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Icon Plc (NASDAQ: ICLR) closed the day trading at $143.54 down -2.27% from the previous closing price of $146.88. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.27 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.6 million shares were traded. ICLR stock price reached its highest trading level at $148.73 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $142.485.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of ICLR, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 22.01 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 11.12. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.27 and its Current Ratio is at 1.27. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.37 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.37.
On April 14, 2025, TD Cowen Downgraded its rating to Hold which previously was Buy but kept the price unchanged to $157.
Barclays Downgraded its Overweight to Equal Weight on April 10, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $165.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 23 ’25 when RONAN MARTIN MURPHY bought 334 shares for $126.90 per share.
EUGENE PACELLI MCCAGUE bought 334 shares of ICLR for $42,384 on May 23 ’25. On May 23 ’25, another insider, LINDA SUE GRAIS, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 334 shares for $126.90 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, ICLR now has a Market Capitalization of 11409103872 and an Enterprise Value of 14626331648. As of this moment, Icon’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 15.62, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.11. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.37. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.41 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.20. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.785 whereas that against EBITDA is 8.992.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ICLR is 1.16, which has changed by -0.5777366 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.13161862 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ICLR has reached a high of $342.55, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $125.10. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.91%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -23.63%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, ICLR traded about 1.52M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, ICLR traded about 1259610 shares per day. A total of 80.76M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 80.24M. Insiders hold about 0.65% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 88.38% stake in the company. Shares short for ICLR as of 1749772800 were 1734599 with a Short Ratio of 1.37, compared to 1747267200 on 1525071. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1734599 and a Short% of Float of 2.1999999999999997.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
