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Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LH)At 4:00PM ET: 39.19  Up 0.54 (1.40%)  Reuters
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):5.47B
Enterprise Value (16-Aug-04)³:6.10B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):16.17
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:13.85
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:1.07
Price/Sales (ttm):1.79
Price/Book (mrq):2.81
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:2.02
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:9.92
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Jun-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):11.47%
Operating Margin (ttm):19.02%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):10.16%
Return on Equity (ttm):18.66%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):3.02B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):21.119
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:17.20%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:1.22B
EBITDA (ttm):615.00M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):346.30M
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.424
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:26.10%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):182.20M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.3
Total Debt (mrq)²:888.10M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.462
Current Ratio (mrq):0.909
Book Value Per Share (mrq):13.774
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:576.90M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:489.30M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.174
52-Week Change:23.21%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):14.63%
52-Week High (11-Feb-04):44.20
52-Week Low (26-Sep-03):28.20
50-Day Moving Average:39.94
200-Day Moving Average:38.77
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):647,318
Average Volume (10 day):608,000
Shares Outstanding:139.65M
Float:139.20M
% Held by Insiders:0.32%
% Held by Institutions:91.65%
Shares Short (as of 8-Jul-04):2.86M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Jul-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Jul-04):3.996
Short % of Float (as of 8-Jul-04):2.05%
Shares Short (prior month):3.29M
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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mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Jun-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Jun-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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