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ICLR vs. MEDP, CRL, IQV, TMO, TCOM, RDDT, CPAY, TOST, GIB, and GRAB

Should you be buying Icon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Icon include Medpace (MEDP), Charles River Laboratories International (CRL), IQVIA (IQV), Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO), Trip.com Group (TCOM), Reddit (RDDT), Corpay (CPAY), Toast (TOST), CGI Group (GIB), and Grab (GRAB).

Icon vs. Its Competitors

Medpace (NASDAQ:MEDP) and Icon (NASDAQ:ICLR) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and dividends.

Medpace currently has a consensus target price of $395.60, indicating a potential downside of 13.18%. Icon has a consensus target price of $203.42, indicating a potential upside of 4.31%. Given Icon's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Icon is more favorable than Medpace.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Medpace
2 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Icon
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

78.0% of Medpace shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of Icon shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.3% of Medpace shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 44.0% of Icon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Medpace has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Icon has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Icon has higher revenue and earnings than Medpace. Icon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Medpace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Medpace$2.11B6.21$404.39M$13.1034.78
Icon$8.28B1.90$791.47M$9.1821.24

Medpace has a net margin of 18.74% compared to Icon's net margin of 9.25%. Medpace's return on equity of 67.66% beat Icon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Medpace18.74% 67.66% 21.86%
Icon 9.25%11.46%6.49%

In the previous week, Medpace had 23 more articles in the media than Icon. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Medpace and 13 mentions for Icon. Medpace's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Icon's score of 0.07 indicating that Medpace is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Medpace
10 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Icon
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Medpace beats Icon on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ICLR vs. The Competition

MetricIconMedical Services IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$15.75B$7.22B$5.67B$9.49B
Dividend YieldN/A2.80%4.05%4.00%
P/E Ratio21.2425.2327.9419.95
Price / Sales1.9040.87396.5882.68
Price / Cash8.0627.1236.1958.45
Price / Book1.659.728.635.82
Net Income$791.47M$239.98M$3.24B$258.42M
7 Day Performance32.77%1.50%3.22%1.94%
1 Month Performance31.28%5.63%10.72%12.02%
1 Year Performance-41.22%17.99%34.94%20.80%

Icon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ICLR
Icon
3.3557 of 5 stars
$195.01
+16.2%
$203.42
+4.3%
-49.5%$15.75B$8.28B21.2441,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
MEDP
Medpace
3.9665 of 5 stars
$308.88
-1.0%
$344.82
+11.6%
+22.4%$8.96B$2.11B23.815,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CRL
Charles River Laboratories International
4.449 of 5 stars
$149.70
-3.1%
$174.54
+16.6%
-23.8%$7.59B$4.05B-230.3120,100Positive News
Gap Up
IQV
IQVIA
4.5262 of 5 stars
$159.06
-1.0%
$222.45
+39.9%
-18.6%$27.79B$15.41B15.5688,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
TMO
Thermo Fisher Scientific
4.9614 of 5 stars
$405.15
-2.3%
$599.30
+47.9%
-15.5%$156.57B$42.88B18.94125,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.5019 of 5 stars
$63.37
-0.4%
$77.25
+21.9%
+39.5%$41.55B$7.30B19.4541,073Positive News
RDDT
Reddit
2.618 of 5 stars
$146.22
-1.4%
$142.46
-2.6%
+115.5%$27.35B$1.30B251.252,233Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
CPAY
Corpay
3.3182 of 5 stars
$331.16
-0.3%
$401.07
+21.1%
+18.8%$23.41B$3.97B18.1811,200News Coverage
Positive News
TOST
Toast
2.7745 of 5 stars
$47.39
+1.9%
$43.17
-8.9%
+75.4%$23.17B$4.96B193.835,700
GIB
CGI Group
4.1356 of 5 stars
$100.35
+0.8%
$156.75
+56.2%
-4.9%$22.33B$10.79B17.4690,250News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
GRAB
Grab
1.0427 of 5 stars
$5.35
+0.2%
$5.82
+8.7%
+58.9%$21.50B$2.80B267.0011,267

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This page (NASDAQ:ICLR) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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