NASDAQ: ICFI

ICF International (ICFI) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Oct 12 close

$87.73+0.18 (+0.2%)

Gekko Brief

AI summaryOct 12 close

ICF International reports Q2 2026 results, with a 6% increase in commercial client revenues, a 12% rise in non-GAAP EPS, an 11.2% adjusted EBITDA margin, and a $9.3 billion business development pipeline. Alongside this, the company secured two multiyear Los Angeles County energy efficiency work orders worth a combined $70.00 million, while also announcing plans to lay off 82 employees starting in December following a Department of Homeland Security contract consolidation. A rating upgrade to Buy also featured during the week.

ICFI closed at $87.73, up 0.2%, sitting above both its 50-day average of $86.89 and its 200-day average of $78.67, with the 50-day above the 200-day. The GekkoIndex reads 52.9, placing it in the Neutral zone, down from a higher reading five days prior. The stock trades 32.8% below Gekko Fair Value of $130.54.

ICFI's next earnings report is due 5 November 2026 after the close, 24 days away and within a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the last rereport produced a 10.6% reaction, with 6 beats across the last 8 quarters. Consensus among 4 firms stands at 3 buy and 1 hold, with a target of $107.25. Seasonality over the past 5 years shows an average 20-day return of 0.7%, positive in 3 of those years. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the respective windows.

Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.

ICF International price vs fair value

▲$130.54$87.73Oct ’25Apr ’26Oct ’26
Close $87.73200-day averageGekko Fair Value $130.54

ICF International quick facts

Market cap
$1.59B
P/E ratio
18
Forward P/E
10.9
EPS, TTM
$4.83
Revenue, TTM
$1.82B
Profit margin
4.9%
Dividend yield
0.68%
Beta
0.53
Volume
135,452 avg 191,952
1-year return
−0.6%
Typical daily move
±2.6%
Typical 20-day move
±5.5%
50-day average
$86.89
200-day average
$78.67
Next earnings
Nov 5 after close
Shares outstanding
17.93M
52-week range
$58.83$98.03

ICF International swing-trade checklist

ICF International scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.

Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.

3 supportive1 mixed1 headwind

  • Trendsupportive

    Above 50 and 200-day

    Close $87.73 is above the 50-day ($86.89) and 200-day ($78.67) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.

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  • GekkoIndexmixed

    52.9, Neutral

    Reading 52.9 is in the Neutral zone.

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  • Fair valuesupportive

    32.8% below

    Price is 32.8% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).

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  • Smart moneyno data

    No data

    No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.

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  • Earnings riskheadwind

    Reports in 24 days

    Reports on Nov 5, 2026, 24 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

    See earnings
  • Seasonalitysupportive

    +0.7% on average

    From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +0.7% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.

    See seasonality

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ICF International stock chart and price history

ICF International closed at $87.73 on Oct 12, 2026, −0.6% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $58.83 to $98.03.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
ICF International share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$60$70$80NovDecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct87.73

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
+2.1%
3 months
+14.9%
6 months
+25.2%
1 year
−0.6%
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About ICF International

ICF International operates as an advisory firm, helping government bodies and private sector clients work through complex policy, management, marketing, and technology questions. It has built a reputation for digging into the issues that matter to industries and stakeholders, studying how trends and behaviors shift over time, and putting numbers behind the outcomes of various initiatives. Clients rely on its guidance to move through shifting social, commercial, and digital terrain.

The firm builds and carries out policies, programs, and tools for clients, mixing off-the-shelf methods with ones tailored to a specific need, often grounded in surveys and layered data analysis that turns information into something clients can act on. It also works on smoothing interactions between organizations and the people they serve, updating aging IT infrastructure, and defending networks against security threats. Alongside this technical work, ICF International manages communications tasks for clients, including branding, public relations, and reputation protection across multiple channels. Its client work touches areas like energy and environmental infrastructure, health and education programs, public safety, and financial services.

The company dates back to 1969, originally operating under the name ICF Consulting Group Holdings, LLC, before it became ICF International, Inc. in 2006. Its headquarters sit in Fairfax, Virginia, and its stock trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker ICFI.

Listed
NASDAQ
Sector
Commercial services
Industry
Miscellaneous commercial services
Website
icf.com

ICF International GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

ICF International’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 52.9, in the Neutral zone, down 10.8 points over five sessions.

010052.9Neutral

Down 10.8 points over five sessions, from the Accumulation zone.

Reading for Oct 12, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying66+0.7%−0.5%−0.7%−3.4%
Accumulation229−0.2%−0.7%−1.3%−0.7%
Neutral (current zone)352−0.4%−0.4%−0.8%−3.3%
Distribution31+0.5%+1.3%−0.8%−8.3%
Selling4Too few readings yet

Average ICFI share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.

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Is ICF International stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

ICF International trades 32.8% below Gekko Fair Value of $130.54, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.

Gekko’s own estimate of what ICF International shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.

$130.54

Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026

32.8% Undervalued

At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 40.8% below the estimate.

Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
$131$88Aug 2026SepOct 2026

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ICF International insider and Congress trading

No open-market insider purchases were filed for ICF International, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.

Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.

Insider buying last 90 days

No open-market insider purchases were filed for ICFI in the last 90 days.

From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.

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Congress trades last 90 days

No trades in ICFI were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

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Buybacks

ICF International has been buying back its own shares.

Latest authorization
$100.0M, Jun 25, 2026
Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
$14.39M
As a share of market cap
0.91%
Trailing four quarters
$48.71M

From company filings.

ICF International earnings: next date and track record

ICF International reports on Nov 5, 2026, after the close (24 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 6 of its last 8 reports.

