Icon Plc (NASDAQ: ICLR) is -33.43% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $125.10 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 $133.76 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 5.85%.
Currently trading at $139.61, the stock is 5.10% and -3.47% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.05 million and changing 4.37% at the moment leaves the stock -34.15% off its SMA200. ICLR registered -57.02% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -33.60%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $144.6334 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $212.01164.
The stock witnessed a -2.38% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -25.14%, and is 6.70% up 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 2.80% over the week and 2.70% over the month.
Icon Plc (ICLR) has around 41900 employees, a market worth around $11.27B and $8.19B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 15.19 and Fwd P/E is 9.73. Profit margin for the company is 9.25%. Distance from 52-week low is 11.60% and -59.85% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.82%).
with sales reaching $1.98B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -5.14% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -4.02% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -6.77% in year-over-year returns.
818.0 institutions hold shares in Icon Plc (ICLR), with institutional investors hold 101.50% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 80.76M, and float is at 80.24M with Short Float at 1.90%. Institutions hold 100.86% of the Float.
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 May 23 ’25, LINDA SUE GRAIS (Officer) Proposed Sale 334 shares at an average price of $126.90 for $42384.0. The insider now directly holds shares of Icon Plc (ICLR).
