Fortrea Holdings
FTRE
About: Fortrea is a global, late-stage contract research organization that provides comprehensive phase 1 through phase 4 clinical trial management, clinical pharmacology, and patient access solutions. The company works with emerging and large biopharma, medical device, and diagnostic companies to run their clinical trials as a functional-service provider, full-service provider, and offers hybrid trials. In 2023, Fortrea was formed as an independent, publicly traded company after Labcorp spun off its clinical development business, which it acquired via its purchase of Covance in 2015 for $6.1 billion. Fortrea has 19,000 staff members across 90 countries.
Employees: 14,500
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
166% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $7.02M | Put options by funds: $2.64M
16% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 108 | Existing positions reduced: 93
6.05% more ownership
Funds ownership: 104.42% [Q1] → 110.47% (+6.05%) [Q2]
6% less funds holding
Funds holding: 357 [Q1] → 334 (-23) [Q2]
25% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 61 | Existing positions closed: 81
31% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $711M [Q1] → $494M (-$218M) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
5 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
5 analyst ratings
Jefferies
David Windley
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$9.5
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Hold
Maintained
|
9 Sep 2025 |
Baird
Eric Coldwell
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$14
|
Outperform
Maintained
|
3 Sep 2025 |
Evercore ISI Group
Elizabeth Anderson
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$7
|
In-Line
Maintained
|
8 Aug 2025 |
Barclays
Luke Sergott
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$6
|
Underweight
Maintained
|
7 Aug 2025 |
Mizuho
Ann Hynes
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$7
|
Neutral
Maintained
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11 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 3 articles about FTRE published over the past 30 days