6 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±4.7%average move across the report
7 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

+3.1%May ’24+9.0%Aug ’24+0.5%Nov ’24+0.5%Feb ’25+0.8%Apr ’25+6.8%Jul ’25−6.2%Oct ’25+10.6%Feb ’26

Last earnings call, Feb 26, 2026 AI summary

What they said
ICFI reported Q4 2025 results within guidance ranges, with revenues declining 7.3% year-over-year due to government shutdown impacts while maintaining adjusted EBITDA margins at 2024 levels. Non-federal client revenues grew 14% to represent 57% of total revenues, led by 24% growth in commercial energy clients. The company achieved a 1.19 book-to-bill ratio, $3.4 billion firm backlog, and $8.6 billion business development pipeline.
Guidance
Management expects return to revenue growth in 2026 with over 10% year-on-year improvement at midpoint. Non-federal clients anticipated to achieve double-digit growth again, accounting for over 60% of total revenues, with commercial energy expected to deliver another year of double-digit growth.
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Feb 26, 2026$1.47
est $1.53
−3.9%$443.7M
est $440.9M
+0.6%+10.6%
Oct 30, 2025$1.67
est $1.75
−4.6%$465.4M
est $440.9M
+5.6%−6.2%
Jul 31, 2025$1.66
est $1.63
+1.8%$476.2M
est $477.8M
−0.3%+6.8%
Apr 30, 2025$1.94
est $1.46
+32.9%$487.6M
est $487.3M
+0.1%+0.8%
Feb 25, 2025$1.87
est $1.85
+1.1%$496.3M
est $494.2M
+0.4%+0.5%
Nov 1, 2024$1.88
est $1.77
+6.2%$517.0M
est $504.0M
+2.6%+0.5%
Aug 1, 2024$1.69
est $1.49
+13.4%$512.0M
est $505.8M
+1.2%+9.0%
May 2, 2024$1.77
est $1.46
+21.2%$494.4M
est $487.9M
+1.3%+3.1%

“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.

ICF International stock forecast and analyst price targets

Analysts’ average 12-month price target for ICF International is $107.25, +22.3% from the last close, from 4 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.

$107.25consensus 12-month target, +22.3% from the last close
Low $80High $115
Buy3
Hold1
Sell0

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 4 firms.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Aug 14BarringtonBuy, reiterated$110+25.4%
Aug 7Truist FinancialHold, reiterated$80−8.8%
Aug 7William BlairBuy, maintained——
Aug 6Canaccord GenuityBuy, maintained$115+31.1%
Jul 28BarringtonBuy, maintained$102+16.3%
−0.8%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+0.7%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.6%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range

Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.

ICF International seasonality: the next 20 trading days

Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, ICF International averaged +0.7% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.

Next 20 trading days, by year

+8.6%2021−2.9%2022+2.8%2023+0.5%2024−5.5%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears higher
Next 5 trading days+2.4%4 of 5
Next 10 trading days+0.9%4 of 5
Next 15 trading days+0.8%3 of 5
Next 20 trading days+0.7%3 of 5
Next 30 trading days−4.4%2 of 5

For scale, ICFI’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5.5%.

ICF International market cap and key statistics

ICF International’s market cap is $1.59B, with a P/E ratio of 18 and revenue of $1.82B over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$1.59B
P/E ratio
18
Forward P/E
10.9
EPS, TTM
$4.83
Gekko Fair Value
$130.54

Trading

Volume
135,452
Avg volume, 20 days
191,952
52-week high
$98.03
52-week low
$58.83
Shares outstanding
17.93M

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$1.82B
Profit margin
4.9%
Return on equity
8.6%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
+16.4%

Risk and income

Beta
0.53
Typical daily move
±2.6%
Typical 20-day move
±5.5%
Dividend yield
0.68%

ICF International stock news this week

Coverage of ICF International this week reads positive: 4 positive, 3 neutral and 1 negative headlines.

News sentiment positive

ICF International peers

ICF International’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
SHOPShopify+3.1%Distribution25.9% above
CTASCintas+0.9%Neutral14.1% above
PYPLPayPal+0.8%Neutral0.8% below
XYZBlock−0.1%Neutral7.5% above
CPAYCorpay−0.7%Neutral17.5% below
FISVFiserv+1.3%Accumulation39.7% below

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In the Buying zone today

Reporting earnings this week

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ICF International stock FAQ

What is ICF International’s market cap?

ICF International’s market cap is $1.59B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $87.73, with 17.93M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 18.

What is the ICF International stock forecast?

The consensus analyst 12-month price target for ICF International is $107.25, +22.3% from the last close. Of the 4 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 3 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.

Is ICF International stock overvalued or undervalued?

On Gekko’s estimate ICF International is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $87.73 is 32.8% below Gekko Fair Value of $130.54. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.

When does ICF International report earnings next?

ICF International is expected to report on Nov 5, 2026, after the market closes (24 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.92 per share on revenue of $490.8M. ICF International beat the earnings estimate in 6 of its last 8 reports, moving 4.7% on average across the report.

What is ICF International’s 52-week high and low?

ICF International’s 52-week high is $98.03 and its 52-week low is $58.83; it closed at $87.73 on Oct 12, 2026, −0.6% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $179.67 on Nov 6, 2024.

Is ICF International stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (trend, fair value and seasonality), 1 as mixed (gekkoindex) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

How this page works

During US trading hours the price at the top of the page is a delayed quote, refreshed every 15 minutes; everything else is rebuilt after each US market close. The GekkoIndex, Gekko Fair Value and the checklist are Gekko’s own, and the Gekko Brief is written by AI from this page’s data and checked against it before it is published. How Gekko’s data works →

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