IQV · Intrinsic value
Is IQVIA Holdings Inc. (IQV) overvalued or undervalued?
IQVIA Holdings Inc. (IQV) trades at the delayed market price of $267.85 a share. That price already implies revenue growth of 22.9% a year for 5 years. TickerWorth's fair value is $162.62 a share (65% above fair value), as of Oct 21, 2026. It is a model estimate, and every input behind it is sourced below.
Model by Miraaj Patel · generated from SEC filings and market data · Updated Oct 21, 2026 · How these pages are made
Is IQV overvalued?
- Fair value
- $162.62
- Market price
- $267.85
- Downside to fair value
- 39.3%
- Verdict
- 65% above fair value
Reverse DCF: Today's price implies revenue growth of 22.9% a year for 5 years; our model assumes 5.8% a year on average over the same horizon.
What is IQV's TickerWorth Score?
Scores lower than most companies we compare it with
Compared with Healthcare companies in US
Its strongest point: recent price trend has been strong. Its weakest: balance sheet looks stretched.
- Value · 49 of 100
Cheaper than 49% of Healthcare companies in US
- Price vs worth · 19 of 100
- Quality · 52 of 100
More profitable than 52% of Healthcare companies in US
- Financial health · 9 of 100
Financially stronger than 9% of Healthcare companies in US
- Growth · 50 of 100
Growing faster than 50% of Healthcare companies in US
- Momentum · 83 of 100
Outperformed 83% of Healthcare companies in US over the past year
Confidence: High confidence · Scored
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IQV DCF valuation: what the price assumes
At a recent price of $267.85, IQVIA Holdings Inc. (IQV) trades 65% above TickerWorth's blended fair value of $162.62 per share — a discounted-cash-flow model cross-checked against peer multiples and asset value — meaning the market currently prices IQV overvalued vs our estimate of what the business is intrinsically worth. Our fair value sits below the market, an implied -39.3% move to close the gap if the business performs in line with our assumptions. This is an educational model, not a price target or a recommendation — the value moves with the inputs, which you can test yourself using the WACC slider below.
Read the full reasoning
One of the lenses behind that blended figure is a discounted-cash-flow model, which on its own values IQV at about $113.80 per share. The rest of this page walks through that DCF — its assumptions, reverse-DCF and discount-rate sensitivity — because it is the auditable anchor of the blend.
The valuation discounts IQVIA Holdings Inc.'s projected free cash flows at a weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) of 9.3%, with a long-run terminal growth rate of 2.5%. About 73% of the enterprise value comes from the terminal value — the portion beyond the explicit forecast window — which is typical for a stable, cash-generative business and a reminder that small changes in the discount rate or terminal growth assumption swing the intrinsic value meaningfully.
Running the DCF in reverse — solving for the growth the current price already assumes — the market is implying roughly 22.9% annual revenue growth for IQV. Our base case instead compounds to about 5.8% a year over the same forecast, so the market is pricing in materially faster growth than our base case. The reverse-DCF is a quick sanity check: it reframes 'is this stock cheap?' as 'do I believe the growth the price requires?' rather than arguing over a single point estimate of fair value.
Sensitivity matters more than any single number. Across a reasonable band of discount-rate assumptions, IQV's modeled DCF value ranges from about $74.11 to $199.10 per share. If that range still sits below today's price, the market is optimistic relative to the model across the whole band; if it brackets the price, the stock is roughly fairly valued on our assumptions. Use the interactive slider to see exactly where your own cost-of-capital view lands.
How to read this page: the DCF fair value is what IQVIA Holdings Inc. would be worth if its cash flows grow as modeled and are discounted at the stated WACC. The assumptions table shows every input and its source; the reverse-DCF shows what the market believes; the sensitivity band shows how fragile the answer is. None of this is investment advice — it is a transparent, auditable framework for forming your own view of IQV's intrinsic value. Figures update as new filings and prices come in.
