ICON PLC Stock Forecast - Naive Prediction

ICLR Stock  USD 182.22  0.78  0.43%   
The Naive Prediction forecasted value of ICON PLC on the next trading day is expected to be 185.17 with a mean absolute deviation of 3.84 and the sum of the absolute errors of 234.12. ICON Stock Forecast is based on your current time horizon. Although ICON PLC's naive historical forecasting may sometimes provide an important future outlook for the firm, we recommend always cross-verifying it against solid analysis of ICON PLC's systematic risk associated with finding meaningful patterns of ICON PLC fundamentals over time.
As of today the relative strength index (rsi) of ICON PLC's share price is below 20 . This usually indicates that the stock is significantly oversold. The fundamental principle of the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is to quantify the velocity at which market participants are driving the price of a financial instrument upwards or downwards.

Momentum 0

 Sell Peaked

 
Oversold
 
Overbought
The successful prediction of ICON PLC's future price could yield a significant profit. Please, note that this module is not intended to be used solely to calculate an intrinsic value of ICON PLC and does not consider all of the tangible or intangible factors available from ICON PLC's fundamental data. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with ICON PLC, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting ICON PLC's stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.99)
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
3.4325
EPS Estimate Current Year
13.0797
EPS Estimate Next Year
13.392
Wall Street Target Price
206.375
Using ICON PLC hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of ICON PLC from the perspective of ICON PLC response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards ICON PLC using ICON PLC's stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards ICON using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of ICON PLC's stock price.

ICON PLC Short Interest

An investor who is long ICON PLC may also wish to track short interest. As short interest increases, investors should be becoming more worried about ICON PLC and may potentially protect profits, hedge ICON PLC with its derivative instruments, or be ready for some potential downside.
200 Day MA
163.5877
Short Percent
0.0367
Short Ratio
2.56
Shares Short Prior Month
2.8 M
50 Day MA
175.2254

ICON PLC Hype to Price Pattern

Investor biases related to ICON PLC's public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in ICON. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding ICON can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around ICON PLC. Please note that most equities that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.
Some investors profit by finding stocks that are overvalued or undervalued based on market sentiment. The correlation of ICON PLC's market sentiment to its price can help taders to make decisions based on the overall investors consensus about ICON PLC.

ICON PLC Implied Volatility

    
  0.42  
ICON PLC's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of ICON PLC stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if ICON PLC's implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that ICON PLC stock will not fluctuate a lot when ICON PLC's options are near their expiration.
The Naive Prediction forecasted value of ICON PLC on the next trading day is expected to be 185.17 with a mean absolute deviation of 3.84 and the sum of the absolute errors of 234.12.

ICON PLC after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 182.22  
There is no one specific way to measure market sentiment using hype analysis or a similar predictive technique. This prediction method should be used in combination with more fundamental and traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, analysts consensus, earnings estimates, and various momentum models.
Check out Historical Fundamental Analysis of ICON PLC to cross-verify your projections.
To learn how to invest in ICON Stock, please use our How to Invest in ICON PLC guide.At this time, ICON PLC's Inventory Turnover is relatively stable compared to the past year. As of 01/02/2026, Receivables Turnover is likely to grow to 3.37, while Payables Turnover is likely to drop 7.09. . As of 01/02/2026, Net Income Applicable To Common Shares is likely to grow to about 610.2 M, while Common Stock Shares Outstanding is likely to drop slightly above 50.2 M.

Open Interest Against 2026-03-20 ICON Option Contracts

Although open interest is a measure utilized in the options markets, it could be used to forecast ICON PLC's spot prices because the number of available contracts in the market changes daily, and new contracts can be created or liquidated at will. Since open interest in ICON PLC's options reflects these daily shifts, investors could use the patterns of these changes to develop long and short-term trading strategies for ICON PLC stock based on available contracts left at the end of a trading day.
Please note that to derive more accurate forecasting about market movement from the current ICON PLC's open interest, investors have to compare it to ICON PLC's spot prices. As Ford's stock price increases, high open interest indicates that money is entering the market, and the market is strongly bullish. Conversely, if the price of ICON PLC is decreasing and there is high open interest, that is a sign that the bearish trend will continue, and investors may react by taking short positions in ICON. So, decreasing or low open interest during a bull market indicates that investors are becoming uncertain of the depth of the bullish trend, and a reversal in sentiment will likely follow.

ICON PLC Additional Predictive Modules

Most predictive techniques to examine ICON price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for ICON using various technical indicators. When you analyze ICON charts, please remember that the event formation may indicate an entry point for a short seller, and look at other indicators across different periods to confirm that a breakdown or reversion is likely to occur.

ICON PLC Cash Forecast

Forecasting financial indicators like cash flow involves analysts applying various statistical methods, techniques, and algorithms. These tools reveal hidden trends within the ICON PLC's financial statements to estimate their effects on upcoming price movements.
 
Cash  
First Reported
1999-03-31
Previous Quarter
390.4 M
Current Value
468.9 M
Quarterly Volatility
234.5 M
 
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Covid
A naive forecasting model for ICON PLC is a special case of the moving average forecasting where the number of periods used for smoothing is one. Therefore, the forecast of ICON PLC value for a given trading day is simply the observed value for the previous period. Due to the simplistic nature of the naive forecasting model, it can only be used to forecast up to one period.

