Icon Plc Stock Number Of Shares Shorted

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USD 216.76 2.51 1.17%

ICON PLC fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to ICON PLC's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of ICON Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure ICON PLC's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to ICON PLC stock.

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ICON PLC Company Number Of Shares Shorted Analysis

ICON PLC's Number of Shares Shorted is the total amount of shares that are currently sold short by investors. When a stock is sold short, the short seller assumes the responsibility of repurchasing the stock at a lower price. The speculator will make money if the stock goes down in price or will experience a loss if the stock price goes up.

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Current ICON PLC Number Of Shares Shorted

1.08 M

Most of ICON PLC's fundamental indicators, such as Number Of Shares Shorted, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, ICON PLC is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.

ICON Number Of Shares Shorted Driver Correlations

Understanding the fundamental principles of building solid financial models for ICON PLC is extremely important. It helps to project a fair market value of ICON Stock properly, considering its historical fundamentals such as Number Of Shares Shorted. Since ICON PLC's main accounts across its financial reports are all linked and dependent on each other, it is essential to analyze all possible correlations between related accounts. However, instead of reviewing all of ICON PLC's historical financial statements, investors can examine the correlated drivers to determine its overall health. This can be effectively done using a conventional correlation matrix of ICON PLC's interrelated accounts and indicators.

