IQVIA Holdings Inc. (IQV) earnings on July 28, 2026

Before the market opens Q2 2026

More IQVIA Holdings Inc. earnings

Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate

IQV shares surged after earnings, closing up 16% despite fears of a post-news drop.

IQV price around the earnings

242.94

Change: +13.9%

2026-07-28, 20:00 UTC

Start of the measured window End of the measured window
213.22 224.49 235.75 247.02 213.22
Price series around the eventClosing price per minute from before the event to the end of the measured window.
July 28, 2026
  • Price: green if it ends above the starting price; red if it ends below
  • Start of the measured window
  • End of the measured window
  • Market open
  • Starting price
Price series around the event

Prior thesis

Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate

Thesis published
Results released

Strong recent trend and a strong recent record of beating earnings with analyst upgrades; high expectations near resistance create sell-the-news risk.

Context analyzed before publication

Trend
Trajectory scores rising 65→70 over 7 days indicates a strengthening recent trend but elevated sell-the-news risk into BMO.

Analysts

Evidence

Analyst consensus
Strong buy
Consensus average (1-5)
1.45
Analysts covering the stock
19
Average price target
232
Lowest price target
200
Highest price target
284
Upside to price target
8.8%
Quarterly earnings growth
10%
Revenue growth
8.4%
Forward EPS
14.17
Trailing EPS
8.25
Analyst moves in the last 60 days
3
  • Strong buy: 4
  • Buy: 15
  • Hold: 3
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong sell: 0
Strong buy
4
Buy
15
Hold
3
Sell
0
Strong sell
0
  • July 13, 2026 · Mizuho: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
  • July 1, 2026 · Baird: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
  • June 17, 2026 · Morgan Stanley: Downgrades rating (Overweight → Equal-Weight)

News and sentiment

Evidence

Sentiment
Sentiment
Neutral
Mention volume
Low
Normalized volume
33%
News
Sources (2)

Technicals

Evidence

Average true range (ATR)
2.8%
Distance to 52-week high
-12.7%
14-day change (14d)
+2.8%
30-day change (31d)
+11.5%
30-day relative strength
+10.2%
SPY change (31d)
+1.3%
Nearest support
211.52
Nearest resistance
214.38
Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
0.66

Trends

Evidence

Average earnings surprise
+1.5%
  • May 5, 2026: actual EPS 2.9 vs estimate 2.82 (surprise +3.0%)
  • February 5, 2026: actual EPS 3.42 vs estimate 3.4 (surprise +0.7%)
  • October 28, 2025: actual EPS 3 vs estimate 2.98 (surprise +0.8%)
  • July 22, 2025: actual EPS 2.81 vs estimate 2.77 (surprise +1.4%)

Expected move

Implied move
+2.6%
Source
Options chain

Reactions over its last 20 earnings

Median move
3.6%
75th percentile move
6.7%
90th percentile move
10.9%
Up / down moves
11 / 9
Average up move
+6.0%
Average down move
-4.3%

Monitoring and close

What IQVIA Holdings Inc. reported

Status
Finished
Actual EPS3.15
EPS estimate3.03
EPS surprise+4.0%
Revenue$4,368 million
Revenue estimate$4,301 million
Revenue surprise+1.6%

IQVIA reported better-than-expected Q2 earnings and raised its FY2026 guidance, leading to an optimistic outlook among investors.

Sources (15)

Pre-market second reading after the results

Verdict
Beat expectations

Heading into the open, the figures confirm the optimistic scenario. In the 1037 past cases with a similar move, the close held that direction 96% of the time.

How the stock reacted

Outcome
Accurate
Consolidated
+13.9%
Max favorable move (MFE)
16.2%
Max adverse move (MAE)
0%