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Laboratory of America Holdings (Laboratory of America Holdings) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 2.28 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Laboratory of America Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-27), Laboratory of America Holdings's current share price is $198.40. Laboratory of America Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $87.05. Laboratory of America Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 2.28.

The historical rank and industry rank for Laboratory of America Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LH' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.96   Med: 3.77   Max: 4.7
Current: 2.28

During the past years, Laboratory of America Holdings's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 4.70. The lowest was 1.96. And the median was 3.77.

LH's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
60.31% of 131 companies
in the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry
Industry Median: 1.98 vs LH: 2.28

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Laboratory of America Holdings's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $94.420. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $87.05 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Laboratory of America Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Laboratory of America Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Laboratory of America Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Laboratory of America Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.10 3.29 4.17 2.63 2.65

Laboratory of America Holdings Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.46 2.51 2.38 2.65 2.51

Competitive Comparison of Laboratory of America Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Laboratory of America Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Laboratory of America Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry

For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Laboratory of America Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Laboratory of America Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



Laboratory of America Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Laboratory of America Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=198.40/87.05
=2.28

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Laboratory of America Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Laboratory of America Holdings's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=94.42/129.4194*129.4194
=94.420

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

Laboratory of America Holdings Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 31.289 100.560 40.269
201409 32.636 100.428 42.057
201412 33.339 99.070 43.552
201503 44.951 99.621 58.397
201506 47.318 100.684 60.823
201509 48.552 100.392 62.591
201512 48.816 99.792 63.309
201603 50.602 100.470 65.182
201606 51.986 101.688 66.163
201609 53.730 101.861 68.267
201612 53.611 101.863 68.114
201703 55.075 102.862 69.294
201706 57.628 103.349 72.165
201709 59.999 104.136 74.567
201712 66.772 104.011 83.083
201803 68.404 105.290 84.081
201806 68.997 106.317 83.990
201809 71.480 106.507 86.857
201812 70.489 105.998 86.064
201903 72.050 107.251 86.943
201906 73.051 108.070 87.483
201909 74.241 108.329 88.695
201912 77.850 108.420 92.928
202003 72.298 108.902 85.920
202006 75.567 108.767 89.915
202009 84.590 109.815 99.691
202012 96.786 109.897 113.980
202103 102.469 111.754 118.666
202106 105.947 114.631 119.615
202109 109.859 115.734 122.849
202112 110.348 117.630 121.408
202203 115.405 121.301 123.129
202206 114.293 125.017 118.318
202209 112.636 125.227 116.407
202212 114.474 125.222 118.311
202303 116.721 127.348 118.620
202306 99.042 128.729 99.573
202309 92.734 129.860 92.420
202312 93.862 129.419 93.862
202403 94.420 129.419 94.420

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Laboratory of America Holdings  (NYSE:LH) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Laboratory of America Holdings (Laboratory of America Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
358 South Main Street, Burlington, NC, USA, 27215
Laboratory Corp. of America 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 routine blood and urine screens to complex oncology and genomic testing.
Executives
Peter J Wilkinson officer: SVP, Chief Accounting Officer C/O PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, 929 NORTH FRONT STREET, WILMINGTON NC 28401
Kerrii B Anderson director WENDY'S INTERNATIONAL, INC, 4288 WEST DUBLIN-GRANVILLE RD., DUBLIN OH 43017
Van Der Vaart Sandra D officer: SVP, Global General Counsel 531 SOUTH SPRING STREET, BURLINGTON NC 27215
Paul Rothman director 6 MEADOW ROAD, BALTIMORE MD 21212
Paul R Kirchgraber officer: CEO, Covance Drug Development 531 SOUTH SPRING STREET, BURLINGTON NC 27215
Mark S Schroeder officer: EVP, President-Diagnostics Lab 531 SOUTH SPRING STREET, BURLINGTON NC 27215
Megan D. Bailey officer: EVP, Chief Strategy Officer 531 SOUTH SPRING STREET, BURLINGTON NC 27215
Jonathan P. Divincenzo officer: EVP, Pres, Central Labs & Intl 940 WINTER STREET, PERKINELMER, INC. LEGAL DEPARTMENT, WALTHAM MA 02451
Anita Z Graham officer: EVP, CHRO C/O THE ADT CORPORATION, 1501 YAMATO ROAD, BOCA RATON FL 33431
Thomas Pike officer: Pres & CEO Clinical Business C/O ACCENTURE, 161 N. CLARK STREET, 23RD FLOOR, CHICAGO IL 60601
Kirsten Marie Kliphouse director 531 SOUTH SPRING STREET, BURLINGTON NC 27215
Glenn A Eisenberg officer: Chief Financial Officer, EVP P O BOX 1017, CHARLOTTE NC 28201-1017
Brian J Caveney officer: SVP, Chief Medical Officer 531 SOUTH SPRING STREET, BURLINGTON NC 27215
R Sanders Williams director DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, TRENT DRIVE, DURHAM NC 27706
Amy B. Summy officer: EVP, Chief Marketing Officer 531 SOUTH SPRING STREET, BURLINGTON NC 27215