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No open-market insider purchases were filed for LH in the last 90 days.
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Labcorp (LH) Stock Analysis & Forecast
$320.71−2.02 (−0.6%)
Close on Sep 18, 2026. Page updated Sep 19, 9:16 pm ET.
Gekko Brief
AI summaryLabcorp trades at $320.71, down 0.6%, and sits above both its 50-day average of $313.45 and 200-day average of $277.99, with the shorter average above the longer one. The GekkoIndex reads 58.2, placing it in the Neutral zone, while the stock trades 2.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $328.08. Over the past six months the stock has returned 21.4%, and over the past year 16.2%, though the most recent month is down 2.9%.
The week's attention centers on Labcorp's Q2 2026 results and raised guidance, with enterprise revenue reported at $3.73 billion and continued momentum tied to an acquisition-focused strategy, reaffirmed multi-year guidance, and new cancer-focused partnerships and AI diagnostics. Analyst activity has also featured, with UBS raising its price target to $380 from $361 while maintaining a Buy rating, alongside Argus also lifting its target. Institutional positioning was mixed, with Baird Financial Group and Tidal Investments increasing stakes while the National Pension Service reduced its holding, though institutions still own about 95.94% of the company.
Looking ahead, Labcorp's next earnings report is scheduled for 27 October 2026, before the open, which falls outside a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior quarter saw an EPS beat of $4.99 against a $4.79 estimate with a 0.7% reaction. In the last 30 days there has been 1 unusual options signal, with call premium of $612,085 against put premium of $92,910. Seasonality over this stretch has averaged -2.8% across 5 years, rising in only 1 of them, a pattern worth noting against the current setup.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 20, 2026 from the data above.
Price vs fair value
Close $320.71200-day averageGekko Fair Value $328.08
Key stats
- Market cap
- $26.30B
- P/E ratio
- 26.7
- Forward P/E
- 16.8
- EPS, TTM
- $12.10
- Revenue, TTM
- $14.35B
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Dividend yield
- 0.89%
- Beta
- 0.85
- Volume
- 1.72M avg 742,704
- 1-year return
- +16.2%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.6%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.4%
- 50-day average
- $313.45
- 200-day average
- $277.99
- Next earnings
- Oct 27 before open
- Shares outstanding
- 81.10M
Labcorp swing-trade checklist
Labcorp scores 3 supportive, 2 mixed and 1 headwind across the 6 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive2 mixed1 headwind
- Trendsupportive
Above 50 and 200-day
Close $320.71 is above the 50-day ($313.45) and 200-day ($277.99) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
58.2, Neutral
Reading 58.2 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
2.2% below
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (2.2% below).
See fair value - Smart moneysupportive
Leans bullish
Last 30 days: 1 unusual options signal.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 37 days
Next report Oct 27, 2026, 37 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalityheadwind
−2.8% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged −2.8% over 5 years, rising in 1 of them.
See seasonality
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Labcorp stock chart and price history
Labcorp closed at $320.71 on Sep 18, 2026, +16.2% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $244.52 to $341.80.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −2.9%
- 3 months
- +25.4%
- 6 months
- +21.4%
- 1 year
- +16.2%
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About Labcorp
Labcorp provides diagnostic laboratory testing that helps doctors, hospitals, drug makers, researchers, and individual patients make informed health decisions. The company is best known for this core laboratory testing work, which supports clinical and scientific decision-making across the healthcare field.
Its services reach a wide range of customers, including medical professionals, healthcare facilities, pharmaceutical companies, and scientific investigators, alongside patients who rely on its testing directly. This mix of institutional and individual clients points to a business built around supplying dependable diagnostic information to many parts of the healthcare system.
Labcorp is headquartered in Burlington, North Carolina, and began operations on April 16, 2024. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker LH.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Health services
- Industry
- Medical/Nursing services
- Website
- labcorp.com
Labcorp GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Labcorp’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 58.2, in the Neutral zone, down 6.4 points over five sessions.
58.2Neutral
Down 6.4 points over five sessions, from the Accumulation zone.
Reading for Sep 18, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 19 | +1.5% | +5.9% | ||
| Accumulation | 207 | +0.9% | +2.6% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 387 | 0.0% | +0.4% | ||
| Distribution | 45 | −0.4% | +2.4% | ||
| Selling | 4 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average LH share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Labcorp stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Labcorp trades 2.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $328.08, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Labcorp shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$328.08
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 19, 2026
2.2% below fair value · About fair value
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Labcorp insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Labcorp, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in LH were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Labcorp has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $353.8M
- As a share of market cap
- 1.35%
- Trailing four quarters
- $701.8M
From company filings.
