ICON PLC
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ICON PLC (NASDAQ:ICLR) is a publicly traded company in the Industrial Applications And Services sector. Wiseek has independently scored 22 items for ICLR at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-10-27, rated 8/10. Across its 20 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 15 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for ICLR spans 6-K, 6-K/A, 20-F.
Recent high-impact activity:
- ICON Q3 Beats on Bookings; Buyback Raised to $750M, 2026 Guidance Set
- ICON Posts Q3 EPS of $1.58
- ICON Confirms $2.15B Refinancing and Details Expanded Securities Class Action
- ICON PLC Prices $2.15 Billion Unsecured Notes to Refinance Debt
- ICON Launches Private Note Offering to Refinance Bridge Loan and Term Debt
Financial Snapshot
Short Interest & Short Volume
3.71 days to coverFINRA reported short interest of 2,968,059 shares in ICLR as of the October 15, 2026 settlement, a 6.0% increase from the prior period — about 3.7 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 28, 2026, 34.6% of ICLR volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.
Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.
Insider Transactions
ICLR files as a Foreign Private Issuer (FPI). Under SEC Exchange Act Section 16(a), officers, directors, and 10% owners of FPIs are exempt from Form 4 insider-transaction reporting requirements. Comparable disclosures, when applicable, appear in the company's Form 20-F (annual) or Form 6-K (interim) filings on SEC EDGAR.