ICON vs Iqvia
ICLR and IQV side by side, both in engineering, accounting, research, management, and related services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ICLR and IQV compare
Iqvia grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (8.2% versus 1.7% for ICON).
Iqvia keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 8.1% compared with 0.51% at ICON.
Iqvia scores higher on the StockData Score (8 against 4 for ICON), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ICLR | IQV |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $44.0B |
| Share price | $211.36 | $267.33 |
| Change, 1 year | 27.4% | 22.7% |
| Change, 5 years | −20.5% | 8.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.24 | 1.17 |
| Employees | 40K | 93K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 4 | 8 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 33.2× |
| P/S | – | 2.6× |
| P/B | – | 7.1× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 17.2× |
| P/FCF | – | 20.1× |
| PEG | – | 2.99 |
| FCF yield | – | 5.0% |
| Fair value | – | $222.72 |
| Margin of safety | – | −20.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 1.7% | 8.2% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 24.2% (better) | 7.5% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −95.1% | 11.2% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −94.8% | 16.6% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −14.0% | 40.5% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 23.9% | 33.0% (better) |
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 13.0% (better) |
| Net margin | 0.51% | 8.1% (better) |
| FCF margin | 10.7% | 12.9% (better) |
| Return on equity | 0.45% | 23.0% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 2.0% | 9.4% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.23 (better) | 2.59 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.77 (better) | 4.11 |
| Interest coverage | 1.5× | 2.9× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.95 (better) | 0.71 |
| Altman Z-score | – | 2.20 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | – | 2.6% |
| Shareholder yield | – | 2.6% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 105% | 95.3% |
| Held by insiders | 0.57% | 1.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$4.0M (better) | −$38.0M |
| Superinvestors holding | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.7% | 2.0% |
Go deeper
- ICLR stock overview
- ICLR income statement
- ICLR valuation and score
- IQV stock overview
- IQV income statement
- IQV valuation and score
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