XNYS · Diagnostics & Research
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$320.71-0.63%
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TickerWhale Score
63/100
Positive
Score components
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Laboratory Corp Of America Holdings scores 63 out of 100 overall, which we rate positive. Technical is its strongest area and Quality & growth its weakest.
What helps
- Technical
- Valuation
- Sentiment Signal
What to watch
- Quality & growth
- Risk
Quality & growth
30%22Weak
- Revenue growth 6.4%
- EPS growth 33.4%
Valuation
25%91Strong
- P/E 26.2
- EV/Sales 2.2
Labcorp is one of the nation's two largest independent clinical laboratories, with roughly 20% of the independent lab market. The company operates approximately 2,000 patient-service centers, offering a broad range of 5,000 clinical lab tests, ranging from uncomplicated routine blood and urine screens to complex oncology and genomic testing.
#383 by market cap in our coverage · ~71,000 employees · Listed 1988-07-07 · www.labcorp.com
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#38 / 139sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 63 vs sector average 55.1 (+7.9)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 74%
Gross margin (industry)Top 94%
Return on equity (industry)Top 59%
P/E (industry)Cheaper than 86%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
92/100Strong vs universe
Ranks 92nd of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 73/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Sell
1 buy · 3 sell · 4 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates LH's technical setup strong — 92nd percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean sell — they read this stock on its own over days, where our score ranks it against every covered name over months, so the two often part company.
Moving averages
5 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+15.4%
- vs 50-day+2.3%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)50 · neutral
- Stochasticsell
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rneutral
Trend
Mixed
- ADX (14) trend strength15· weak trend
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -1.716)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on buy — 5 buy vs 1 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 0 buy · 3 sell · 4 neutral.
Result — 1 buy vs 3 sell of 8 votes = Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)26.2
- P/S (TTM)1.8
- P/B3.1
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales2.2
- PEG0.78
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin28.9%
- Net margin7.0%
- ROE11.6%
- Debt/Equity0.69
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)6.4%
- EPS growth (YoY)33.4%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $26.3B
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LHCurrentLaboratory Corp Of America Holdings | 63 | 73 | 26.2 | — | 3.1 | 2.2 | $320.71 | -0.63% | +6.4% | ||
| EXELExelixis | 81 | 80 | 17.6 | — | 8.2 | 6.1 | $58.36 | -0.22% | +9.2% | ||
| INCYIncyte | 81 | 76 | 16.2 | — | 4.1 | 3.8 | $125.31 | -1.81% | +26.9% | ||
| ACADAcadia Pharmaceuticals | 80 | 63 | 12.4 | — | 3.6 | 3.8 | $27.29 | -0.58% | +11.8% | ||
| OSCROscar Health Inc - | 78 | 67 | 19.5 | — | 5.2 | 0.5 | $32.13 | +0.47% | +43.1% | ||
| TGTXTG Therapeutics | 77 | 73 | 20.3 | — | 14.8 | 11.5 | $56.87 | +0.71% | +76.1% |
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