Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings with ticker code (LH) now have 15 analysts in total covering the stock. The consensus rating is pointing to ‘buy’. The range between the high target price and low target price is between $270.00 and $220.00 with the average share target price sitting at $246.80. (at the time of writing). Given that the stocks previous close was at $218.53 this would indicate that there is a potential upside of 12.9%. Also worth taking note is the 50 day moving average now sits at $222.27 and the 200 moving average now moves to $211.32. The company has a market capitalization of 18.24B. The current share price for the company is: $216.86 USD
The potential market cap would be $20,597,263,455 based on the market consensus.
The company is not paying dividends at this time.
Other points of data to note are a P/E ratio of 49.97, revenue per share of $139.63 and a 3.77% return on assets.
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings is a global life sciences company. The Company provides information to help doctors, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, researchers, and patients make decisions. The Company’s segments include Labcorp Diagnostics (Dx) and Labcorp Drug Development (DD). The Dx segment is an independent clinical laboratory business. It offers a menu of frequently requested and specialty diagnostic tests through an integrated network of primary and specialty laboratories across the United States. In addition to diagnostic testing along with occupational and wellness testing for employers and forensic DNA analysis, Dx segment also offers a range of other testing services. The DD segment is a contract research organizations business that provides end-to-end drug development services. The DD segment provides these services predominantly to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies across the world. It serves clients in more than 100 countries.
