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98.97 (1y: +16%)

Market Cap	9.07 B	P/E(ttm)	16.70
Enterprise Value	11.21 B	P/B	3.39

LH- NYSE (USA)
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings

Currently 5/5

Business Predictability Rank: 5-Star (On Watch)
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Average gain of all 5-Star stocks: 12.1% per year.
% of Stocks that are in still loss if held for 10yrs: 3%.
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Market Cap $M	9,074	Revenue $M	5,671	Net Margin (%)	10.3	Z-Score	2.5
Enterprise Value $M	11,263	EPS $	6.0	Operating Margin %	18.0	F-Score	6
P/E(ttm))	16.7	Cash Flow Per Share $	8.9	Pre-tax Margin (%)	16.6	Higher ROA y-y	Y
Price/Book	3.4	10-y EBITDA Growth Rate %	13.2	Quick Ratio	1.2	Cash flow > Earnings	Y
Price/Sales	1.7	5-y EBITDA Growth Rate %	8.1	Current Ratio	1.3	Lower Leverage y-y	Y
Price/Cash Flow	9.5	y-y EBITDA Growth Rate %	-0.1	ROA % (ttm)	8.6	Higher Current Ratio y-y	N
Dividend Yield %	0	Insider Buy (3m)	0	ROE % (ttm)	21.5	Less Shares Outstanding y-y	N
Payout Ratio %	0	Shares Outstanding M	93.1	ROI % (ttm)	14.4	Gross Margin Increase y-y	N

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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	Charles Brandes	2013-03-31	117,076	0.13	0.12	New Buy
LH	Chris Davis	2013-03-31	4,160,386	4.47	0.93	+649.86%
LH	Richard Pzena	2013-03-31	2,306,707	2.48	1.5	+185.13%
LH	Ray Dalio	2013-03-31	72,898	0.08	0.06	+24.96%
LH	Wallace Weitz	2013-03-31	612,850	0.66	2.3	+4.79%
LH	Mario Gabelli	2013-03-31	4,000	0	0
LH	Joel Greenblatt	2013-03-31	30,558	0.03	0.14	-28.57%
LH	John Hussman	2013-03-31	0	0	0	Sold Out
LH	Vanguard Health Care Fund	2013-03-31	0	0	0	Sold Out
LH	Mark Hillman	2013-03-31	0	0	0	Sold Out
LH	Scott Black	2012-12-31	8,352	0.01	0.11	+27.28%

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LH: Insider Buys/Sells

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Insider	Position	Date	Trades	Shares	Trade Price ($)	Change (%)	Details
Boyle James T. Jr.	EVP, COO	2013-05-10	Sell	68,908	$93.82	5.49	view
BELINGARD JEAN-LUC	Director	2013-05-08	Sell	2,536	$92.88	6.56	view
WEIKEL M KEITH	Director	2013-05-03	Sell	2,046	$92.91	6.52	view
EBERTS F SAMUEL III	Chief Legal Officer, Secretary	2013-04-25	Sell	1,500	$93.84	5.47	view
Williams R Sanders	Director	2013-04-24	Sell	1,850	$93.77	5.55	view
Hayes William B	CFO, EVP	2013-04-11	Sell	22,234	$95	4.18	view
Hayes William B	CFO, EVP	2013-04-01	Sell	4,949	$89.96	10.02	view
MAC MAHON THOMAS P	Director	2012-09-06	Sell	35,000	$89.74	10.29	view
MITTELSTAEDT ROBERT E JR	Director	2012-08-27	Sell	2,536	$88.61	11.69	view
Fonseca Lidia	Chief Information Officer	2012-07-13	Sell	18,200	$95	4.18	view

Press Releases about LH:

LabCorp is Scheduled to Present at the Barclays Capital 2013... 06 Mar 2013
LabCorp Invests $2 Million in SynapDx Corporation 21 Feb 2013
Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings Announces 2012... 08 Feb 2013
LabCorp is Scheduled to Present at the 31st Annual J.P.... 04 Jan 2013
Conversion Right Triggered for LabCorp’s Zero Coupon... 01 Oct 2012

Quarterly/Annual Reports about LH:

10-Q - LABORATORY CORP OF AMERICA HOLDINGS...: (10-Q) 30 Oct 2012
10-Q - LABORATORY CORP OF AMERICA HOLDINGS...: (10-Q) 27 Apr 2012
10-Q - LABORATORY CORP OF AMERICA HOLDINGS...: (10-Q) 31 Oct 2011
10-Q - LABORATORY CORP OF AMERICA HOLDINGS...: (10-Q) 02 Aug 2011
10-K/A - LABORATORY CORP OF AMERICA HOLDINGS...: (10-K/A) 07 Mar 2011

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