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.
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Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 213.88 Bn | 209.81 Bn | 8.34 Bn | 8.30% |
| 2 | Danaher | 140.65 Bn | 136.30 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 6.42% |
| 3 | Idexx Laboratories | 46.02 Bn | 45.83 Bn | 779.09 Mn | 68.60% |
| 4 | Agilent Technologies | 39.85 Bn | 38.05 Bn | 990.00 Mn | 14.57% |
| 5 | Iqvia Holdings | 39.20 Bn | 37.12 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 10.49% |
| 6 | Natera | 38.80 Bn | 37.70 Bn | 696.04 Mn | -16.64% |
| 7 | Illumina | 30.11 Bn | 28.94 Bn | 770.00 Mn | 17.55% |
| 8 | Mettler Toledo International | 28.66 Bn | 28.61 Bn | 650.22 Mn | 49.80% |
| 9 | Quest Diagnostics | 26.24 Bn | 25.61 Bn | 1.03 Bn | 10.85% |
| 10 | Icon | 12.52 Bn | 12.52 Bn | 479.29 Mn | 2.62% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.62% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.31% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 7.38% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 7.47% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.71% |
| 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% |