ICON PLC Naive Prediction Price Forecast For the 3rd of January

Given 90 days horizon, the Naive Prediction forecasted value of ICON PLC on the next trading day is expected to be 185.17 with a mean absolute deviation of 3.84, mean absolute percentage error of 22.22, and the sum of the absolute errors of 234.12.
Please note that although there have been many attempts to predict ICON Stock prices using its time series forecasting, we generally do not recommend using it to place bets in the real market. The most commonly used models for forecasting predictions are the autoregressive models, which specify that ICON PLC's next future price depends linearly on its previous prices and some stochastic term (i.e., imperfectly predictable multiplier).

ICON PLC Stock Forecast Pattern

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ICON PLC Forecasted Value

In the context of forecasting ICON PLC's Stock value on the next trading day, we examine the predictive performance of the model to find good statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios. ICON PLC's downside and upside margins for the forecasting period are 182.80 and 187.55, respectively. We have considered ICON PLC's daily market price to evaluate the above model's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that traditional linear or nonlinear forecasting models outperform artificial intelligence and frequency domain models to provide accurate forecasts consistently.
Market Value
182.22
182.80
Downside
185.17
Expected Value
187.55
Upside

Model Predictive Factors

The below table displays some essential indicators generated by the model showing the Naive Prediction forecasting method's relative quality and the estimations of the prediction error of ICON PLC stock data series using in forecasting. Note that when a statistical model is used to represent ICON PLC stock, the representation will rarely be exact; so some information will be lost using the model to explain the process. AIC estimates the relative amount of information lost by a given model: the less information a model loses, the higher its quality.
AICAkaike Information Criteria121.2114
BiasArithmetic mean of the errors None
MADMean absolute deviation3.838
MAPEMean absolute percentage error0.0217
SAESum of the absolute errors234.1169
This model is not at all useful as a medium-long range forecasting tool of ICON PLC. This model is simplistic and is included partly for completeness and partly because of its simplicity. It is unlikely that you'll want to use this model directly to predict ICON PLC. Instead, consider using either the moving average model or the more general weighted moving average model with a higher (i.e., greater than 1) number of periods, and possibly a different set of weights.

Predictive Modules for ICON PLC

There are currently many different techniques concerning forecasting the market as a whole, as well as predicting future values of individual securities such as ICON PLC. Regardless of method or technology, however, to accurately forecast the stock market is more a matter of luck rather than a particular technique. Nevertheless, trying to predict the stock market accurately is still an essential part of the overall investment decision process. Using different forecasting techniques and comparing the results might improve your chances of accuracy even though unexpected events may often change the market sentiment and impact your forecasting results.
Hype
Prediction
LowEstimatedHigh
179.85182.22184.59
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Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
176.18178.55200.44
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Bollinger
Band Projection (param)
LowMiddleHigh
176.31182.92189.54
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17 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
187.80206.38229.08
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Other Forecasting Options for ICON PLC

For every potential investor in ICON, whether a beginner or expert, ICON PLC's price movement is the inherent factor that sparks whether it is viable to invest in it or hold it better. ICON Stock price charts are filled with many 'noises.' These noises can hugely alter the decision one can make regarding investing in ICON. Basic forecasting techniques help filter out the noise by identifying ICON PLC's price trends.

ICON PLC Related Equities

One of the popular trading techniques among algorithmic traders is to use market-neutral strategies where every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if one position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Below are some of the equities that can be combined with ICON PLC stock to make a market-neutral strategy. Peer analysis of ICON PLC could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing ICON PLC by comparing valuation metrics with similar companies.
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ICON PLC Technical and Predictive Analytics

The stock market is financially volatile. Despite the volatility, there exist limitless possibilities of gaining profits and building passive income portfolios. With the complexity of ICON PLC's price movements, a comprehensive understanding of forecasting methods that an investor can rely on to make the right move is invaluable. These methods predict trends that assist an investor in predicting the movement of ICON PLC's current price.

ICON PLC Market Strength Events

Market strength indicators help investors to evaluate how ICON PLC stock reacts to ongoing and evolving market conditions. The investors can use it to make informed decisions about market timing, and determine when trading ICON PLC shares will generate the highest return on investment. By undertsting and applying ICON PLC stock market strength indicators, traders can identify ICON PLC entry and exit signals to maximize returns.

ICON PLC Risk Indicators

The analysis of ICON PLC's basic risk indicators is one of the essential steps in accurately forecasting its future price. The process involves identifying the amount of risk involved in ICON PLC's investment and either accepting that risk or mitigating it. Along with some essential techniques for forecasting icon stock prices, we also provide a set of basic risk indicators that can assist in the individual investment decision or help in hedging the risk of your existing portfolios.
Please note, the risk measures we provide can be used independently or collectively to perform a risk assessment. When comparing two potential investments, we recommend comparing similar equities with homogenous growth potential and valuation from related markets to determine which investment holds the most risk.

Pair Trading with ICON PLC

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if ICON PLC position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in ICON PLC will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

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The ability to find closely correlated positions to ICON PLC could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace ICON PLC when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back ICON PLC - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling ICON PLC to buy it.
The correlation of ICON PLC is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as ICON PLC moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if ICON PLC moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for ICON PLC can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.
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