Free Trial

Medpace (MEDP) Competitors

Medpace logo
$321.50 -4.53 (-1.39%)
Closing price 07/3/2025 02:02 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$321.18 -0.32 (-0.10%)
As of 07/3/2025 04:01 PM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

MEDP vs. ICLR, EHC, ELV, HIMS, IQV, RDDT, GIB, CPAY, TOST, and AER

Should you be buying Medpace stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Medpace include Icon (ICLR), Encompass Health (EHC), Elevance Health (ELV), Hims & Hers Health (HIMS), IQVIA (IQV), Reddit (RDDT), CGI Group (GIB), Corpay (CPAY), Toast (TOST), and Aercap (AER).

Medpace vs. Its Competitors

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

Icon presently has a consensus price target of $213.08, suggesting a potential upside of 42.00%. Medpace has a consensus price target of $344.82, suggesting a potential upside of 7.25%. Given Icon's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Icon is more favorable than Medpace.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Icon
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Medpace
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.21

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
Icon$8.28B1.46$791.47M$9.1816.35
Medpace$2.11B4.38$404.39M$13.1024.54

In the previous week, Medpace had 2 more articles in the media than Icon. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Medpace and 4 mentions for Icon. Medpace's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Icon's score of 0.27 indicating that Medpace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Icon
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Medpace
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Medpace has a net margin of 19.31% compared to Icon's net margin of 9.25%. Medpace's return on equity of 54.36% beat Icon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Icon9.25% 11.46% 6.49%
Medpace 19.31%54.36%20.81%

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

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

Summary

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

Get Medpace News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MEDP and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MEDP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

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.
Skip Chart

MEDP vs. The Competition

MetricMedpaceMedical Services IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$9.24B$7.31B$5.54B$9.05B
Dividend YieldN/A2.78%5.24%4.02%
P/E Ratio24.5427.9427.4320.23
Price / Sales4.3832.39422.11118.64
Price / Cash23.0422.0136.8958.07
Price / Book12.106.698.045.67
Net Income$404.39M$233.06M$3.18B$249.13M
7 Day Performance3.48%3.33%2.89%3.28%
1 Month Performance9.51%3.72%3.70%5.56%
1 Year Performance-20.10%37.40%36.15%21.12%

Medpace Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MEDP
Medpace
4.4612 of 5 stars
$321.50
-1.4%
$344.82
+7.3%
-20.2%$9.24B$2.11B24.545,900
ICLR
Icon
4.3791 of 5 stars
$145.45
+0.6%
$213.08
+46.5%
-52.8%$11.75B$8.28B15.8441,900
EHC
Encompass Health
4.8458 of 5 stars
$122.60
+0.3%
$127.00
+3.6%
+38.4%$12.36B$5.37B25.3340,000Positive News
Ex-Dividend
ELV
Elevance Health
4.9734 of 5 stars
$389.42
+2.1%
$498.87
+28.1%
-34.2%$87.98B$183.12B15.19102,300
HIMS
Hims & Hers Health
2.2033 of 5 stars
$49.94
+1.1%
$39.58
-20.7%
+133.8%$11.18B$1.48B72.381,637Trending News
Insider Trade
IQV
IQVIA
4.9141 of 5 stars
$157.69
+0.1%
$226.32
+43.5%
-20.6%$27.28B$15.41B21.4886,000
RDDT
Reddit
2.3051 of 5 stars
$150.74
+5.4%
$139.57
-7.4%
+113.7%$27.81B$1.30B255.502,233Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
GIB
CGI Group
3.9051 of 5 stars
$104.93
+1.5%
$156.75
+49.4%
+3.9%$23.55B$10.79B19.1190,000Positive News
CPAY
Corpay
3.9481 of 5 stars
$332.07
+1.5%
$401.86
+21.0%
+26.8%$23.41B$3.97B23.2910,500Positive News
TOST
Toast
2.7778 of 5 stars
$44.33
+1.0%
$41.21
-7.0%
+72.2%$22.08B$4.96B192.744,500Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
AER
Aercap
2.5684 of 5 stars
$116.96
-0.2%
$119.25
+2.0%
+23.4%$21.85B$8.06B10.38740Gap Up

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NASDAQ:MEDP) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners