ICLR — ICON PLC

Stock analysis, trade plans, and proprietary indicators by Trend Edge.

About ICON PLC

ICON Public Limited Company, a clinical research organization, provides outsourced development and commercialization services in Ireland, rest of Europe, the United States, and internationally. The company specializes in the strategic development, management, and analysis of programs that support various stages of the clinical development process from compound selection to Phase I-IV clinical studies. Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$116.78
Market Cap$9.07B
Float75.9M
Shares Outstanding76.4M
P/E (Forward)10.24
P/E (TTM)15.69
Price/Sales (TTM)1.12
vs. Analyst Target+13.5% to analyst PT
Profit Margin7.40%
Operating Margin (TTM)12.67%
Revenue (TTM)$8.10B
Earnings Growth (YoY)-98.70%
Dividend RateNone
Analyst Target Price$132.60 (17 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2019 $2.81B $374M $832M $532M
2020 $2.80B $328M $808M $489M
2021 $5.48B $153M $1.51B $739M
2022 $7.74B $505M $2.21B $1.41B
2023 $8.12B $612M $2.40B $1.52B
2024 $8.28B $791M $2.44B $1.56B

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Dec 2024 $2.04B $260M
Mar 2025 $2.00B $154M
Jun 2025 $2.02B $183M
Sep 2025 $2.04B $2.4M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership0.7%
Institutional Ownership109.6%
Short Float3.5%
% of All Funds Holding4.79%
Number of Funds Holding394

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$111.51Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$151.14Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$162.46Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$218.23Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$152.61Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$166.43Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$219.17Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$180.00 resistance 2.45x 2 months ago
$287.00 resistance 2.12x 18 months ago
$319.00 resistance 1.32x 19 months ago
$337.00 resistance 1.05x 24 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (107 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.32% 0.12% 54.21% 20.34% -14.30%
1 Day -0.07% -0.07% 48.60% 16.15% -21.03%
1 Week -0.24% 0.21% 51.40% 12.83% -22.22%
2 Weeks -0.12% 0.40% 51.40% 19.42% -23.42%
1 Month 0.43% 1.08% 55.14% 24.52% -35.69%

Next earnings: May 27, 2026 (1 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan1.7%57.1%28
Feb0.9%53.6%28
Mar-1.8%60.7%28
Apr0.8%46.4%28
May1.7%59.3%27
Jun7.4%75.0%28
Jul6.8%85.7%28
Aug-1.7%39.3%28
Sep0.8%57.1%28
Oct-3.2%42.9%28
Nov1.5%60.7%28
Dec3.1%64.3%28

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday 0.00% 48.0% 1323
Tuesday 0.03% 49.2% 1446
Wednesday 0.20% 51.0% 1446
Thursday 0.06% 48.0% 1418
Friday 0.09% 50.3% 1411

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 109.6%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 0.7%

Full insider transaction history and smart buy/sell sentiment summary available on Trend Edge.

AI Consult Analysis

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AI Consult synthesizes all five layers into a single bullish or bearish thesis with explicit entry, exit, stop loss, and take profit levels — giving you a complete, AI-powered trade plan with defined risk/reward. Whether you are building a long position, initiating a short, or looking for a reversal setup, AI Consult identifies the highest-probability signal from the current trend.

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