Icon Plc Reports Results For The Quarter Ended In June: Earnings Summary

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24/07/2024 23:03

* ICON PLC  ICLR.OQ  reported quarterly adjusted earnings of
$3.75​​ per share for the quarter ended in June, higher than the
same quarter last year, when the company reported EPS of $3.11. 
The mean expectation of seventeen analysts for the quarter was
for earnings of $3.68 per share. Wall Street expected results to
range from $3.58  to $3.75 per share.
    * Revenue rose 4.9% to $2.12 billion from a year ago;
analysts
expected $2.14 billion. 
    * ICON PLC's reported EPS for the quarter was $1.76​.
    * The company reported quarterly net income of $146.91
million.
    * ICON PLC shares had risen by 6.0% this quarter and
gained 17.4%
so far this year.

FORECAST CHANGES
    * The mean earnings estimate of analysts had risen by
about 1.5%
in the last three months.​ 
    * In the last 30 days, there have been no negative revisions
of
earnings estimates

RECOMMENDATIONS
    * The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy"
and
the breakdown of recommendations is 16 "strong buy" or "buy," 2
"hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell." 
    * The average consensus recommendation for the biotechnology
&
medical research peer group is also "buy"

Wall Street's median 12-month price target for ICON PLC is
$370.00 
This summary was machine generated from LSEG data July 24 at
10:03 p.m. UTC. ​All figures in US dollars unless otherwise
stated. (For questions concerning the data in this report,
contact Estimates.Support@lseg.com. For any other questions or
feedback, contact RefinitivNewsSupport@thomsonreuters.com) QUARTER ENDING    ESTIMATE       ACTUAL         BEAT, MET,
                                                 MISSED
 Jun. 30 2024      3.68           3.75           Beat
 Mar. 31 2024      3.41           3.47           Beat
 Dec. 31 2023      3.44           3.46           Beat
 Sep. 30 2023      3.28           3.30           Beat