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Icon (ICLR) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 6.19 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Icon Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-28), Icon's current share price is $308.31. Icon's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $49.82. Icon's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 6.19.

The historical rank and industry rank for Icon's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

ICLR' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.42   Med: 6.65   Max: 13.72
Current: 6.19

During the past years, Icon's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 13.72. The lowest was 2.42. And the median was 6.65.

ICLR's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
87.02% of 131 companies
in the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry
Industry Median: 1.98 vs ICLR: 6.19

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Icon's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $113.306. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $49.82 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Icon Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Icon's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Icon Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Icon Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.09 10.30 12.08 5.29 5.97

Icon Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.38 5.87 5.43 5.97 6.74

Competitive Comparison of Icon's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Icon's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Icon's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry

For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Icon's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Icon's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



Icon Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Icon's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=308.31/49.82
=6.19

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Icon's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Icon's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=113.306/120.1096*120.1096
=113.306

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 120.1096.

Icon Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 16.129 100.773 19.224
201409 16.423 100.474 19.633
201412 15.809 99.576 19.069
201503 16.495 99.975 19.817
201506 17.074 100.573 20.391
201509 15.083 100.274 18.067
201512 13.885 99.676 16.731
201603 15.322 99.676 18.463
201606 16.408 101.072 19.499
201609 17.766 100.274 21.280
201612 17.333 99.676 20.886
201703 17.564 100.374 21.017
201706 19.052 100.673 22.730
201709 20.822 100.474 24.891
201712 22.022 100.075 26.431
201803 22.400 100.573 26.751
201806 22.801 101.072 27.096
201809 24.515 101.371 29.047
201812 25.092 100.773 29.907
201903 26.348 101.670 31.127
201906 27.662 102.168 32.520
201909 28.007 102.268 32.893
201912 30.175 102.068 35.509
202003 28.830 102.367 33.827
202006 29.993 101.769 35.398
202009 32.423 101.072 38.530
202012 35.050 101.072 41.652
202103 36.592 102.367 42.934
202106 38.293 103.364 44.497
202109 97.897 104.859 112.135
202112 98.913 106.653 111.393
202203 99.262 109.245 109.134
202206 99.918 112.734 106.455
202209 100.909 113.431 106.850
202212 103.984 115.425 108.204
202303 105.627 117.618 107.865
202306 107.076 119.611 107.522
202309 108.823 120.708 108.284
202312 112.016 120.110 112.016
202403 113.306 120.110 113.306

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Icon  (NAS:ICLR) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Icon (ICLR) Business Description

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Address
South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin, IRL, D18 X5R3
Icon is a global late-stage contract research organization that provides drug development and clinical trial services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device firms. While the vast majority of its revenue comes from clinical research, Icon also offers ancillary services such as laboratory and imaging capabilities. The company is headquartered in Ireland.