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Icon PLC ICLR

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$308.31 +8.15 (2.72%)
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ICON Earnings: Strong Demand for Outsourced Clinical Trials; Focus on Innovative Data Solutions

Narrow-moat Icon reported strong first-quarter results highlighted by revenue exceeding $2 billion, representing a nearly 6% increase from the prior-year period, thanks to stabilizing demand within the biotech customer base. We continue to have a positive outlook for Icon, and we maintain our fair value estimate of $268 per share. However, we view the stock as currently trading at a 12% premium to our fair value estimate.

Price vs Fair Value

ICLR is trading at a 14% premium.
Price
$306.45
Fair Value
$236.00
Uncertainty
Medium
1-Star Price
$251.60
5-Star Price
$615.80
Economic Moat
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Capital Allocation
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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

Icon is highly exposed to the late-stage CRO industry, which due to its complexity is conducive to long-term competitive advantages.

Bears

Drawbacks to biotech funding or declines in outsourcing penetration rates could have a material impact on Icon's growth.

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
$300.16
Day Range
$302.13–308.80
52-Week Range
$181.92–344.82
Bid/Ask
$308.37 / $308.84
Market Cap
$25.49 Bil
Volume/Avg
7 / 555,895

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
24.33
Price/Sales
3.02
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
—
Dividend Yield (Forward)
—
Total Yield
—

Company Profile

Icon is a global late-stage contract research organization that provides drug development and clinical trial services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical-device firms. While the vast majority of its revenue comes from clinical research, Icon also offers ancillary services such as laboratory and imaging capabilities. The company is headquartered in Ireland.
Sector
Healthcare
Industry
Diagnostics & Research
Stock Style Box
Mid Growth
Total Number of Employees
41,150

Competitors

Valuation

Metric
ICLR
MEDP
FTRE
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
24.3341.5065.37
Price/Book Value
2.6318.781.86
Price/Sales
3.026.601.04
Price/Cash Flow
18.6336.4926.55
Price/Earnings
ICLR
MEDP
FTRE

Financial Strength

Metric
ICLR
MEDP
FTRE
Quick Ratio
1.160.591.52
Current Ratio
1.210.641.62
Interest Coverage
3.37688.871.02
Quick Ratio
ICLR
MEDP
FTRE

Profitability

Metric
ICLR
MEDP
FTRE
Return on Assets (Normalized)
4.85%21.26%1.15%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
9.19%67.47%2.40%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
8.41%49.10%3.06%
Return on Assets
ICLR
MEDP
FTRE
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