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ICON Public (ICLR) Competitors

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$207.51 +2.90 (+1.42%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

ICLR vs. TCOM, WCN, IQV, RDDT, GIB, CPAY, KSPI, GRAB, TRU, and AER

Should you be buying ICON Public stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ICON Public include Trip.com Group (TCOM), Waste Connections (WCN), IQVIA (IQV), Reddit (RDDT), CGI (GIB), Corpay (CPAY), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), Grab (GRAB), TransUnion (TRU), and AerCap (AER). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

ICON Public vs.

ICON Public (NASDAQ:ICLR) and Trip.com Group (NASDAQ:TCOM) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Trip.com Group has higher revenue and earnings than ICON Public. Trip.com Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICON Public, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ICON Public$8.31B2.06$612.34M$8.9723.13
Trip.com Group$48.74B0.96$1.40B$3.3421.69

Trip.com Group has a net margin of 31.86% compared to ICON Public's net margin of 9.00%. Trip.com Group's return on equity of 12.04% beat ICON Public's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ICON Public9.00% 11.91% 6.64%
Trip.com Group 31.86%12.04%6.70%

95.6% of ICON Public shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.4% of Trip.com Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 44.0% of ICON Public shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of Trip.com Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

ICON Public presently has a consensus target price of $289.10, suggesting a potential upside of 39.32%. Trip.com Group has a consensus target price of $74.18, suggesting a potential upside of 2.40%. Given ICON Public's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ICON Public is more favorable than Trip.com Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ICON Public
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85
Trip.com Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09

ICON Public received 521 more outperform votes than Trip.com Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.54% of users gave ICON Public an outperform vote while only 56.40% of users gave Trip.com Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ICON PublicOutperform Votes
618
65.54%
Underperform Votes
325
34.46%
Trip.com GroupOutperform Votes
97
56.40%
Underperform Votes
75
43.60%

In the previous week, Trip.com Group had 1 more articles in the media than ICON Public. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Trip.com Group and 6 mentions for ICON Public. Trip.com Group's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat ICON Public's score of 0.09 indicating that Trip.com Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ICON Public
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Trip.com Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

ICON Public has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trip.com Group has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ICON Public and Trip.com Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ICLR vs. The Competition

MetricICON PublicCommercial physical research IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$17.12B$4.20B$5.02B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A1.78%4.87%4.20%
P/E Ratio23.1355.34135.0817.16
Price / Sales2.0649.001,120.30115.67
Price / Cash10.9023.6240.5837.88
Price / Book1.853.144.754.78
Net Income$612.34M$139.50M$118.50M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-0.31%-2.28%-1.85%-1.21%
1 Month Performance-2.47%1.05%11.28%3.09%
1 Year Performance-26.58%12.00%29.91%16.48%

ICON Public Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ICLR
ICON Public
4.3113 of 5 stars
$207.51
+1.4%
$289.10
+39.3%
-25.7%$17.12B$8.31B23.1341,100Analyst Forecast
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.1039 of 5 stars
$72.57
+0.0%
$74.18
+2.2%
+115.0%$46.74B$48.74B21.7236,249Gap Down
WCN
Waste Connections
4.5298 of 5 stars
$179.05
-0.5%
$199.88
+11.6%
+19.1%$46.21B$8.69B49.4422,539Analyst Forecast
IQV
IQVIA
4.9214 of 5 stars
$197.59
-0.7%
$256.19
+29.7%
-12.3%$35.86B$14.98B26.1287,000Analyst Forecast
RDDT
Reddit
1.1771 of 5 stars
$179.85
+4.2%
$124.42
-30.8%
N/A$31.58B$1.12B0.002,013Analyst Forecast
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GIB
CGI
3.8085 of 5 stars
$110.71
-1.7%
$137.00
+23.7%
+2.9%$25.23B$14.52B20.9391,500Positive News
CPAY
Corpay
3.4371 of 5 stars
$360.80
+1.0%
$369.29
+2.4%
N/A$25.15B$3.88B25.5910,500Positive News
KSPI
Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz
3.917 of 5 stars
$105.07
-0.9%
$147.20
+40.1%
N/A$20.96B$2.36T0.008,772News Coverage
GRAB
Grab
1.793 of 5 stars
$5.18
+1.0%
$5.53
+6.7%
+54.6%$20.86B$2.69B-256.509,490
TRU
TransUnion
4.8565 of 5 stars
$99.17
+0.8%
$107.06
+8.0%
+43.9%$19.33B$4.10B86.2013,200Positive News
AER
AerCap
3.3331 of 5 stars
$97.13
+1.5%
$112.00
+15.3%
+31.5%$19.22B$7.58B7.58740Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ICLR) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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