Icon (ICLR) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026)
Icon (ICLR) posted Return on Sales [ROS] of 9.82% for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, up 20.51 percentage points from -10.69% a year earlier and up 3.14 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Icon (ICLR) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Sep 30, 2026, Return on Sales [ROS] at Icon was 8.72%, up 2.95 percentage points year-over-year; for the year ended Dec 31, 2025, it came in at 5.37%, down 7.24 percentage points from the prior year.
- Annual Return on Sales [ROS] shows a five-year change of -8.63 percentage points (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- In prior years, Icon's Return on Sales [ROS] was 12.61% in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (+1.38 pp), 11.23% in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (+0.96 pp), 10.27% in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (+3.37 pp) and 6.91% in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (-7.09 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] has run from a low of -10.69% in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2025 to a high of 14.06% in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2024 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Sales [ROS] increased in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.80 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Sales [ROS] in the past five years was the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, with a gain of 20.51 percentage points; the weakest was the quarter ended Sep 30, 2025, with a drop of 24.75 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales [ROS] for the three prior quarters was 6.68% (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), 8.54% (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026) and 9.84% (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iqvia Holdings | 44.71 Bn | 35.96 Bn | 1.50 Bn | 12.92% |
| 2 | Medpace Holdings | 18.26 Bn | 15.91 Bn | 223.89 Mn | 23.12% |
| 3 | Charles River Laboratories International | 16.16 Bn | 15.36 Bn | 357.87 Mn | 20.62% |
| 4 | Icon | 16.06 Bn | 12.83 Bn | 491.83 Mn | 9.82% |
| 5 | Fortrea Holdings | 2.10 Bn | 1.39 Bn | 139.50 Mn | 2.17% |
| 6 | Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings | 699.49 Mn | -62.59 Mn | 18.44 Mn | -290.47% |
| 7 | Evotec SE | 601.99 Mn | -1.16 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | Champions Oncology | 66.71 Mn | 41.80 Mn | 7.70 Mn | -2.69% |
| 9 | MindWalk Holdings | 48.93 Mn | 12.59 Mn | 1.61 Mn | -159.86% |
| 10 | Natural Alternatives International | 6.57 Mn | -21.51 Mn | 1.73 Mn | -38.18% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 9.82% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 6.68% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8.54% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 9.84% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -10.69% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 11.33% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 11.26% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 11.89% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 14.06% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 10.84% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 13.66% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 10.70% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 12.86% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 10.37% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 10.96% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 10.37% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 12.55% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 9.19% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 8.96% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 7.67% |
Icon Return on Sales [ROS] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=ICLR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "ICLR", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=ICLR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();