ICON Public Limited Company

XTRA:IJF Stock Report

Market Cap: €10.1b

ICON Valuation

Is IJF undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of IJF when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: IJF (€128.93) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (€225.28)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: IJF is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for IJF?

Key metric: As IJF is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for IJF. This is calculated by dividing IJF's market cap by their current earnings.
What is IJF's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio50.7x
EarningsUS$229.34m
Market CapUS$11.66b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does IJF's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for IJF vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average42.7x
SRT3 Sartorius
100.1x20.90%€14.6b
1SXP SCHOTT Pharma KGaA
18.4x9.41%€2.6b
GXI Gerresheimer
36.5x42.66%€853.1m
DMP Dermapharm Holding
15.9x6.91%€2.3b
IJF ICON
50.7x18.63%€11.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: IJF is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (50.7x) compared to the peer average (42.7x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does IJF's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Life Sciences Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
IJF 50.7xIndustry Avg. 34.0xNo. of Companies3PE020406080100+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: IJF is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (50.7x) compared to the Global Life Sciences industry average (33.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IJF's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

IJF PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio50.7x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate IJF's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst IJF forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€128.93
€132.13
+2.49%
10.74%€155.20€107.78n/a16
Jun ’27n/a
€130.47
0%
11.46%€154.82€107.51n/a16
May ’27n/a
€113.85
0%
19.53%€153.34€76.67n/a14
Apr ’27n/a
€117.53
0%
25.75%€188.48€65.45n/a13
Mar ’27n/a
€126.15
0%
31.01%€186.80€63.68n/a14
Feb ’27n/a
€175.65
0%
10.00%€206.82€148.94n/a16
Jan ’27n/a
€176.26
0%
10.68%€207.55€146.91n/a16
Dec ’26n/a
€178.87
0%
10.88%€210.80€149.21n/a16
Nov ’26n/a
€180.07
0%
10.39%€210.10€148.71n/a15
Oct ’26n/a
€183.30
0%
10.81%€206.53€148.73n/a15
Sep ’26n/a
€186.82
0%
9.26%€209.39€155.11n/a15
Aug ’26n/a
€187.09
0%
12.10%€210.34€124.65n/a15
Jul ’26n/a
€150.25
0%
14.79%€208.40€123.49n/a15
Jun ’26n/a
€155.32
0%
14.34%€213.91€126.76n/a16
May ’26n/a
€169.22
0%
16.73%€221.43€132.86n/a16
Apr ’26n/a
€224.89
0%
9.82%€268.05€177.47n/a16
Mar ’26n/a
€241.17
0%
6.67%€278.78€212.45n/a17
Feb ’26n/a
€249.01
0%
7.52%€279.76€207.41n/a17
Jan ’26n/a
€262.21
0%
6.67%€288.27€222.93n/a16
Dec ’25n/a
€263.50
0%
7.05%€286.35€221.44n/a16
Nov ’25n/a
€262.17
0%
5.39%€288.11€230.67n/a16
Oct ’25n/a
€327.50
0%
7.55%€345.92€240.80n/a16
Sep ’25n/a
€338.00
0%
7.51%€356.13€247.90n/a15
Aug ’25n/a
€338.00
0%
7.51%€356.13€247.90n/a15
Jul ’25n/a
€333.89
0%
7.50%€358.14€246.10n/a15
Jun ’25n/a
€334.75
0%
7.76%€359.50€247.04n/a14
€130.14
Fair Value
0.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
16
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/06/09 08:20
End of Day Share Price 2026/06/09 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

ICON Public Limited Company is covered by 30 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Eric ColdwellBaird
Luke SergottBarclays
Douglas TsaoBarclays