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IQV IQVIA

Health Care · Life Sciences Tools & Services · close $266.90 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-03-31

41
D
#41/150 in sector · #299/964 overall

IQVIA (IQV) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 41/100 (grade D), ranking #41 of 150 in Health Care. Its strongest pillars are cash flow (60) and valuation (57); its weakest is balance sheet (15). TTM revenue growth is 7.3% and operating margin 13.2%.

Data as of .

Analyst sentiment

weight 7.5% · 50
Consensus score (1–5) (3.8%)derived89
90-day net rating shift (3.8%)derived29

Growth

weight 30.83% · 41
Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%)7.3%36
EPS growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%)9.8%45
Revenue acceleration (6.2%)-1.8%42

Profitability

weight 18.5% · 38
Operating margin (9.9%)13.2%53
4Q gross-margin change (8.6%)-1.7%20

Balance sheet

weight 18.5% · 15
Net debt / EBITDA (9.9%)4.15×15
Current ratio (4.9%)0.751
Interest coverage (3.7%)3.02×35

Cash flow

weight 12.33% · 60
FCF margin (6.2%)12.6%50
FCF yield (6.2%)4.6%71

Valuation

weight 12.33% · 57
P/E (inverted) (6.2%)33.16×47
EV/Sales (inverted) (6.2%)3.51×66

Technicals (EOD)

RSI(14)54.8
EMA 9 / 21264.28 / 263.65 · crossed up 2d ago
200-day SMA207.74
Volume vs 20d avg0.67×
20-day return-0.9%

Exit-rule monitor

  • EXITRating break: House Rating below 60
  • EXITBalance-sheet stress: net debt/EBITDA above 4×

Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax · Gross profit: Revenue − CostOfGoodsAndServiceExcludingDepreciationDepletionAndAmortization · Operating income: OperatingIncomeLoss · Interest expense: InterestExpense · D&A: DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted).

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FAQ

What is IQV's House Rating?
IQV scores 41 out of 100 (grade D) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #41 of 150 Health Care stocks we cover.
What do analysts say about IQV?
ThetaGrade's analyst-sentiment pillar for IQV scores 50/100 against its sector peers, which we read as mixed. This is our own derived score; we do not republish individual analyst ratings, counts or targets.
When does IQV report earnings next?
IQV's next earnings report is estimated for about 2026-10-27 (window 2026-10-20 to 2026-11-03), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
Is IQV a buy?
ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.

Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology

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