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Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LH)

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	LH	Frankfurt	EUR	Delayed

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Type: Equity

Market: United States

Volume: 745,982
Bid/Ask: 195.00 / 201.25
Day's Range: 199.65 - 201.62

LH Ratios

Assess the performance of Laboratory America (LH). This table contains core financial ratios such as Price-to-Earnings (P/E ratio), Return-On-Investment (ROI), Earnings per share (EPS), Dividend yield and others based on Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings's latest financial reports. Compare the performance metrics of Laboratory America (LH) against the industry averages.

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P/E Ratio TTM	44.25	19.59
Price to Sales TTM	1.38	1.2
Price to Cash Flow MRQ	12.64	4.56
Price to Free Cash Flow TTM	19.19	16.08
Price to Book MRQ	2.13	0.45
Price to Tangible Book MRQ	-10.46	3.61

Profitability: TTM vs 5 Year Average Margins TTM (%) 5 Year Avg. (%)
Gross margin TTM	27.67%	24.81
Gross Margin 5YA	31.36%	25.05
Operating margin TTM	9.15%	7.18
Operating margin 5YA	16.24%	4.51
Pretax margin TTM	4.68%	5.04
Pretax margin 5YA	12.79%	2.9
Net Profit margin TTM	3.44%	3.38
Net Profit margin 5YA	9.77%	1.27

Revenue/Share TTM	143.25	382.4
Basic EPS ANN	4.8	16.63
Diluted EPS ANN	4.77	16.61
Book Value/Share MRQ	92.76	86.48
Tangible Book Value/Share MRQ	-19.18	29.1
Cash/Share MRQ	6.32	22.79
Cash Flow/Share TTM	15.64	25.69

Management Effectiveness: TTM vs 5 Year Average Margins TTM (%) 5 Year Avg. (%)
Return on Equity TTM	4.22%	15.81
Return on Equity 5YA	14.82%	231.7
Return on Assets TTM	2.27%	6.02
Return on Assets 5YA	7.05%	5.94
Return on Investment TTM	5.45%	11.12
Return on Investment 5YA	10.61%	12.24

EPS(MRQ) vs Qtr. 1 Yr. Ago MRQ	-328.89%	-118
EPS(TTM) vs TTM 1 Yr. Ago TTM	-65.82%	-3.88
5 Year EPS Growth 5YA	-11.25%	10.95
Sales (MRQ) vs Qtr. 1 Yr. Ago MRQ	3.54%	14.61
Sales (TTM) vs TTM 1 Yr. Ago TTM	2.51%	15.36
5 Year Sales Growth 5YA	1.42%	12.64
5 Year Capital Spending Growth 5YA	3.62%	7.28

Quick Ratio MRQ	0.82	0.81
Current Ratio MRQ	1.17	1.12
LT Debt to Equity MRQ	51.49%	71.15
Total Debt to Equity MRQ	75.61%	-75.91

Efficiency

Asset Turnover TTM	0.66	1.37
Inventory Turnover TTM	18.61	12.41
Revenue/Employee TTM	213.55K	269.98K
Net Income/Employee TTM	7.36K	0.08K
Receivable Turnover TTM	5.83	13.21

Dividend Yield ANN	1.27%	116.28
Dividend Yield 5 Year Avg. 5YA	0.51%	1.34
Dividend Growth Rate ANN	-	12.03
Payout Ratio TTM	60.77%	27.78

TTM = Trailing Twelve Months 5YA = 5-Year Average MRQ = Most Recent Quarter

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Rajesh Patel Nov 30, 2022 11:09AM ET

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Where is the talk on LH?

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Farry Hardianto Jul 27, 2020 4:26AM ET

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Last call!

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No raises, no matching retirement, reducing workforce...might not be good for employees, but the stock is rising...glad I'm retired, cause they don't care about the workers. But I've made about 10G the last 4 months.

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Zohaib Khan Jul 10, 2020 5:47PM ET

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one of the good stocks that can give profit. I am holding with profit. Hope it will reach above 220

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Before end of July your hope will come true.

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George Hayes Jul 10, 2020 5:47PM ET

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me too.

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I am so impressed with the performance of this stock... making money... it so much fun

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Rose Za Apr 24, 2020 6:06PM ET

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Great Job! time to buy it ...

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They may profit from all this...

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