All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2026-05-01.
From the record
ICON plc's filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2026-05-01) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+19.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.
From the record
ICON plc's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.7 billion in fiscal 2016 to $8.3 billion in fiscal 2025, up 19.5% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 0% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 1.3% a year. 36% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 58 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, ICON plc's diluted share count shrank about 1.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 36% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 58 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-04 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 2%: 2¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 43%: owes 43¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, ICON plc earned about 2 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 43 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 4.9% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 32% of 12 in its family; net margin 2.8%.
From the record
ICON plc's standing among 12 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $8.3 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 12% by size; a net margin of 2.8% ranks in the top 37%; revenue growth of 2.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 46% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
SI estimate 4.0/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: ICON plc's leadership is put at 4.0 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 9 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 42% of 12 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
ICON plc's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $647 million against debt of $2.9 billion leaves -13.7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 29% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 10.4% of revenue (top 46%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 43% of 12 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
ICON plc's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 2.1% a year over the last three filed years against 19.5% over all 10, slowing (bottom 13% of its family); the newest year grew 0.8% (top 37%); capital spending grew 7% a year (top 4%) (its annual reports). ICON plc tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 35% of 11 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
ICON plc's newest year against its own record: revenue of $8.3 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 2% below the $8.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 32% of its family); net income of $229 million against a prior three-year average of $600 million (bottom 23%); a net margin of 2.8% against 7.5% before (top 50%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
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