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Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (LH)

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90.20 Up 1.04(1.17%) Mar 28, 4:04PM EDT|After Hours : 90.20 Down 0.00 (0.00%) Mar 28, 4:38PM EDT

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:8.40B
Enterprise Value (Mar 31, 2013)3:10.59B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):15.06
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2014)1:11.81
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.25
Price/Sales (ttm):1.46
Price/Book (mrq):3.07
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.87
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:8.12
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 30
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Dec 31, 2012
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):10.28%
Operating Margin (ttm):19.65%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):10.79%
Return on Equity (ttm):22.23%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):5.67B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):59.26
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):2.90%
Gross Profit (ttm):2.25B
EBITDA (ttm)6:1.30B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):583.10M
Diluted EPS (ttm):5.99
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-11.20%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):466.80M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):5.01
Total Debt (mrq):2.66B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):96.97
Current Ratio (mrq):1.35
Book Value Per Share (mrq):29.06
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):841.40M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):652.54M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.71
52-Week Change3:-1.46%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:11.41%
52-Week High (Jul 13, 2012)3:95.30
52-Week Low (Jun 1, 2012)3:81.56
50-Day Moving Average3:89.30
200-Day Moving Average3:88.19
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:877,036
Avg Vol (10 day)3:923,262
Shares Outstanding5:93.10M
Float:92.79M
% Held by Insiders1:0.25%
% Held by Institutions1:98.50%
Shares Short (as of Mar 15, 2013)3:7.20M
Short Ratio (as of Mar 15, 2013)3:10.80
Short % of Float (as of Mar 15, 2013)3:N/A
Shares Short (prior month)3:7.09M
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 Dec 31, 2012)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Dec 31, 2012)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Dec 31, 2012)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2012)
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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