Icon (ICLR) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026)
Icon (ICLR) posted Return on Sales [ROS] of 6.68% for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, down 4.65 percentage points from 11.33% a year earlier and down 1.86 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Icon (ICLR) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Return on Sales [ROS] at Icon was 7.34%, down 5.84 percentage points year-over-year; for the year ended Dec 31, 2025, it came in at 12.27%, down 1.88 percentage points from the prior year.
- Annual Return on Sales [ROS] shows a five-year change of -1.73 percentage points (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- In prior years, Icon's Return on Sales [ROS] was 14.14% in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (+2.91 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 0.27% in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2021 to a high of 16.02% in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2024 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Sales [ROS] has declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.50 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Sales [ROS] in the past five years was the quarter ended Sep 30, 2022, with a gain of 12.27 percentage points; the weakest was the quarter ended Sep 30, 2021, with a drop of 15.17 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales [ROS] for the three prior quarters was 8.54% (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), 9.84% (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and 4.24% (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iqvia Holdings | 43.59 Bn | 35.30 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 11.58% |
| 2 | Medpace Holdings | 17.35 Bn | 15.41 Bn | 201.64 Mn | 20.76% |
| 3 | Charles River Laboratories International | 14.57 Bn | 13.77 Bn | 363.37 Mn | 11.94% |
| 4 | Icon | 13.15 Bn | 10.26 Bn | 479.29 Mn | 6.68% |
| 5 | Fortrea Holdings | 2.02 Bn | 1.40 Bn | 139.20 Mn | 2.18% |
| 6 | Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings | 720.92 Mn | -41.17 Mn | 18.44 Mn | -290.47% |
| 7 | Evotec SE | 502.55 Mn | -1.11 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | Champions Oncology | 66.57 Mn | 41.65 Mn | 7.70 Mn | -2.69% |
| 9 | MindWalk Holdings | 63.08 Mn | 26.73 Mn | 1.61 Mn | -159.86% |
| 10 | Natural Alternatives International | 6.81 Mn | -21.27 Mn | 1.73 Mn | -38.18% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 6.68% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 8.54% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -3.31% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 4.24% |
| 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% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.27% |
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();