Icon (ICLR) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)
Icon (ICLR) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 2.62% for Q2 2026, down 475.0% year-over-year from 0.7% in Q2 2025, and down 58.47% quarter-over-quarter from 6.31% in Q3 2025.
Icon (ICLR) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Icon (ICLR) has reported Return on Capital Employed for 18 consecutive years, with 2.62% the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.
- In Q2 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 475.0% year-over-year to 2.62%; the TTM figure through Jun 2026 stood at 2.62% (down 475.0% YoY), while the FY2015 annual figure was 27.8%, up 548.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed declined to 2.62% in Q2 2026 per ICLR's latest filing, from 6.31% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 7.47% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 2.62% in Q2 2026.
- Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 5.26% across 5 years, with a median of 6.05% in 2023.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed plunged 1548 bps — and 2025, when it jumped 467 bps.
- Icon's Return on Capital Employed stood at 5.13% in 2022, then grew by 23 bps to 6.3% in 2023, then grew by 19 bps to 7.47% in 2024, then fell by 16 bps to 6.31% in 2025, then sank by 58 bps to 2.62% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows ICLR's Return on Capital Employed at 2.62% in Q2 2026, 6.31% in Q3 2025, and 7.38% in Q2 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 234.15 Bn | 230.09 Bn | 8.34 Bn | 8.30% |
| 2 | Danaher | 152.10 Bn | 147.75 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 6.42% |
| 3 | Natera | 48.48 Bn | 47.38 Bn | 486.15 Mn | -13.91% |
| 4 | Agilent Technologies | 44.35 Bn | 42.55 Bn | 990.00 Mn | 14.57% |
| 5 | Iqvia Holdings | 43.68 Bn | 41.60 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 10.49% |
| 6 | Idexx Laboratories | 43.02 Bn | 42.83 Bn | 779.09 Mn | 68.60% |
| 7 | Illumina | 34.39 Bn | 33.22 Bn | 770.00 Mn | 17.55% |
| 8 | Mettler Toledo International | 28.29 Bn | 28.24 Bn | 650.22 Mn | 49.80% |
| 9 | Labcorp Holdings | 27.51 Bn | 27.37 Bn | 1.11 Bn | 8.97% |
| 10 | Icon | 13.32 Bn | 13.32 Bn | 479.29 Mn | 4.88% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4.88% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.56% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 7.61% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 7.32% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.65% |
| 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 | 50,252,110.14% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 79,930,465.43% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 37,284,174.30% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 22.96% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 23.36% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 22.11% |