ICON Public (ICLR) Competitors $207.51 +2.90 (+1.42%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends ICLR vs. TCOM, WCN, IQV, RDDT, GIB, CPAY, KSPI, GRAB, TRU, and AERShould 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. Trip.com Group Waste Connections IQVIA Reddit CGI Corpay Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz Grab TransUnion AerCap 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. Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ICLR or TCOM? 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 RatioICON Public$8.31B2.06$612.34M$8.9723.13Trip.com Group$48.74B0.96$1.40B$3.3421.69 Is ICLR or TCOM more profitable? 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% Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ICLR or TCOM? 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. Do analysts rate ICLR or TCOM? 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) 2.85Trip.com Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 10 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.09 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ICLR or TCOM? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformICON PublicOutperform Votes61865.54% Underperform Votes32534.46% Trip.com GroupOutperform Votes9756.40% Underperform Votes7543.60% Does the media refer more to ICLR or TCOM? 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 Which has more volatility and risk, ICLR or TCOM? 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. SummaryICON Public and Trip.com Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. 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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 ICLR vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricICON PublicCommercial physical research IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$17.12B$4.20B$5.02B$9.08BDividend YieldN/A1.78%4.87%4.20%P/E Ratio23.1355.34135.0817.16Price / Sales2.0649.001,120.30115.67Price / Cash10.9023.6240.5837.88Price / Book1.853.144.754.78Net Income$612.34M$139.50M$118.50M$225.60M7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ICLRICON Public4.3113 of 5 stars$207.51+1.4%$289.10+39.3%-25.7%$17.12B$8.31B23.1341,100Analyst ForecastTCOMTrip.com Group4.1039 of 5 stars$72.57+0.0%$74.18+2.2%+115.0%$46.74B$48.74B21.7236,249Gap DownWCNWaste Connections4.5298 of 5 stars$179.05-0.5%$199.88+11.6%+19.1%$46.21B$8.69B49.4422,539Analyst ForecastIQVIQVIA4.9214 of 5 stars$197.59-0.7%$256.19+29.7%-12.3%$35.86B$14.98B26.1287,000Analyst ForecastRDDTReddit1.1771 of 5 stars$179.85+4.2%$124.42-30.8%N/A$31.58B$1.12B0.002,013Analyst ForecastInsider TradeGIBCGI3.8085 of 5 stars$110.71-1.7%$137.00+23.7%+2.9%$25.23B$14.52B20.9391,500Positive NewsCPAYCorpay3.4371 of 5 stars$360.80+1.0%$369.29+2.4%N/A$25.15B$3.88B25.5910,500Positive NewsKSPIJoint Stock Company Kaspi.kz3.917 of 5 stars$105.07-0.9%$147.20+40.1%N/A$20.96B$2.36T0.008,772News CoverageGRABGrab1.793 of 5 stars$5.18+1.0%$5.53+6.7%+54.6%$20.86B$2.69B-256.509,490TRUTransUnion4.8565 of 5 stars$99.17+0.8%$107.06+8.0%+43.9%$19.33B$4.10B86.2013,200Positive NewsAERAerCap3.3331 of 5 stars$97.13+1.5%$112.00+15.3%+31.5%$19.22B$7.58B7.58740Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies TCOM Alternatives WCN Alternatives IQV Alternatives RDDT Alternatives GIB Alternatives CPAY Alternatives KSPI Alternatives GRAB Alternatives TRU Alternatives AER Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:ICLR) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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