ICON PLC (ICLR) Stock Technical Analysis
NASDAQ:ICLR - Nasdaq - IE0005711209 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
We assign a technical rating of 0 out of 10 to ICLR. ICLR's overall performance in the market is below average. Also recent evolutions are not that positive. Both the medium and short term picture give negative signs.
The short term trend is negative, as is the long term trend. There should be more interesting stocks out there.
90% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than ICLR.
ICLR is one of the lesser performing stocks in the Life Sciences Tools & Services industry. 61% of 56 stocks in the same industry do better.
ICLR is currently trading near the lower end of its 52 week range, which is not a good sign. ICLR is lagging the S&P500 Index which is trading in the middle of its 52 week range.
In the last month ICLR has a been trading in the 133.28 - 167.29 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading near the lows of this range.
ICLR has an average volume of 1380030 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.
Volume is considerably higher in the last couple of days.
ICLR has a bad technical rating, but it does show a decent setup pattern. Prices have been consolidating lately. There is very little resistance above the current price. We notice that large players showed an interest for ICLR in the last couple of days, which is a good sign.
- Behavior of large players is measured by the Effective Volume indicator. This indicator inspects the 1 minute timeframe looking for high volume transactions.
More info and screens
143.76
175.07
When analyzing the resistance we notice 5 important areas.
- Resistance @151.45 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @159.31 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- Resistance @161.92 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
- A resistance zone ranging from 166.80 to 169.42. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @173.34 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS10.3
Mansfield-4.11
10 Day High151.92
10 Day Low133.28
20 Day High167.29
20 Day Low133.28
52 Week High347.72
52 Week Low133.28
Performance
1 Week-0.49%
2 Weeks1.16%
1 Month-13.92%
3 Month-27.06%
6 Month-34.12%
12 Month-53.01%
2 Year-31.84%
3 Year-35.11%
5 Year-13.8%
10 Year123.85%
15 Year422.15%
Daily CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (D)
Bullish Hammer (D)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (D)
Hanging Man (D)
Bullish Harami (D)
Doji (D)
Gravestone Doji (D)
DragonFly Doji (D)
Bearish Engulfing (D)
Bearish Shooting Star (D)
Bearish Harami (D)
Inside Bar (D)
Red Dog Reversal Down (D)
Red Dog Reversal Up (D)
Dark Cloud Cover (D)
Weekly CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (W)
Bullish Hammer (W)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (W)
Hanging Man (W)
Bullish Harami (W)
Doji (W)
Gravestone Doji (W)
DragonFly Doji (W)
Bearish Engulfing (W)
Bearish Shooting Star (W)
Bearish Harami (W)
Inside Bar (W)
Dark Cloud Cover (W)
Daily Chart Patterns
Bull Flag
Bear Flag
Ascending Triangle (D)
Descending Triangle (D)
Symmetrical Triangle (D)
Squeeze
Channel (D)
Channel Up (D)
Channel Down (D)
Rising Wedge (D)
Falling Wedge (D)
Double Bottom (D)
Multiple Bottom (D)
Double Top (D)
Multiple Top (D)
Weekly Chart Patterns
Weekly Bull Flag
Weekly Bear Flag
Squeeze Week
Channel (W)
Double Bottom (W)
Multiple Bottom (W)
Double Top (W)
Multiple Top (W)
Technical Indicators
MACD(12,26,9)2.01
RSI(14)40.64
LBB136.2
UBB152.06
145.21
-6.23 (-4.11%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorHealth Care
GICS IndustryLife Sciences Tools & Services
Performance
% Chg-4.11%
1 Week-0.49%
2 Weeks1.16%
1 Month-13.92%
3 Month-27.06%
6 Month-34.12%
12 Month-53.01%
2 Year-31.84%
3 Year-35.11%
5 Year-13.8%
10 Year123.85%
15 Year422.15%
Volatility
ATR(14)6.87
ATR(20)%6.18%
ATR Inc50.04%
Range Today12.49
ADR(20)8.05
ADR(20)%5.55%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS10.3
Mansfield-4.11
10 Day High151.92
10 Day Low133.28
20 Day High167.29
20 Day Low133.28
52 Week High347.72
52 Week Low133.28
CS1 EndN/A
CR1 Start151.45
Volume & EV
DER(3)3.43%
DER(5)2.83%
Volume4.00M
Volume Incr57.91%
Vol(5)2.53M
Vol(50)1.38M