Labcorp Holdings Inc. (LH) Stock Down -0.63%: Is It a Good Investment?

Labcorp Holdings Inc. [LH] stock is trading at $228.63, down -0.63%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The LH shares have gain 5.96% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 3.81%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

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From an analyst’s perspective:

Labcorp Holdings Inc. [NYSE: LH] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 01, 2024, when Piper Sandler initiated its Neutral rating and assigned the stock a price target of $235. Previously, Argus upgraded its rating to Buy on March 25, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $250. On February 26, 2024, Leerink Partners initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned a price target of $260 on the stock. Evercore ISI started tracking the stock assigning a In-line rating and suggested a price target of $240 on February 09, 2024. Barclays initiated its recommendation with a Equal Weight and recommended $222 as its price target on January 03, 2024. HSBC Securities started tracking with a Hold rating for this stock on September 06, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $210. In a note dated December 12, 2022, Citigroup downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock and revised its target price from $275 to $250.

Labcorp Holdings Inc. [LH] stock has fluctuated between $191.97 and $239.50 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $281.25 within the next 12 months. Labcorp Holdings Inc. [NYSE: LH] shares were valued at $228.63 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 23.02% based on the average LH price forecast.

Analyzing the LH fundamentals

Labcorp Holdings Inc. [NYSE:LH] reported sales of 12.71B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 7.37%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.26% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.09%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.05%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.03%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.05 and Total Capital is 0.07. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.94.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 226.72 points at the first support level, and at 224.81 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 231.06, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 233.50.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Labcorp Holdings Inc.’s Current Ratio is 1.44. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.30 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.44. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.51, the price to book ratio is 2.32 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 44.32.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved ANDERSON KERRII B, Director, that happened on Oct 24 ’24 when 1000.0 shares were sold. Director, KERRII B ANDERSON completed a deal on Oct 24 ’24 to buy 1000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer DiVincenzo Jonathan P. bought 5460.0 shares on Sep 03 ’24.

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