Icon (ICLR) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Icon (ICLR) posted quarterly Free Cash Flow of $197.8 million for Q1 2026, down 33.44% YoY from $297.1 million in Q1 2025, and up 460.01% sequentially from -$54.9 million in Q4 2025.

Icon (ICLR) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Icon has disclosed Free Cash Flow across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $197.8 million for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Free Cash Flow fell 33.44% year-over-year to $197.8 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $762.6 million (down 28.16% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $862.0 million, down 22.94% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow rose to $197.8 million in Q1 2026, from -$54.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Free Cash Flow for ICLR reached as high as $446.0 million in Q3 2024 and fell as low as -$54.9 million in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $246.5 million (2022), against an average of $246.3 million.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Free Cash Flow soared 104.39% — and 2025, when it slumped 186.54%.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $251.1 million in 2022, then soared by 47.61% to $370.6 million in 2023, then sank by 82.87% to $63.5 million in 2024, then plunged by 186.54% to -$54.9 million in 2025, then jumped by 460.01% to $197.8 million in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Free Cash Flow over the past three periods registered $197.8 million, -$54.9 million, and $441.3 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF (Qtr)
1 Waters 31,055.11 Bn 31,054.65 Bn 1.11 Bn -42.00 Mn
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 191.02 Bn 187.77 Bn 7.74 Bn 816.00 Mn
3 Danaher 137.16 Bn 131.47 Bn 3.59 Bn 1.09 Bn
4 Idexx Laboratories 42.82 Bn 42.62 Bn 722.74 Mn 257.97 Mn
5 Natera 39.09 Bn 37.99 Bn 696.04 Mn 18.03 Mn
6 Agilent Technologies 37.61 Bn 35.81 Bn 990.00 Mn 201.00 Mn
7 Iqvia Holdings 34.23 Bn 32.25 Bn 1.36 Bn 491.00 Mn
8 Illumina 28.14 Bn 26.98 Bn 721.00 Mn 251.00 Mn
9 Mettler Toledo International 26.40 Bn 26.33 Bn 555.82 Mn 122.38 Mn
10 Icon 13.41 Bn 12.64 Bn 477.93 Mn 197.78 Mn

Historic Data

Download Data
DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 197.78 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 197.78 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -54.94 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -54.94 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 441.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 441.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 178.48 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 178.48 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 297.15 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 297.15 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 63.48 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 63.48 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 446.01 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 446.01 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 254.88 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 254.88 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 354.23 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 354.23 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 211.46 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 211.46 Mn