Labcorp Holdings Inc. (LH) stock price, quote and key numbers
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:52 ET
Labcorp Holdings Inc. (LH) closed at $309.64 on 25 September 2026, up 0.2%. That leaves it down 3.5% over a week, down 7.8% over a month and up 10.8% over a year. That is 67% of the way up its 52 week range of $244.52 to $341.80. The median analyst price target of $338 sits 9.2% above the close.
The price
Changes compare dividend and split adjusted closes over trading sessions, so the one year figure is the last close against the close 252 sessions earlier. The 52 week range uses the daily highs and lows of the same window. Read the guide: How to read a stock quote.
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Trend and range
LH trades below its 50 day average of $316.89 but above its 200 day average of $279.21: the long trend is up, the recent one is not. The 50 day average sits above the 200 day average. Its beta against the S&P 500 over the last year is 0.31, a stock that barely follows the market. It is 9.4% below its 52 week high and 26.6% above its 52 week low.
Moving averages smooth the closes of the last 50 and 200 sessions; being above or below them describes the trend, it does not predict it. Beta is how much the stock moved for each move in the S&P 500 over the year. Read the guide: Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta.
What analysts say
In the last 90 days 8 firms recorded 10 actions on LH: 10 kept a view. Price targets: 10 raised. The most recent targets from 9 firms run from $300 to $380, with a median of $338, 9.2% above the last close.
| Date | Firm | Action | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Sep 2026 | Truist Securities | Maintains Buy | $350.00 to $365.00 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | UBS | Maintains Buy | $361.00 to $380.00 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | Barclays | Maintains Equal-Weight | $320.00 to $330.00 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | Piper Sandler | Maintains Neutral | $300.00 to $309.00 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | JP Morgan | Maintains Overweight | $330.00 to $360.00 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Maintains Overweight | $308.00 to $338.00 |
A target is one firm's guess at the price a year out, and the average runs optimistic. The useful reading is the mood: high targets and a wall of buys mean high expectations. Read the guide: What analyst ratings and price targets tell you.
Earnings
The next report is on the calendar for 27 October 2026 for Q3 2026, with earnings per share expected at $4.65. The last report, on 30 July 2026 for Q2 2026, showed EPS of $4.99 against $4.78 expected, a beat of 4.4%, on revenue of $3.7 billion. Labcorp Holdings Inc. beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reported quarters.
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The numbers
Over the trailing twelve months Labcorp Holdings Inc. shows revenue growth of 6.41%, a gross margin of 28.88%, an operating margin of 10.43% and a return on equity of 11.74%.
| Measure | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, TTM | 6.4% | 51st |
| Net income growth, TTM | 31.4% | 65th |
| Gross margin | 28.9% | 35th |
| Operating margin | 10.4% | 65th |
| Free cash flow margin | 8.1% | 61st |
| Return on equity | 11.7% | 71st |
| Return on assets | 5.5% | 82nd |
| Debt to equity | 0.69 | 68th |
| Current ratio | 1.80 | 65th |
| Effective tax rate | 18.7% | 63rd |
The percentile ranks the company against every US company the data covers; a high percentile means most companies score lower.
Margins say how much of each dollar of sales becomes profit, returns say how hard the balance sheet works, and debt to equity says how much of it is borrowed. The valuation ratios, price to earnings and the rest, are in the app on the stock page. Read the guide: The valuation ratios on a stock page.
About Labcorp Holdings Inc.
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Health Care
- Industry
- Healthcare
- Headquarters
- Burlington, North Carolina
- Chief executive
- Adam H. Schechter
- Employees
- 75,500
- Website
- labcorp.com
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings operates as an independent clinical laboratory company worldwide. It offers various tests, such as blood chemistry analyses, urinalyses, blood cell counts, thyroid tests, Pap tests, and prostate-specific antigens. The company also provides specialty testing services, including gene-based and esoteric testing.
In the same sector
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LLY Eli Lilly & Co.JNJ Johnson & JohnsonABBV AbbVie Inc.MRK Merck & Co. Inc.UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc.TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.AMGN Amgen Inc.GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Learn
- How to read a stock quote
- Reading a price chart from one day to one year
- Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta
- What analyst ratings and price targets tell you
- The valuation ratios on a stock page
- Price alerts, targets and percent moves
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