Is ICLR a high-quality business?

AlphaMadera's AlphaQuality grade scores ICON Public Limited Company on six pillars — profitability, capital efficiency, balance-sheet strength, growth durability, cash generation, and shareholder yield. The composite letter grade reflects how ICLR compares to a Buffett-style quality bar.

What is ICON Public Limited Company's AlphaQuality grade?

AlphaQuality assigns a letter grade (A through F) to ICLR based on a six-pillar quantitative model. The live page shows the composite grade plus each pillar's individual score with the underlying metrics.

What makes ICLR a quality stock?

AlphaQuality looks at return on capital, free-cash-flow margins, debt-to-equity, revenue stability, dividend and buyback policy, and operating-margin trend. Stocks scoring well across all six pillars earn higher grades — the methodology favors compounders over cyclicals.

ICLR - ICON Public Limited Company

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Platform & Compounding FCF

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

C+ 57.3 / 100 composite

Composite Grade

Composite of six pillars weighted for platform & compounding fcf businesses. Purely quantitative — no stock price or analyst input.

Profitability

Weight: 25%

C 52.3

5yr Avg ROIC 5.2% 36/100
Operating Margin Trend +1.37 pp/yr 91/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

F 27.0

5yr Avg ROE 5.0% 35/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR 3.8% 12/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 25%

B 74.8

5yr Revenue CAGR 10.8% 82/100
5yr EPS CAGR 6.6% 63/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 4/5 80/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 20%

B 72.6

5yr FCF Margin 11.1% 73/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 2.49x 73/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 10%

D 37.8

Net Debt / EBITDA 3.53x 39/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 2.34x 34/100
Altman Z-Score 1.95 40/100

Stability

Weight: 5%

B- 64.3

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.38 47/100
Piotroski F-Score 7 78/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 1/5 80/100

2 of 2 gurus held; 1 added; 1 trimmed.

Holders: 2
Avg Δ position: +215.0%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 0

Cooperman increased +525%
Wood decreased -95%

How this is calculated

AlphaQuality grades six pillars from 0-100 and weights each by archetype:

Profitability (25%) — 5yr Avg ROIC, Operating Margin Trend
Capital Efficiency (15%) — 5yr Avg ROE, 5yr Share-Count CAGR
Growth Quality (25%) — 5yr Revenue CAGR, 5yr EPS CAGR, Revenue-Growth Years (5)
Cash Generation (20%) — 5yr FCF Margin, 5yr FCF/NI Conversion
Balance Sheet (10%) — Net Debt / EBITDA, Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int), Altman Z-Score
Stability (5%) — EPS Volatility (σ/μ), Piotroski F-Score, Negative-Revenue Years (5)

We deliberately ignore stock price, analyst targets, and consensus ratings so the grade is suitable for backtesting forward returns. A minimum of 5 fiscal years of audited statements is required; distressed and highly leveraged infrastructure businesses are declared ungradable rather than forced into a numeric score.