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 Dow Up 1.90% Nasdaq Up 1.88%
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (LH)At 4:01PM EDT: 84.74  Up 1.70 (2.05%)  

Key StatisticsGet Key Statistics for:
Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:8.59B
Enterprise Value (Aug 16, 2011)3:10.30B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):16.84
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:11.87
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.08
Price/Sales (ttm):1.58
Price/Book (mrq):3.26
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.93
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:8.36
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Jun 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):9.77%
Operating Margin (ttm):19.57%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):11.75%
Return on Equity (ttm):22.18%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):5.34B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):52.80
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):13.30%
Gross Profit (ttm):2.10B
EBITDA (ttm):1.23B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):521.80M
Diluted EPS (ttm):5.03
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-20.00%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):118.90M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.17
Total Debt (mrq):2.00B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):77.01
Current Ratio (mrq):1.06
Book Value Per Share (mrq):25.44
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):835.60M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):822.74M
View Financials
Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.55
52-Week Change3:13.20%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:11.59%
52-Week High (May 17, 2011)3:100.94
52-Week Low (Aug 31, 2010)3:72.33
50-Day Moving Average3:91.96
200-Day Moving Average3:93.16
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:927,262
Avg Vol (10 day)3:1,376,910
Shares Outstanding5:101.40M
Float:100.97M
% Held by Insiders1:0.27%
% Held by Institutions1:2.60%
Shares Short (as of Jul 29, 2011)3:3.56M
Short Ratio (as of Jul 29, 2011)3:4.10
Short % of Float (as of Jul 29, 2011)3:3.60%
Shares Short (prior month)3:3.99M
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 Jun 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Jun 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Jun 30, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2010)
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.

Currency in USD.