	Total Assets	Total Stockholder Equity	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Accounts Payable	Net Receivables	Short Term Investments	Total Liab	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Common Stock	Long Term Debt	Good Will	Intangible Assets	Property Plant Equipment	Current Deferred Revenue	Net Tangible Assets	Short Long Term Debt	Deferred Long Term Liab	Long Term Investments	Long Term Debt Total	Capital Surpluse	Net Invested Capital	Net Working Capital	Capital Stock
Total Assets		1.0	0.98	0.88	0.95	0.97	-0.73	1.0	0.95	-0.13	0.53	0.98	1.0	0.99	0.97	0.98	-0.98	-0.8	-0.42	0.87	0.64	0.72	0.95	-0.19	0.98
Total Stockholder Equity	1.0		0.96	0.91	0.96	0.98	-0.73	0.98	0.95	-0.13	0.51	0.96	1.0	0.98	0.98	0.99	-0.96	-0.78	-0.42	0.9	0.7	0.72	0.93	-0.17	0.97
Net Debt	0.98	0.96		0.77	0.87	0.9	-0.69	0.99	0.87	-0.06	0.52	0.99	0.98	1.0	0.91	0.93	-1.0	-0.76	-0.38	0.79	0.53	0.62	0.97	-0.31	0.99
Retained Earnings	0.88	0.91	0.77		0.96	0.96	-0.7	0.85	0.97	-0.2	0.5	0.78	0.87	0.82	0.94	0.94	-0.77	-0.73	-0.49	0.88	0.78	0.82	0.76	0.09	0.81
Accounts Payable	0.95	0.96	0.87	0.96		0.96	-0.78	0.92	0.96	-0.26	0.42	0.87	0.94	0.91	0.97	0.98	-0.88	-0.78	-0.46	0.94	0.8	0.77	0.85	-0.02	0.9
Net Receivables	0.97	0.98	0.9	0.96	0.96		-0.72	0.95	0.98	-0.15	0.52	0.9	0.96	0.92	0.97	0.99	-0.9	-0.78	-0.52	0.89	0.71	0.79	0.88	-0.06	0.92
Short Term Investments	-0.73	-0.73	-0.69	-0.7	-0.78	-0.72		-0.73	-0.75	0.5	-0.15	-0.69	-0.72	-0.71	-0.72	-0.73	0.68	0.8	0.41	-0.65	-0.47	-0.76	-0.7	-0.22	-0.7
Total Liab	1.0	0.98	0.99	0.85	0.92	0.95	-0.73		0.93	-0.13	0.54	0.99	0.99	1.0	0.96	0.97	-0.99	-0.81	-0.42	0.83	0.58	0.71	0.96	-0.2	0.98
Total Current Assets	0.95	0.95	0.87	0.97	0.96	0.98	-0.75	0.93		-0.23	0.55	0.88	0.93	0.9	0.97	0.97	-0.87	-0.83	-0.55	0.84	0.66	0.85	0.86	0.05	0.89
Short Term Debt	-0.13	-0.13	-0.06	-0.2	-0.26	-0.15	0.5	-0.13	-0.23		0.14	-0.1	-0.11	-0.1	-0.14	-0.21	0.07	0.61	0.02	-0.25	-0.04	-0.23	-0.12	-0.71	-0.08
Common Stock	0.53	0.51	0.52	0.5	0.42	0.52	-0.15	0.54	0.55	0.14		0.56	0.51	0.52	0.59	0.53	-0.54	-0.51	-0.26	0.32	0.22	0.48	0.61	-0.06	0.55
Long Term Debt	0.98	0.96	0.99	0.78	0.87	0.9	-0.69	0.99	0.88	-0.1	0.56		0.98	0.99	0.93	0.93	-0.99	-0.79	-0.35	0.78	0.5	0.64	0.97	-0.26	0.98
Good Will	1.0	1.0	0.98	0.87	0.94	0.96	-0.72	0.99	0.93	-0.11	0.51	0.98		0.99	0.96	0.98	-0.98	-0.78	-0.4	0.88	0.65	0.69	0.95	-0.22	0.99
Intangible Assets	0.99	0.98	1.0	0.82	0.91	0.92	-0.71	1.0	0.9	-0.1	0.52	0.99	0.99		0.94	0.95	-1.0	-0.78	-0.36	0.83	0.58	0.65	0.96	-0.26	0.99
Property Plant Equipment	0.97	0.98	0.91	0.94	0.97	0.97	-0.72	0.96	0.97	-0.14	0.59	0.93	0.96	0.94		0.98	-0.92	-0.79	-0.45	0.87	0.69	0.77	0.89	-0.13	0.93
Current Deferred Revenue	0.98	0.99	0.93	0.94	0.98	0.99	-0.73	0.97	0.97	-0.21	0.53	0.93	0.98	0.95	0.98		-0.93	-0.81	-0.45	0.92	0.71	0.74	0.91	-0.08	0.94
Net Tangible Assets	-0.98	-0.96	-1.0	-0.77	-0.88	-0.9	0.68	-0.99	-0.87	0.07	-0.54	-0.99	-0.98	-1.0	-0.92	-0.93		0.76	0.37	-0.8	-0.55	-0.62	-0.97	0.3	-0.99
Short Long Term Debt	-0.8	-0.78	-0.76	-0.73	-0.78	-0.78	0.8	-0.81	-0.83	0.61	-0.51	-0.79	-0.78	-0.78	-0.79	-0.81	0.76		0.35	-0.66	-0.38	-0.75	-0.83	-0.32	-0.78
Deferred Long Term Liab	-0.42	-0.42	-0.38	-0.49	-0.46	-0.52	0.41	-0.42	-0.55	0.02	-0.26	-0.35	-0.4	-0.36	-0.45	-0.45	0.37	0.35		-0.29	-0.3	-0.57	-0.33	-0.12	-0.34
Long Term Investments	0.87	0.9	0.79	0.88	0.94	0.89	-0.65	0.83	0.84	-0.25	0.32	0.78	0.88	0.83	0.87	0.92	-0.8	-0.66	-0.29		0.85	0.57	0.76	-0.1	0.84
Long Term Debt Total	0.64	0.7	0.53	0.78	0.8	0.71	-0.47	0.58	0.66	-0.04	0.22	0.5	0.65	0.58	0.69	0.71	-0.55	-0.38	-0.3	0.85		0.54	0.54	-0.06	0.62
Capital Surpluse	0.72	0.72	0.62	0.82	0.77	0.79	-0.76	0.71	0.85	-0.23	0.48	0.64	0.69	0.65	0.77	0.74	-0.62	-0.75	-0.57	0.57	0.54		0.71	0.27	0.67
Net Invested Capital	0.95	0.93	0.97	0.76	0.85	0.88	-0.7	0.96	0.86	-0.12	0.61	0.97	0.95	0.96	0.89	0.91	-0.97	-0.83	-0.33	0.76	0.54	0.71		-0.2	0.98
Net Working Capital	-0.19	-0.17	-0.31	0.09	-0.02	-0.06	-0.22	-0.2	0.05	-0.71	-0.06	-0.26	-0.22	-0.26	-0.13	-0.08	0.3	-0.32	-0.12	-0.1	-0.06	0.27	-0.2		-0.25
Capital Stock	0.98	0.97	0.99	0.81	0.9	0.92	-0.7	0.98	0.89	-0.08	0.55	0.98	0.99	0.99	0.93	0.94	-0.99	-0.78	-0.34	0.84	0.62	0.67	0.98	-0.25

