After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
LH belongs to the Healthcare sector of the NYSE while operating in the Diagnostics & Research industry. The current market capitalization of Labcorp Holdings Inc is $19.40B. A total of 0.63 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 592.39K shares.
In the most recent transaction, ANDERSON KERRII B sold 1,000 shares of LH for 235.00 per share on Jan 07 ’25. After the transaction, the Director now owns 12,722 company shares. In a previous transaction on Jan 07 ’25, KERRII B ANDERSON bought 1,000 shares at 229.92 per share.
Among the insiders who sold shares, EISENBERG GLENN A disposed of 11,711 shares on Dec 02 ’24 at a per-share price of $240.43. This resulted in the Executive Vice President holding 31,289 shares of LH after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Gilliland Dwight Gary sold 1,000 shares at $241.00 per share on Dec 02 ’24. Company shares held by the Director now total 7,712.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Labcorp Holdings Inc pays an annual dividend of $2.88, resulting in a dividend yield of 1.24%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 44.92. LH’s most recent ex-dividend date was 1.23% when it declared a $0.72 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 2/27/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 11/26/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 1.34%. The LH stock dividend was $0.72 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, LH has a high of $247.99 and a low of $191.97.
As of this writing, LH has an earnings estimate of $3.39 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 14.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $3.5 per share and a lower estimate of $3.24.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. LH’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $1.47B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $6.34B in debt and $2.78B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $97.61, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $10.29B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for LH is Buy with a score of 4.50.
