The stock of clinical contract research organization Medpace (Nasdaq: MEDP) took a hit today after the company’s CEO Dr. August Troendle told analysts that the company is facing a “relatively permanent or increasing margin headwind in the next few years.”
Medpace’s stock was down $7.02 per share, or nearly 18%, to $32.02 by the close of trading. Troendle in a conference call with analysts this morning said he expected the company’s EBITDA margin — its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization as a percentage of total revenue — to be 25% in 2018, down from 28% in 2017.
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