Icon Plc (NASDAQ: ICLR) is -37.69% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $131.64 and a high of $347.72 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The ICLR stock was last observed hovering at around $132.23 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.57%.
Currently trading at $130.66, the stock is -7.14% and -17.48% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.53 million and changing -1.19% at the moment leaves the stock -41.71% off its SMA200. ICLR registered -57.78% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -38.42%.
The stock witnessed a -9.99% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -28.46%, and is -5.65% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.46% over the week and 4.60% over the month.
Icon Plc (ICLR) has around 41900 employees, a market worth around $10.55B and $8.19B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 14.22 and Fwd P/E is 9.03. Profit margin for the company is 9.25%. Distance from 52-week low is -0.74% and -62.42% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.82%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -4.94% this year
The shares outstanding are 80.76M, and float is at 80.20M with Short Float at 1.52%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC with over 6.67 million shares valued at $2.09 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 8.0657 of the ICLR Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ with 5.0 million shares valued at $1.57 billion to account for 6.0473 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP which holds 2.76 million shares representing 3.3354 and valued at over $865.06 million, while NINETY ONE UK LTD holds 3.2371 of the shares totaling 2.68 million with a market value of $839.58 million.
Icon Plc (ICLR) Insider Activity
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 04 ’25, THOMAS NOEL O LEARY (Officer) Proposed Sale 796 shares at an average price of $182.43 for $0.15 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Icon Plc (ICLR).
