Company Analysis

ICF International, Inc. (ICFI)

Nasdaq: ICFI · Services-Management Consulting Services · Reston, VA · filing with the SEC since 2006
Grade5.8
◀ Past 6.7● Present 6.0▶ Future 4.0

The grade of ICF International, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.8/10
◀ Past6.740% of the headline
● Present6.035% of the headline
▶ Future4.025% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 76th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

ICF International, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+5.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 31 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

ICF International, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.2 billion in fiscal 2016 to $1.9 billion in fiscal 2025, up 5.2% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 7% from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span5.2%bottom 40% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 24% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 21% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak7.3%top 40% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.9% a year. 7% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 5 sales, 6 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, ICF International, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 7% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 5 sales (3 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 6 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12, buying about $650 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 23% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.0/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 9%: 9¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 50%: owes 50¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 31 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, ICF International, Inc. earned about 9 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 34 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 50 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.2% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 50% of its family
  • return on equitytop 36% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 48% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 36% of 33 in its family; net margin 4.9%.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

ICF International, Inc.'s standing among 33 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.9 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 15% by size; a net margin of 4.9% ranks in the top 38%; revenue growth of 1.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 44% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.87Btop 15% of its family
  • net margin4.9%top 38% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth1.7%bottom 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 48% of 18 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2019.

weight 22% of this tense · 48th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

ICF International, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Wasson, John (CEO & President, as filed), filing under that title since 2019-11-15, 7 years (top 50% of its family); the 13 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.2 years (bottom 44%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (top 50%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 13 peopletop 50% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.2 yearsbottom 44% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record7.0 yearstop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.0/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 40% of 32 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 32 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

ICF International, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $5 million against debt of $401 million leaves -19.3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 17% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 6.4% of revenue (top 45%); a gross margin of 37.2% (bottom 48%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-19.3%bottom 17% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue6.4%top 45% of its family
  • gross margin37.2%bottom 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 35% of 30 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 35th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

ICF International, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 1.7% a year over the last three filed years against 5.2% over all 10, slowing (bottom 40% of its family); the newest year grew -7.3% (bottom 28%); capital spending grew -4% a year (bottom 38%) (its annual reports). ICF International, Inc. reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2025: US Federal Government at $809 million (43%), Commercial at $622 million (33%), US State and Local Government at $323 million (17%), and 1 more; 3 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-3.5 points a yearbottom 40% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-7.3%bottom 28% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-4.0%bottom 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 46% of 26 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

ICF International, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.9 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 12.9% below the $2.2 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 25% of its family); net income of $92 million against a prior three-year average of $86 million (top 46%); a net margin of 4.9% against 4.4% before (top 40%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-12.9%bottom 25% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+7%top 46% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.5 pointstop 40% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton ICFI · research, not advice