IQVIA Holdings Inc.

IQV Healthcare Diagnostics & Research

IQVIA Holdings Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $16.3 billion, up 5.87% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+8.00%
EPS
+10.2%
Free cash flow
−21.3%
Total debt
+7.42%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

271.68 6.80 +2.57%
Market cap
$43.7B
P/E
32.6×
Fwd P/E
34.8×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
2.05
Beneish M
−2.59
Dividend safety
n/a

IQVIA Holdings Inc. (IQV) Return on equity

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IQVIA Holdings Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 21.3%, down 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (21.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −74.4% (fiscal 2015) to 22.9% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Diagnostics & Research industry median of 0.00% and above the Healthcare sector median of −26.0%.

Return on equity, annual

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Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 21.4% (1.13)
FY2024 22.6% (0.32)
FY2023 22.9% 4.39
FY2022 18.5% 2.80
FY2021 15.7% 11.23
FY2020 4.45% 1.56
FY2019 2.89% (0.52)
FY2018 3.41% (11.52)
FY2017 14.9% 13.24
FY2016 1.69% 76.11

Against its own ten years

Low −74.4% High 22.9%
Ten-year median 14.9%
Current reading's percentile 82

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. compare 68.9%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. compare 32.4%
IQV IQVIA Holdings Inc. 21.3%
A Agilent Technologies, Inc. compare 21.0%
DGX Quest Diagnostics Incorporated compare 14.8%
LH Labcorp Holdings Inc. compare 11.5%
WAT Waters Corporation compare 0.00%
NTRA Natera, Inc. compare −10.6%
MTD Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. compare −1,089.1%
Diagnostics & Research industry median 0.00%
Healthcare sector median −26.0%
Market median 1.01%

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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