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
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |