Icon (ICLR) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2025)

Icon (ICLR) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 3.66% for Q1 2026, down 526.0% YoY from 0.86% in Q1 2025, and down 4.59% sequentially from 3.84% in Q4 2025.

Icon (ICLR) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Icon has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 3.66% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 526.0% year-over-year to 3.66%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 3.66% (down 526.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 4.63%, down 530.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed eased to 3.66% in Q1 2026, from 3.84% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for ICLR reached as high as 8.92% in Q1 2025 and fell as low as 2.71% in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 6.15% (2025), against an average of 5.68%.
  • The widest YoY moves for Return on Capital Employed: up 1047 bps in 2022, down 1548 bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 6.23% in 2022, then increased by 22 bps to 7.6% in 2023, then climbed by 15 bps to 8.71% in 2024, then sank by 56 bps to 3.84% in 2025, then decreased by 5 bps to 3.66% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 3.66%, 3.84%, and 6.15% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Waters 31,055.11 Bn 31,054.65 Bn 1.11 Bn 4.82%
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 191.02 Bn 187.77 Bn 7.74 Bn 8.12%
3 Danaher 137.16 Bn 131.47 Bn 3.59 Bn 6.26%
4 Idexx Laboratories 42.82 Bn 42.62 Bn 722.74 Mn 67.98%
5 Natera 39.09 Bn 37.99 Bn 696.04 Mn -3.63%
6 Agilent Technologies 37.61 Bn 35.81 Bn 990.00 Mn 14.57%
7 Iqvia Holdings 34.23 Bn 32.25 Bn 1.36 Bn 10.24%
8 Illumina 28.14 Bn 26.98 Bn 721.00 Mn 16.90%
9 Mettler Toledo International 26.40 Bn 26.33 Bn 555.82 Mn 45.73%
10 Icon 13.41 Bn 12.64 Bn 477.93 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2025 6.15%
Jun 30, 2025 7.22%
Sep 30, 2024 7.00%
Jun 30, 2024 2.54%
Sep 30, 2023 6.30%
Jun 30, 2023 6.05%
Sep 30, 2022 5.13%
Jun 30, 2022 3.41%
Sep 30, 2021 4.25%
Jun 30, 2021 18.89%
Sep 30, 2020 -1.96%
Jun 30, 2020 -1.90%
Sep 30, 2019 21.02%
Jun 30, 2019 20.92%
Sep 30, 2018 16.06%
Jun 30, 2018 15.85%
Sep 30, 2017 22.96%
Jun 30, 2017 23.36%
Sep 30, 2016 22.11%
Jun 30, 2016 22.54%