Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. IQVIA Holdings Inc shares valued at $8,132,931 were sold by BOUSBIB ARI on Dec 18 ’25. At $222.43 per share, BOUSBIB ARI sold 36,564 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 820,599 shares worth approximately $198.09 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, ARI BOUSBIB purchased 36,564 shares, netting a total of over 8,132,876 in proceeds.
Before that, Sherbet Eric had sold 4,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $878,800, the insider traded IQVIA Holdings Inc shares for $219.70 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 4,000 shares, worth approximately $6.54 million.
Analysts at BMO Capital Markets started covering the stock with ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid November. As of November 03, 2025, TD Cowen has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Hold” for IQV. Earlier on October 29, 2025, Robert W. Baird upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for IQV stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing IQV Stock Performance
On last trading session, IQVIA Holdings Inc [NYSE: IQV] rose 3.30% to $241.4. The stock’s lowest price that day was $233.131, but it reached a high of $242.69 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.07%. Over the course of the year, IQVIA Holdings Inc shares have jumped approximately 22.31%.
Is IQVIA Holdings Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of IQVIA Holdings Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -1.8 million shares to 3.74 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 5.54 million shares. A decline of -48.22% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.82 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.82.
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In terms of IQVIA Holdings Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 256 in the next 12 months, up nearly 9.55% from the previous closing price of $233.69. Analysts anticipate IQVIA Holdings Inc stock to reach 290 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 214. In spite of this, 12 analysts ranked IQVIA Holdings Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On October 09, 2025, HSBC Securities assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $235.
