ICON vs UL Solutions
ICLR and ULS 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 ULS compare
UL Solutions grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (6.6% versus 1.7% for ICON).
UL Solutions keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 16.1% compared with 0.51% at ICON.
UL Solutions pays a dividend yielding 0.76%; ICON does not pay one.
UL Solutions scores higher on the StockData Score (16 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 | ULS |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $15.1B |
| Share price | $211.36 | $74.76 |
| Change, 1 year | 27.4% | −7.7% |
| Change, 5 years | −20.5% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.24 | 0.47 |
| Employees | 40K | 15K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 4 | 16 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 30.1× |
| P/S | – | 4.8× |
| P/B | – | 9.5× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 19.9× |
| P/FCF | – | 34.6× |
| PEG | – | 10.52 |
| FCF yield | – | 2.9% |
| Fair value | – | $62.88 |
| Margin of safety | – | −18.9% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 1.7% | 6.6% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 24.2% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −95.1% | 54.4% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −94.8% | 53.1% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −14.0% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 23.9% | 50.3% (better) |
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 17.9% (better) |
| Net margin | 0.51% | 16.1% (better) |
| FCF margin | 10.7% | 13.9% (better) |
| Return on equity | 0.45% | 37.6% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 2.0% | 28.6% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.23 | 0.19 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.77 (better) | −0.18 |
| Interest coverage | 1.5× | 17.6× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.95 | 1.42 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | – | 8.12 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.76% |
| Payout ratio | – | 21.8% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 1 |
| Shareholder yield | – | 0.76% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 105% | 43.3% |
| Held by insiders | 0.57% | – |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$4.0M (better) | −$1.1B |
| Superinvestors holding | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.7% | – |
Go deeper
- ICLR stock overview
- ICLR income statement
- ICLR valuation and score
- ULS stock overview
- ULS income statement
- ULS valuation and score
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