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Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (LH)

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98.97 Up 1.29(1.32%) May 17, 4:02PM EDT

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:9.19B
Enterprise Value (May 19, 2013)3:11.33B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):16.73
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2014)1:12.92
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.36
Price/Sales (ttm):1.60
Price/Book (mrq):3.26
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.99
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:8.80
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 30
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Mar 31, 2013
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):10.00%
Operating Margin (ttm):19.34%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):10.83%
Return on Equity (ttm):21.06%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):5.69B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):60.12
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):1.20%
Gross Profit (ttm):2.25B
EBITDA (ttm)6:1.29B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):568.70M
Diluted EPS (ttm):5.92
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-8.90%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):185.80M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):2.00
Total Debt (mrq):2.32B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):82.98
Current Ratio (mrq):1.61
Book Value Per Share (mrq):29.94
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):842.50M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):613.81M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow
Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.71
52-Week Change3:15.81%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:28.74%
52-Week High (May 17, 2013)3:99.11
52-Week Low (Jun 1, 2012)3:81.56
50-Day Moving Average3:93.90
200-Day Moving Average3:89.03
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:826,914
Avg Vol (10 day)3:970,525
Shares Outstanding5:92.90M
Float:92.57M
% Held by Insiders1:0.25%
% Held by Institutions1:98.50%
Shares Short (as of Apr 30, 2013)3:7.54M
Short Ratio (as of Apr 30, 2013)3:8.00
Short % of Float (as of Apr 30, 2013)3:8.10%
Shares Short (prior month)3:7.96M
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, 2013)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Mar 31, 2013)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Mar 31, 2013)
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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