Every input behind IQV's DCF
| Input | Value |
|---|---|
| Base-year revenueIQVIA HOLDINGS INC. FY2025 10-K (accession 0001628280-26-008322): us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax, FY2025 full year. | $16,310,000,000 |
| Base EBIT marginIQVIA HOLDINGS INC. FY2025 10-K (accession 0001628280-26-008322): us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss 2,182,000,000 / revenue 16,310,000,000 = 13.38%, FY2025. | 13.4% |
| Forecast revenue growthESTIMATEAssumption — TickerWorth's 5-year explicit forecast | 8% → 7% → 6% → 5% → 4% |
| Risk-free rateLive feed — US 10-year Treasury yield (^TNX) | 5.1% |
| BetaLive feed — yfinance, 5-year monthly beta vs the S&P 500 (clamped to 0.4–2.5) | 1.17 |
| Terminal growthESTIMATEAssumption — TickerWorth house default 2.5%, held below WACC | 2.5% |
| Diluted sharesIQVIA HOLDINGS INC. FY2025 10-K (accession 0001628280-26-008322): WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding = 173,500,000 shares, FY2025. | 174M |
| Market priceBackup price feed · as of 2026-10-21 01:06 UTC | $267.85 |
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What does IQVIA Holdings Inc. do?
What does it do?
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 in the Diagnostics & Research industry (Healthcare sector), headquartered in United States. The company employs roughly 94,000 people.
How does it make money?
The business turns $16.3B in annual revenue into profit. Out of every $100 of sales, about $13 is left as operating profit (operating margin of 13.0%), after a 33% gross margin on the products/services it sells. After all costs, taxes and interest, 8.1% of revenue becomes bottom-line net profit.
Is it financially healthy?
Financially it looks stretched: carries heavy debt (2.6× equity), may struggle to cover its short-term bills (0.7× current ratio), and is currently profitable.
Who at IQV filed insider trades?
| Date | Insider | Relationship | What happened | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire James G. | See Remarks | Option exercise | $709,323.42 | Form 4 for Berkshire James G. (opens sec.gov in a new tab) | |
| Berkshire James G. | See Remarks | Open-market sale | $697,228.44 | Form 4 for Berkshire James G. (opens sec.gov in a new tab) | |
| Berkshire James G. | See Remarks | Disposition to issuer | $709,558.02 | Form 4 for Berkshire James G. (opens sec.gov in a new tab) | |
| STAUB W RICHARD | See Remarks | Open-market sale | $1,279,740.00 | Form 4 for STAUB W RICHARD (opens sec.gov in a new tab) | |
| Patel Bhavik | See Remarks | Open-market sale | $436,425.85 | Form 4 for Patel Bhavik (opens sec.gov in a new tab) | |
| Sherbet Eric | See Remarks | Open-market sale | $1,245,800.00 | Form 4 for Sherbet Eric (opens sec.gov in a new tab) |
A disclosure, not a signal to trade. Source: SEC EDGAR (Form 4). Older filings and the 90-day buying-and-selling read are part of Pro. See plans
Common questions
What is IQV's intrinsic value?
TickerWorth's blended fair value for IQVIA Holdings Inc. (IQV) is $162.62 per share, versus a market price of $267.85 (65% above fair value).
Is IQV overvalued or undervalued?
On our blended fair value IQV looks overvalued vs fair value at $267.85. This is an educational estimate, not advice.
What discount rate is used for IQV?
A WACC of 9.3% and a terminal growth rate of 2.5%.
Is IQVIA stock undervalued?
TickerWorth's fair value for IQVIA Holdings Inc. (IQV) is $162.62 against a market price of $267.85. Our read: 65% above fair value. This is a model estimate, not investment advice.
IQVIA (IQV) DCF valuation and fair value
Our fair value for IQVIA Holdings Inc. (IQV) is $162.62, built on a 9.3% discount rate (WACC) and 2.5% terminal growth. It blends our discounted-cash-flow model with other valuation lenses. Every assumption is listed on this page with its source.
What growth is priced into IQVIA stock?
Today's price implies revenue growth of 22.9% a year for 5 years; our model assumes 5.8% a year on average over the same horizon. This is a reverse DCF: it holds our cash-flow model's other inputs and solves for the revenue growth that makes the model equal today's price of $267.85. A model estimate, not investment advice.
IQVIA (IQV) insider trading
The most recent insider filing (SEC Form 4) for IQVIA Holdings Inc. (IQV): Berkshire James G., See Remarks, option exercise on 2026-09-02. The latest filings are listed on this page. A disclosure, not a signal to trade.
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