Baird upgraded Icon (ICLR) to Outperform from Neutral with a price target of $224, up from $150. The firm has increased confidence in the shares after the four leading contract research originations posted sequential bookings improvement and stabilized backlog burn. It now sees a “moderate, ratable” recovery into 2026 for Icon.
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