ICON PLC

ICLR Healthcare Diagnostics & Research

ICON PLC’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $8.3 billion, up 0.76% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−2.86%
EPS
+143.2%
Free cash flow
−8.01%
Total debt
−0.86%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

201.62 1.49 −0.73%
Market cap
$15.1B
P/E
34.5×
Fwd P/E
34.6×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.01
Beneish M
−2.62
Dividend safety
n/a

ICON PLC (ICLR) Return on equity

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ICON PLC's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 4.86%, up 2.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (2.46%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.46% (fiscal 2025) to 30.7% (fiscal 2016) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Diagnostics & Research industry median of 0.00% and above the Healthcare sector median of −26.3%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 2.46% (5.45)
FY2024 7.91% 1.01
FY2023 6.90% 0.80
FY2022 6.10% 3.01
FY2021 3.09% (15.86)
FY2020 19.0% (5.88)
FY2019 24.8% (0.52)
FY2018 25.4% (1.00)
FY2017 26.4% (4.35)
FY2016 30.7% 2.74

Against its own ten years

Low 2.46% High 30.7%
Ten-year median 19.0%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
GH Guardant Health, Inc. compare 153.9%
MEDP Medpace Holdings, Inc. compare 117.9%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. compare 32.4%
DGX Quest Diagnostics Incorporated compare 14.8%
QGEN QIAGEN N.V. compare 11.9%
LH Labcorp Holdings Inc. compare 11.5%
ICLR ICON PLC 4.86%
CRL Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. compare 1.21%
RVTY Revvity Inc. compare 0.00%
Diagnostics & Research industry median 0.00%
Healthcare sector median −26.3%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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