Laboratory Of America Holdings is a diagnostic & research company located in North Carolina, United States, which is part of the Healthcare sector, and is traded under the ticker LH on the NYSE exchange.
Laboratory Of America Holdings stock last closed at $199.56, down 0.74% from the previous day, and has decreased 5.78% in one year. It has underperformed other stocks in the Diagnostics & Research industry by 0.02 percentage points. Laboratory Of America Holdings stock is currently +1.4% from its 52-week low of $196.81, and -22.92% from its 52-week high of $258.90.
At the moment, there are 88.6M shares of LH outstanding. The market capitalization of LH is $17.68B. In the last 24 hours, 1.01M LH shares were traded.
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Out of 8 Wall Street analysts who give ratings on LH, the consensus analyst rating on LH is a Strong Buy
Please keep in mind that analyst ratings are not stock recommendations, nor are they investment advice.
Derik De Bruin, a top 8% analyst from Bank of America maintains LH with a strong buy rating and lowers their LH price target from $238.00 to $230.00, on Sep 21, 2023.
Eric Coldwell, a bottom 19% analyst from Baird maintains LH with a buy rating and lowers their LH price target from $251.00 to $237.00, on Sep 18, 2023.
Ryan MacDonald, a bottom 5% analyst from Truist Securities reiterates LH with a strong buy rating and maintains their LH price target from $270.00 to $270.00, on Sep 15, 2023.
Ann Hynes, a top 12% analyst from Mizuho reiterates LH with a strong buy rating and maintains their LH price target from $257.00 to $257.00, on Sep 15, 2023.
Morten Herholdt, a bottom 25% analyst from HSBC initiates coverage on LH with a hold rating and announces their LH price target of $210.00, on Sep 6, 2023.
You can dive deeper into what analysts are projecting on the Laboratory Of America Holdings stock forecast page.
Last year, LH earnings were $830.70M. Over the past 5 year, LH's earnings have gone up by -5.35% per year. This was slower than the Diagnostics & Research industry average of 17.87%.
Last year, LH revenue was $14.09B. In the past five year, LH's revenue has increased by 4.93% per year. This was slower than the Diagnostics & Research industry average of 13.08%.
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Over the past year, executives and large shareholders at LH have sold more shares than they have bought.
Kerrii B. Anderson, Director of LH, was the latest LH insider to sell. They sold $1,057,830.00 worth of LH stock on Aug 8, 2023.
Learn more about who owns LH stock here.
Laboratory Of America Holdings pays a dividend of 1.44%, compared to the Diagnostics & Research industry's average dividend yield of 1.48%. If you owned $1,000 of LH stock, you would have received $14.43 last year.
Laboratory Of America Holdings dividend payments have not consistently grown over the past decade but have remained stable.
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