Icon (ICLR) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2025)
Icon (ICLR) reported Return on Capital Employed of 3.36% for Q4 2025, down 484.0% year-over-year from 0.87% in Q4 2024, and down 44.9% quarter-over-quarter from 6.09% in Q3 2025.
Icon (ICLR) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Icon (ICLR) has 17 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 3.36% in Q4 2025.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 came in at 3.36%, down 484.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 3.36% (down 484.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 4.03%, down 501.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed declined to 3.36% in Q4 2025 per ICLR's latest filing, from 6.09% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 18.89% in Q2 2021 and troughed at 7.13% in Q1 2021.
- A 5-year average of 5.48% and a median of 6.07% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2022: Return on Capital Employed sank 5589 bps in 2021, then jumped 1047 bps in 2022.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 2.77% in 2021, then surged by 125 bps to 6.23% in 2022, then increased by 22 bps to 7.6% in 2023, then rose by 8 bps to 8.2% in 2024, then slumped by 59 bps to 3.36% in 2025.
- Business Quant data shows ICLR's Return on Capital Employed at 3.36% in Q4 2025, 6.09% in Q3 2025, and 7.17% in Q2 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waters | 30,529.42 Bn | 30,528.96 Bn | 1.11 Bn | 4.82% |
| 2 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 183.75 Bn | 180.50 Bn | 7.74 Bn | 8.12% |
| 3 | Danaher | 133.13 Bn | 127.43 Bn | 3.59 Bn | 6.26% |
| 4 | Idexx Laboratories | 46.14 Bn | 45.94 Bn | 722.74 Mn | 67.98% |
| 5 | Agilent Technologies | 38.20 Bn | 36.39 Bn | 990.00 Mn | 14.57% |
| 6 | Natera | 31.50 Bn | 30.40 Bn | 696.04 Mn | -3.63% |
| 7 | Iqvia Holdings | 31.34 Bn | 29.36 Bn | 1.36 Bn | 10.24% |
| 8 | Illumina | 24.51 Bn | 23.36 Bn | 721.00 Mn | 16.90% |
| 9 | Mettler Toledo International | 23.53 Bn | 23.47 Bn | 555.82 Mn | 45.73% |
| 10 | Icon | 11.96 Bn | 11.31 Bn | 500.89 Mn | 3.36% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.36% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.09% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 7.17% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 8.79% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 8.20% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 7.00% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.54% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.63% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 7.60% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 6.30% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 6.05% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 6.96% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.23% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 5.13% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.41% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.34% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.77% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 4.25% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 18.89% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -7.13% |