Fortrea HoldingsFTRE
About: Fortrea Holdings is a late-stage contract research organization, or CRO, that provides comprehensive Phase I through IV 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: 15,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
100% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $6.12M | Put options by funds: $3.05M
22% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 73 | Existing positions closed: 60
2% more funds holding
Funds holding: 345 [Q4 2024] → 352 (+7) [Q1 2025]
1% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 102 | Existing positions reduced: 103
2.06% less ownership
Funds ownership: 106.35% [Q4 2024] → 104.29% (-2.06%) [Q1 2025]
60% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $1.78B [Q4 2024] → $710M (-$1.07B) [Q1 2025]
100% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q4 2024] → 0 (-1) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
4 analyst ratings
Goldman Sachs Matthew Sykes | 16%upside $5 | Neutral Maintained | 14 May 2025 |
Mizuho Ann Hynes | 86%upside $8 | Neutral Maintained | 14 May 2025 |
Barclays Luke Sergott | 16%upside $5 | Underweight Maintained | 13 May 2025 |
Evercore ISI Group Elizabeth Anderson | 249%upside $15 | In-Line Maintained | 4 Mar 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 8 articles about FTRE published over the past 30 days









