How to buy ICON stock (ICLR)

ICON is a diagnostics & research business based in the US. ICON shares (ICLR) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $212.29 – an increase of 2.3% over the previous week. ICON employs 42,250 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $8.3 billion.

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ICON stock price (NASDAQ: ICLR)

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ICON shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-25.

Latest market close	$212.29
52-week range	$183.38 - $347.72
50-day moving average more info button	$223.48
200-day moving average more info button	$291.81
Wall St. target price	$272.13
PE ratio more info button	23.6956
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$9.00

Is it a good time to buy ICON stock?

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ICON price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $213.82 from 2024-12-26

1 week (2024-12-20)	3.04%
1 month (2024-11-27)	0.46%
3 months (2024-09-27)	-25.14%
6 months (2024-06-27)	-31.73%

1 year (2023-12-27)	-24.76%
2 years (2022-12-27)	10.65%
3 years (2021-12-27)	307.62
5 years (2019-12-27)	24.40%

Is ICON stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing ICON stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of ICON's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

ICON's P/E ratio

ICON's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 24x. In other words, ICON shares trade at around 24x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

ICON's PEG ratio

ICON's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.9976. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into ICON's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

ICON's EBITDA

ICON's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.7 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a ICON's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

ICON financials

Revenue TTM	$8.3 billion
Operating margin TTM	14.45%
Gross profit TTM	$2.2 billion
Return on assets TTM	4.17%
Return on equity TTM	7.99%
Profit margin	9%
Book value	$118.39
Market Capitalization more info button	$17.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

ICON share dividends

We're not expecting ICON to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have ICON's shares ever split?

ICON's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 12 August 2008 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your ICON shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for ICON shares which in turn could have impacted ICON's share price.

ICON share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, ICON's shares have ranged in value from as little as $183.38 up to $347.7225. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while ICON's is 1.251. This would suggest that ICON's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

ICON overview

ICON Public Limited Company, a clinical research organization, provides outsourced development and commercialization services in Ireland, rest of Europe, the United States, and internationally. The company specializes in the strategic development, management, and analysis of programs that support various stages of the clinical development process from compound selection to Phase I-IV clinical studies. It also offers clinical development services, including all phases of development, peri and post approval, data solutions, and site and patient access services; clinical trial management, consulting, and contract staffing services; and commercial services comprising clinical development strategy, planning and trial design, full study execution, and post-market commercialization. In addition, the company provides laboratory services, including bionanalytical, biomarker, vaccine, good manufacturing practice, and central laboratory services, as well as full-service and functional service partnerships to customers. Further, it offers adaptive trials, cardiac safety solutions, clinical and scientific operations, consulting and advisory, commercial positioning, decentralized and hybrid clinical trials, early clinical, laboratories, language services, medical imaging, real world intelligence, site and patient, and strategic solutions. The company serves pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries, as well as government and public health organizations. ICON Public Limited Company was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of ICON is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.655% of ICON shares are held by insiders and 101.039% by institutions. How many people work for ICON?
Latest data suggests 42,250 work at ICON. When does the fiscal year end for ICON?
ICON's fiscal year ends in December. Where is ICON based?
ICON's address is: South County Business Park, Dublin, Ireland, D18 X5R3 What is ICON's ISIN number?
ICON's international securities identification number is: USG4705A1000 What is ICON's CUSIP number?
ICON's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: G4705A100