Navigating the Stock Market – Key Insights

By Harris Dyer • Friday, July 25 10:12 • Permanent Link

Laboratory logged a -0.4% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $266.56 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. LH's trading volume is 59,364 compared to the stock's average volume of 794,727.

Laboratory trades -6.62% away from its average analyst target price of $285.45 per share. The 18 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $260.0 to $323.0, and on average have given Laboratory a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in LH, you'll want to know the following:

Laboratory's current price is 93.5% above its Graham number of $137.75, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Laboratory has moved 26.9% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 16.6%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 9.07, Laboratory has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 29.4 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
LH has a forward P/E ratio of 16.6 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $16.02 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.61 compared to its sector average of 3.19
Labcorp Holdings Inc. provides laboratory services.
Based in Burlington, the company has 60,900 full time employees and a market cap of $22.1 Billion. Laboratory currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.5%.

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