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Predict ICON PLC

Based on the recorded statements, ICON PLC has 1.08 M of outstending shares currently sold short by investors. This is 66.24% lower than that of the Life Sciences Tools & Services sector and 63.95% lower than that of the Health Care industry. The number of shares shorted for all United States stocks is 77.04% higher than that of the company.

ICON Number Of Shares Shorted Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses ICON PLC's direct or indirect competition against its Number Of Shares Shorted to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. 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 of similar companies.

ICON PLC is currently under evaluation in number of shares shorted category among its peers.

ICON PLC Current Valuation Drivers

We derive many important indicators used in calculating different scores of ICON PLC from analyzing ICON PLC's financial statements. These drivers represent accounts that assess ICON PLC's ability to generate profits relative to its revenue, operating costs, and shareholders' equity. Below are some of ICON PLC's important valuation drivers and their relationship over time.

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Market Cap	9.3B	10.3B	20.8B	23.2B	20.9B	22.0B
Enterprise Value	9.2B	9.9B	25.6B	26.8B	24.1B	25.3B

ICON PLC ESG Sustainability

Some studies have found that companies with high sustainability scores are getting higher valuations than competitors with lower social-engagement activities. While most ESG disclosures are voluntary and do not directly affect the long term financial condition, ICON PLC's sustainability indicators can be used to identify proper investment strategies using environmental, social, and governance scores that are crucial to ICON PLC's managers, analysts, and investors.

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ICON Fundamentals

	Return On Equity	0.0799
	Return On Asset	0.0417
	Profit Margin	0.09 %
	Operating Margin	0.14 %
	Current Valuation	20.57 B
	Shares Outstanding	82.56 M
	Shares Owned By Insiders	0.65 %
	Shares Owned By Institutions	99.35 %
	Number Of Shares Shorted	1.08 M
	Price To Earning	33.93 X
	Price To Book	1.81 X
	Price To Sales	2.13 X
	Revenue	8.12 B
	Gross Profit	2.22 B
	EBITDA	1.63 B
	Net Income	612.34 M
	Cash And Equivalents	616.63 M
	Cash Per Share	7.56 X
	Total Debt	3.94 B
	Debt To Equity	0.64 %
	Current Ratio	1.18 X
	Book Value Per Share	118.39 X
	Cash Flow From Operations	1.16 B
	Short Ratio	0.88 X
	Earnings Per Share	9.00 X
	Price To Earnings To Growth	1.00 X
	Target Price	280.56
	Number Of Employees	42.25 K
	Beta	1.25
	Market Capitalization	17.69 B
	Total Asset	16.99 B
	Retained Earnings	2.43 B
	Working Capital	585.86 M
	Current Asset	130.22 M
	Current Liabilities	57.3 M
	Net Asset	16.99 B

About ICON PLC Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze ICON PLC's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of ICON PLC using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of ICON PLC based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.

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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.

Moving together with ICON Stock

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Moving against ICON Stock

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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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