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Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LH)On Oct 22: 43.00  Up 0.29 (0.68%)  Reuters
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):6.00B
Enterprise Value (24-Oct-04)³:6.66B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):17.13
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:15.14
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:1.28
Price/Sales (ttm):1.96
Price/Book (mrq):3.03
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:2.18
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:10.5
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Sep-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):11.67%
Operating Margin (ttm):19.41%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):10.33%
Return on Equity (ttm):18.72%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):3.05B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):21.494
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:17.20%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:1.22B
EBITDA (ttm):633.80M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):355.80M
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.51
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:26.10%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):233.70M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.67
Total Debt (mrq)²:886.80M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.449
Current Ratio (mrq):1.289
Book Value Per Share (mrq):14.117
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:600.40M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:511.60M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.155
52-Week Change:26.21%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):18.51%
52-Week High (11-Feb-04):44.20
52-Week Low (27-Oct-03):N/A
50-Day Moving Average:41.85
200-Day Moving Average:40.28
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):751,849
Average Volume (10 day):683,000
Shares Outstanding:139.65M
Float:139.20M
% Held by Insiders:0.32%
% Held by Institutions:90.37%
Shares Short (as of 8-Sep-04):2.71M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Sep-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Sep-04):4.34
Short % of Float (as of 8-Sep-04):1.94%
Shares Short (prior month):2.29M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:N/A
Dividend Yield:0.00%
Dividend Date:10-May-02
Ex-Dividend Date:13-May-02
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:2:1
Last Split Date:13-May-02
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