ICLR vs Peers Stock Comparison

Icon Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ICLR Icon Plc
$183.78 +6.6% 1M +3.2% 1Y
Market cap
$14.07B
P/E
43.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.33B
Div. yield
–
Contract Research Healthcare

Percentile Scorecard

ICLR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisICLR
Valuation 92 #33 of 396
Growth 25 #272 of 363
Profitability 80 #65 of 325
Financial Health 38 #271 of 437
Shareholder Returns 89 #20 of 179
Overall 65
  • ICLR ranked among 451 companies in Healthcare

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodICLRSPY
1 month +6.6% -0.8%
3 months +8.9% +3.5%
6 months +78.1% +7.0%
Year to date +0.9% +12.2%
1 year +3.2% +13.0%
3 years -21.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year -7.9% +23.1%
5 years -34.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year -8.2% +11.0%
10 years +125.7% +258.0%
10 years, per year +8.5% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureICLRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 73.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 87.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.45 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.04 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -76.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -9.4% -1.8%
52-week high $202.92 $779.14
52-week low $80.08 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleICLR
P/E now vs peer median 43.8xmedian 19.7x
P/S now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 23.5xmedian 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.9xmedian 16.3x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median -3.55median 0.41

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsICLR
Revenue $8.33B
Gross profit $2.01B
Operating income $325.64M
Net income $69.55M
Free cash flow $883.82M
EPS (diluted) $4.16
Cash & equivalents $928.39M
Total debt $13.60B
Shares (diluted) 78.97M
Enterprise value $11.18B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricICLR
P/E 43.8x
P/FCF 15.9x
P/Operating cash flow 13.2x
P/S 1.7x
P/B 1.5x
P/Tangible book 2.3x
EV/EBITDA 23.5x
EV/EBIT 50.8x
EV/Revenue 2.0x
EV/FCF 18.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -3.55

Growth

14 metrics
MetricICLR
Revenue growth (1Y) 3.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -11.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -4.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) -66.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -28.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -91.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -48.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -59.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -12.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -7.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 26.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -10.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 32.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricICLR
Gross margin 24.2%
EBITDA margin 8.4%
Operating margin 3.9%
Pretax margin 1.6%
Net margin 3.9%
FCF margin 10.6%
Operating cash flow margin 12.8%
Return on equity 6.4%
Return on assets 3.7%
Return on invested capital 1.3%
Return on capital employed 2.6%
Asset turnover 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 15.4x
Stock comp / revenue 1.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricICLR
Debt / assets 20.7%
Debt / equity 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.5x
Debt / FCF 3.8x
Liabilities / assets 42.8%
Equity / assets 57.2%
Interest coverage 1.7x
Current ratio 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.2x
Altman Z-score 1.96

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricICLR
Dividend yield –
Net buyback yield 1.7%
Shareholder yield 1.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusICLR
Forward P/E 17.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.25FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -18.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +22.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.52BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +3.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -3.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersICLR
Held by institutions 100.0%
Institutions holding 422
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.5%
Institutions buying 233
Institutions selling 138
Buyers to sellers 1.69

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