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Covance Inc. (CVD)At 4:02PM ET: 53.88  Up 0.01 (0.02%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday)5:3.45B
Enterprise Value (25-Nov-09)3:3.21B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):19.19
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-10) 1:17.55
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):1.49
Price/Sales (ttm):1.80
Price/Book (mrq):2.49
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.68
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:9.89
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Sep-09
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):9.40%
Operating Margin (ttm):12.45%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):8.26%
Return on Equity (ttm):14.11%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):1.92B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):30.103
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):5.60%
Gross Profit (ttm):585.40M
EBITDA (ttm):324.37M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):180.02M
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.81
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-0.10%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):266.25M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):4.158
Total Debt (mrq):25.00M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):N/A
Current Ratio (mrq):1.834
Book Value Per Share (mrq):21.6
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):287.07M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):11.25M
View Financials (provided by EDGAR Online):
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.19
52-Week Change3:41.54%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:28.96%
52-Week High (17-Sep-09)3:58.95
52-Week Low (09-Mar-09)3:32.31
50-Day Moving Average3:54.01
200-Day Moving Average3:50.78
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:642,162
Average Volume (10 day)3:433,200
Shares Outstanding5:64.03M
Float:63.52M
% Held by Insiders1:16.65%
% Held by Institutions1:85.70%
Shares Short (as of 30-Oct-09)3:5.72M
Short Ratio (as of 30-Oct-09)3:7.1
Short % of Float (as of 30-Oct-09)3:9.10%
Shares Short (prior month)3:4.76M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:N/A
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4: N/A
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:N/A
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:NaN%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4: N/A
Payout Ratio4: N/A
Dividend Date3:N/A
Ex-Dividend Date4:N/A
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:N/A
Last Split Date3:N/A


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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Sep-09)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Sep-09)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 30-Sep-09)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-08)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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4 = Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.;
5 = Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report
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