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How ICON Public Limited Company stacks up
ICLR · against 125 other Healthcare companies of similar size
Profitability
41/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #101 of 126 · scores higher than 18% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score6 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including ICLR · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 41?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Its metrics sit close to the Healthcare norm.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 3.6% vs peer median 7.1%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 0.3% vs peer median 1.7%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 2.2% vs peer median 4.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = ICLR, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | ICLR | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 121 reported | 2.2% | 10.5% | 23% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 124 reported | 3.6% | 15.1% | 20% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 123 reported | 0.3% | 6.1% | 22% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 119 reported | 0.3% | 11.4% | 20% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 130 reported | 23.9% | 55.9% | 14% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ICLR| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17.9B USD | 99 | 76 | |
| 1 | 13.9B EUR (≈$15.3B) | 99 | 78 | |
| 1 | 20.0B AUD (≈$13.2B) | 99 | 77 | |
| 4 | 23.8B USD | 98 | 84 | |
| 5 | 193.6B HKD (≈$24.8B) | 97 | 78 | |
| 98 | 10.0B USD | 50 | 43 | |
| 99 | 8.9B USD | 48 | 51 | |
| 100 | 10.1B USD | 47 | 61 | |
| 101 | 10.8B USD | 41 | 41 | |
| 101 | 15.7B USD | 41 | 33 | |
| 101 | 10.8B USD | 41 | 35 | |
| 104 | 12.3B USD | 40 | 35 | |
| 105 | 8.6B USD | 36 | 30 | |
| 106 | 13.2B USD | 33 | 30 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score