
NYSE · SEC CIK 1167379
Industry
Ophthalmic Goods · SIC 3851 Ophthalmic Goods
Market value
$33.0B
Price history
1,896 daily closes, Apr 9, 2019 to Oct 22, 2026

COO The Cooper Companies Inc.

Listing
Nasdaq · SEC CIK 711404
Industry
Ophthalmic Goods · SIC 3851 Ophthalmic Goods
Market value
$11.1B
Price history
2,521 daily closes, Oct 12, 2016 to Oct 22, 2026

Daily prices: Nasdaq.com. Filings and industry codes: SEC EDGAR. Earnings dates: Nasdaq earnings calendar.

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