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Medpace Holdings vs IQVIA Holdings

Over the past year MEDP returned +10.5% and IQV returned +25.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.56.

MEDP +10.5% IQV +25.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMEDPIQV
Price$656.77$263.79
Market cap$18.37B$43.47B
Today−1.01%+0.46%
1 month+8.9%+1.5%
6 months+53.9%+49.5%
Year to date+16.9%+17.0%
1 year+10.6%+23.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+8.5%+8.0%
Gross margin31.3%33.8%
Net margin19.2%7.9%
P/E (TTM)35.5×31.2×
Price / sales6.5×2.5×
Net cash$705.3M-$13.64B
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)29.7%26.8%
Short % of float7.2%2.0%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).