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Our Company IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. IQVIA s portfolio of solutions are powered by IQVIA Connected Intelligence to deliver actionable insights and services built on high-quality health data, Healthcare-grade AI , advanced analytics, the latest technologies and…
$206.26
$4.23 (-2.01%)
EOD Jul 17, 2026
13.38% operating margin is respectable but not wide. ROIC at 8.91%. Suggests the business covers its cost of capital, but doesn't point to a wide moat.
Revenue grew 5.9%, steady but not accelerating.
At 26x earnings, the current multiple leaves limited room for execution misses or growth deceleration. Net debt of $14.12B represents 6.9x FCF, leverage limits flexibility.
25.6x earnings, 16.6x FCF. Not cheap, the quality is already reflected in the price. Upside from here requires either margin expansion or growth re-acceleration, not just continuation.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$16.63B
▲ +5.9% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$1.39B
▼ -0.9% YoY
Op. Margin
13.23%
▼ -0.9pp YoY
ROIC
8.88%
▼ -0.4pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
$2.12B
▼ -3.0% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$2.70B
▼ -2.3% YoY
Net Debt
$13.96B
Cash & Equiv.
$2.10B
5Y CAGR: +7.5%
5Y CAGR: +8.8%
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At a P/E of 25.6 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 16.6, IQVIA Holdings (IQV) trades above a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $133.73 per share, so at $206.26 the stock looks overvalued (35.2% above estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, IQVIA Holdings scores 62/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a solid business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $133.73 per share for IQV, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $100.30. At today's $206.26, that puts the stock about 35.2% above estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
IQVIA Holdings scores 62 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a solid business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 13.2% operating margin and a 8.9% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. IQV currently trades above its estimated intrinsic value and scores 62/100 on quality (solid). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.