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IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (IQV) Stock Analysis

SellModerate Confidence

Healthcare · Diagnostics & Research

IQVIA Holdings Inc. provides clinical research services, commercial insights, and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates through three segments: Technology & Analytics Solutions,... Read more

$165.64+21.2% upside
Score 5.7/10Target $200.76Reward/Risk 4.2:1

TrendMatrix rates IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (IQV) as Sell with moderate confidence. The stock trades at $165.64 with +21.2% upside to the $200.76 price target. Overall score: 5.7/10 across 10 analysis dimensions. Reward/risk ratio: 4.2:1.

Passes 3/5 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: aggressive.

Val7.2Qual5.5Grw5.9Mom3.4Sent8.0Ins4.7Peer5.0Tech6.0Risk5.95.7OVERALL

Investment Thesis

+ Sector modifier (): +1.2
+ Strong earnings beat streak (3/4)
+ Attractive valuation
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.5)
- Leverage penalty (D/E 2.5): -1.5
- Negative momentum

Fundamentals

P/E (TTM)21.3
P/E (Fwd)11.9
Mkt Cap$28.3B
EV/EBITDA14.5
Profit Mgn8.3%
ROE21.4%
Rev Growth10.3%
Beta1.41
DividendNone
Analysts30
Frequently Asked Questions
Is IQV stock a buy right now?

TrendMatrix rates IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (IQV) as Sell with moderate confidence. Score 5.7/10.

What is the IQV stock price target?

Take-profit target: $200.76 (+21.2% upside). Reward/risk ratio: 4.2:1. Stop-loss: $157.35.

What are the risks of investing in IQV?

V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.5); Leverage penalty (D/E 2.5): -1.5; Negative momentum.

Is IQV overvalued or undervalued?

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. trades at a P/E of 21.3 (forward 11.9). TrendMatrix value score: 7.2/10. Verdict: Sell.

What do analysts say about IQV?

30 analysts cover IQV with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $236.

What does IQVIA Holdings, Inc. do?IQVIA Holdings Inc. provides clinical research services, commercial insights, and healthcare intelligence to the life...

IQVIA Holdings Inc. provides clinical research services, commercial insights, and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates through three segments: Technology & Analytics Solutions, Research & Development Solutions, and Contract Sales & Medical Solutions. The Technology & Analytics Solutions segment offers a range of cloud-based applications and associated implementation services; real world solutions that enable life sciences and provider customers to generate and disseminate evidence, which informs health care decision making and improves patients' outcomes; and strategic and implementation consulting services, such as advanced analytics and commercial processes outsourcing services. This segment also provides country level performance metrics related to sales of pharmaceutical products, prescribing trends, medical treatment, and promotional activity across various channels, including retail, hospital, and mail order; and measurement of sales or prescribing activity at the regional, zip code, and individual prescriber level. The Research & Development Solutions segment offers project management and clinical monitoring; clinical trial support; strategic planning and design services; and patient and site centric solutions, as well as central laboratory, genomic, bioanalytical, ADME, discovery, vaccine and biomarker laboratory services. The Contract Sales & Medical Solutions segment provides health care provider and patient engagement services, and scientific strategy and medical services. It serves pharmaceutical, biotechnology, device and diagnostic, and consumer health companies. The company was formerly known as Quintiles IMS Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to IQVIA Holdings Inc. in November 2017. IQVIA Holdings Inc. is based in Durham, North Carolina.

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32 NEUTRAL
<20d<50d<200dDEATH CROSSSupp $162.22Res $182.93

Price Targets

$157
$201
Upside+21.2%
Reward/Risk4.2:1

Position Sizing

ConvictionNONE
Suggested %0.5%
Max %1%
RegimeRISK_OFF

Risk Alerts

! MOMENTUM:3.4<5.0
! DEATH_CROSS:HARD_BLOCK
Suitability: Aggressive
Risk/Reward 4.2>=2.0
Insider activity: OK
No SEC red flags
Momentum 3.4<5.0
Death cross (50MA < 200MA)