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LH - Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

Business Predictability: What is this? | Higher Ranked Competitors
  • Currently /5
Business Predictability Rank: 1-Star

Back Testing (Jan. 1998 - Aug. 2008) Results:

Average gain of all 1-Star stocks: 1.1%/year.
% of Stocks that are in still loss if held for 10yrs: 45%.

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P/E: (before NRI)14.5
Lower P/E: AMGN (11.8), BIIB (14), DGX (14.2), CRL (14.4),
Price/Book:3.7
Lower P/B: AMGN (2.6), BIIB (2.3), GENZ (1.9), DGX (2.5),
Price/Sales:1.7
Lower P/S: DGX (1.4), IVGN (1.6), ICLR (1.2), PRXL (0.9),
Net Margin:11.16%
Higher Margin: INSM (1035.48%), ISIS (128.89%), OSIP (102.49%),
Market Cap: $7.4 Bil EPS: (before NRI)$4.84 Shares Outstanding:106.2 Mil
Biotechnology  COMPARE: DGX, BRLI, MTOX, ENZ

Gurus Trades with LH:
Number of guru portfolios checked: 67. The trades of Premium Gurus are not included unless they are in your Personalized List

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Ticker CompanyPicked ByDate (?) Action
 Impact to Portfoliodown (?) Price Range
(Average)* (?)		 Current Price Change from Average Comment Current Shares
LH Laborato... Chris Davis 2009-09-30 Add
(history)		0.16%$63.5 - $70.75
($67.83)		 $ 70.143%Add 78.38%3,458,139
LH Laborato... George Soros 2009-09-30 Buy 0.01%$63.5 - $70.75
($67.83)		 $ 70.143%New holding, 4200 sh.4,200
LH Laborato... Glenn Greenberg 2009-09-30 Add
(history)		2.19%$63.5 - $70.75
($67.83)		 $ 70.143%Add 25.16%4,525,238
LH Laborato... Ronald Muhlenkamp 2009-09-30 Reduce
(history)		--0.7%$63.5 - $70.75
($67.83)		 $ 70.143%Reduce -34.17%209,170
LH Laborato... Wallace Weitz 2009-09-30 Add
(history)		0.28%$63.5 - $70.75
($67.83)		 $ 70.143%Add 39.05%255,300
LH Laborato... Glenn Greenberg 2009-06-30 Reduce
(history)		--2.64%$59.7 - $67.03
($62.6)		 $ 70.1412%Reduce -25.62%3,615,421
LH Laborato... Glenn Greenberg 2009-03-31 Reduce
(history)		--3.34%$54.99 - $62.85
($58.9)		 $ 70.1419%Reduce -21.05%4,860,812
LH Laborato... Ronald Muhlenkamp 2009-03-31 Buy 3.45%$54.99 - $62.85
($58.9)		 $ 70.1419%New holding, 313515 sh.313,515
LH Laborato... Chris Davis 2009-03-31 Buy 0.29%$54.99 - $62.85
($58.9)		 $ 70.1419%New holding, 1926355 sh.1,926,355
LH Laborato... Wallace Weitz 2008-12-31 Add
(history)		0.61%$54.34 - $64.62
($61.6)		 $ 70.1414%Add 1016.67%167,500
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*The price and date might not be the actual time and price at which the transactions were made. In the case of institutional owners, the date is stated as the last day of their fiscal quarter. The prices are estimates if no accurate information available. Foreign holdings may not be included.

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LH is held by these Gurus:

Ticker Guru Name Portfolio Date* Current Shares % of Shares Outstanding % of Total Assets Managed Change from Last Holdings
LH George Soros 2009-09-30420000.01New
LH Chris Davis 2009-09-3034581393.260.3778.38%
LH Wallace Weitz 2009-09-302553000.241.0139.05%
LH Glenn Greenberg 2009-09-3045252384.2610.9125.16%
LH John Rogers 2009-09-305470020.520.87.46%
LH Edward Owens 2009-09-3027313602.570.990%
LH Ronald Muhlenkamp 2009-09-302091700.22.05-34.17%
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LH: Insider Buys/Sells (?) All Insider Trades Click Here for All Insider Trades.

InsiderPosition Date Trades Shares Trade Price ($) Change (%)
MAC MAHON THOMAS PDirector 2010-01-20Sell35778$77-8.91
MAC MAHON THOMAS PDirector 2010-01-14Sell14559$77-8.91
Conrad Andrew JEVP, Chief Scientific Officer 2009-12-11Sell10000$74-5.22
MITTELSTAEDT ROBERT E JRDirector 2009-11-24Sell4116$74.6-5.98
LANE WENDY EDirector 2009-09-08Sell4116$68.72.1
LANE WENDY EDirector 2009-09-02Sell2604$68.781.98
HARDISON DON MEVP, COO 2009-08-17Sell854$69.50.92
HARDISON DON MEVP, COO 2009-05-18Sell1407$61.7313.62
Walton Andrew ScottEVP 2009-04-30Sell3500$63.889.8
SMITH BRADFORD TDirector 2009-02-23Sell6066$61.6713.73





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