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The price of Icon Plc (NASDAQ: ICLR) closed at $175.05 in the last session, up 0.60% from day before closing price of $174.0. In other words, the price has increased by $0.60 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.5 million shares were traded. ICLR stock price reached its highest trading level at $175.19 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $172.36.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at ICLR’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 34.87 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 13.76. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.29 and its Current Ratio is at 1.29. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.37 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.37.
On July 24, 2025, Robert W. Baird Upgraded its rating to Outperform which previously was Neutral but kept the price unchanged to $224.
JP Morgan Downgraded its Overweight to Neutral on April 29, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $150.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 08 ’25 when BARRY EDWARD BALFE bought 381 shares for $157.46 per share.
THOMAS NOEL O’LEARY bought 1,136 shares of ICLR for $178,877 on Aug 08 ’25. On May 23 ’25, another insider, RONAN MARTIN MURPHY, 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 13614005248 and an Enterprise Value of 16809278464. As of this moment, Icon’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 17.99, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 12.33. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.94. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.68 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.42. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.078 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.837.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ICLR is 1.20, which has changed by -0.45646775 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.15109766 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ICLR has reached a high of $328.04, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $125.10. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 8.26%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 0.41%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, ICLR traded on average about 1.30M shares per day over the past 3-months and 836570 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 77.77M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 77.27M. Insiders hold about 0.65% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 99.74% stake in the company. Shares short for ICLR as of 1755216000 were 2174103 with a Short Ratio of 1.67, compared to 1752537600 on 2224295. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2174103 and a Short% of Float of 2.8099999.
