Laboratory Corp. Of America Holdings (NYSE:LH) does about 743.25K shares in volume on a normal day but saw 691528 shares change hands in Tuesday trading. The company now has a market cap of 16.98B USD. Its current market price is $201.93, marking a decrease of -0.68% compared to the previous close of $203.32. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $234.09 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $179.58.
Laboratory Corp. Of America Holdings (LH) has a 20-day trading average at $210.75 and the current price is -13.74% off the 52-week high compared with 12.45% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $215.24 and its 200-day simple moving average is $213.34. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 1.64%, which decreases to 1.50% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 27.14 to suggest the stock is oversold.
The consensus objective for the share price is $246.13, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 17.96% over the period.
The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on March 25, 2024 when Argus upgraded the stock to “Buy” and issued a price target of $250. Evercore ISI initiated its price target at $240.
Laboratory Corp. Of America Holdings (LH) stock is down -3.87% over the week and -3.48% over the past month. Its price is -11.16% year-to-date and 2.49% over the past year.
To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 17.96 percent from here.
The company has a return on investment of 3.30% and return on equity of 4.27%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 43.40 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 12.56. The beta has a value of 1.02. Price to book ratio is 2.15 and price to sales ratio is 1.32.
