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Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (LH)

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82.37 Down 0.91(1.09%) Jun 1, 4:04PM EDT|After Hours: 82.16 Down 0.21 (0.26%) Jun 1, 6:05PM EDT

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:7.97B
Enterprise Value (Jun 2, 2012)3:9.96B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):14.96
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2013)1:10.87
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:0.98
Price/Sales (ttm):1.44
Price/Book (mrq):3.11
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.78
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:7.80
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 30
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Mar 31, 2012
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):9.90%
Operating Margin (ttm):19.31%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):10.96%
Return on Equity (ttm):22.40%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):5.60B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):56.41
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):4.00%
Gross Profit (ttm):2.27B
EBITDA (ttm)6:1.28B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):554.20M
Diluted EPS (ttm):5.51
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):27.10%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):129.90M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.34
Total Debt (mrq):2.12B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):81.03
Current Ratio (mrq):1.41
Book Value Per Share (mrq):26.75
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):837.40M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):579.10M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.55
52-Week Change3:-14.38%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-0.63%
52-Week High (Jul 7, 2011)3:99.76
52-Week Low (Oct 4, 2011)3:74.57
50-Day Moving Average3:86.71
200-Day Moving Average3:87.57
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:806,462
Avg Vol (10 day)3:813,214
Shares Outstanding5:96.80M
Float:96.36M
% Held by Insiders1:0.32%
% Held by Institutions1:99.50%
Shares Short (as of May 15, 2012)3:6.35M
Short Ratio (as of May 15, 2012)3:7.90
Short % of Float (as of May 15, 2012)3:6.60%
Shares Short (prior month)3:6.11M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:N/A
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:N/A
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:N/A
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:N/A
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:N/A
Payout Ratio4:N/A
Dividend Date3:N/A
Ex-Dividend Date4:Mar 29, 1994
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:May 13, 2002

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Mar 31, 2012)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Mar 31, 2012)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Mar 31, 2012)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2011)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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