Unusual options activity last 30 days
1signal, 87% of the flagged premium in calls.
Latest: Bullish flow on Aug 21, $705K in unusual premium.
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Labcorp earnings: next date and track record
Labcorp reports on Oct 27, 2026, before the open (37 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Oct 27, 2026
Expected before the open, 37 days away
- EPS estimate
- $4.65
- Revenue estimate
- $3.76B
8 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±3.6%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Jul 30, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Labcorp reported a strong Q2 2026 with solid organic revenue growth, margin expansion, and double-digit adjusted EPS growth. Enterprise revenue rose ~5.8% year-over-year to ~$3.7B, adjusted operating margin expanded ~70 bps to 15.8%, adjusted EPS grew ~15% to $4.99, and free cash flow was $314M (with full-year FCF guidance of $1.24B–$1.36B). Diagnostics revenue grew ~5.5% driven by specialty testing and rising tests per accession; Biopharma Laboratory Services (BLS) grew ~6.5% driven by Central Labs (book-to-bill 1.14 for the quarter). Management highlighted progress in specialty testing (oncology, neurology, autoimmune, women’s health), Labcorp OnDemand (consumer DTC growth), technology/AI adoption, and strategic actions in Early Development (ED) that are starting to improve margins. Capital allocation activity included $226M in acquisitions, $354M in share repurchases, dividend payments, retirement of $500M senior notes, and an additional $1B share repurchase authorization. Management raised full-year revenue and EPS guidance and reiterated confidence in long-term growth.
- Guidance
- Updated/forward-looking items discussed on the call: - Full-year 2026 adjusted free cash flow guidance: $1.24 billion to $1.36 billion. - Full-year adjusted tax rate expected to be ~23%. - Management increased full-year revenue and EPS guidance (midpoint not numerically disclosed on call), noting the midpoint EPS growth of over ~11% (at the midpoint). - Diagnostics: raised midpoint of diagnostic revenue guidance by ~20 basis points (reclassification of expected corporate revenue into Diagnostics). - BLS/Early Development: Early Development revenue now expected to deliver single-digit growth for full year 2026 (up from flat prior expectation). - Book-to-bill and pipeline metrics: BLS book-to-bill 1.14 in the quarter, 1.03 trailing 12 months. - Board approved an additional $1.0B share repurchase authorization (total outstanding authorization $1.4B).
- Risks flagged
- Risks and headwinds discussed or referenced: - Potential payer/ACA-related headwind: management has assumed ~30 basis points of diagnostic volume impact for ACA-related changes (cohort <4–5% of volume). - Collectibility/bad debt risks (patient responsibility/co-pays) noted as an area to monitor despite current stability. - Regulatory/policy risk: PAMA payment changes and ongoing RESULTS Act/legislative uncertainty; PAMA data submission and potential impact next year. - M&A/integration risk: pipeline and potential hospital lab acquisitions are subject to accretive thresholds and integration risk. - Macroeconomic and election/legislative uncertainty that could affect payer policy and reimbursement.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $4.99 est $4.79 | $3.73B est $3.71B | +0.7% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $4.25 est $4.12 | $3.54B est $3.51B | −0.5% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $4.07 est $3.94 | $3.52B est $3.56B | −1.4% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | $4.18 est $4.14 | $3.56B est $3.56B | −10.0% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | $4.35 est $4.17 | $3.53B est $3.49B | +5.8% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $3.84 est $3.74 | $3.35B est $3.40B | +5.0% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $3.45 est $3.39 | $3.33B est $3.31B | −1.5% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $3.50 est $3.49 | $3.28B est $3.26B | +4.0% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Labcorp stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Labcorp is $343.31, +7.0% from the last close, from 12 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$343.31consensus 12-month target, +7.0% from the last close
Now $320.71Avg $343.31
Low $306High $380
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 12 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | Barclays | $330 | +2.9% |
| Sep 11 | Truist Financial | $350 | +9.1% |
| Sep 11 | William Blair | — | — |
| Sep 11 | UBS | $380 | +18.5% |
| Sep 11 | Evercore ISI | $340 | +6.0% |
+0.4%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
−2.8%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.6%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Labcorp seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 19, Labcorp averaged −2.8% across the last 5 years, rising in 1 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | −1.8% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −3.5% | 0 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −4.1% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | −2.8% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | −2.4% | 1 of 5 |
For scale, LH’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 4.4%.
Labcorp market cap and key statistics
Labcorp’s market cap is $26.30B, with a P/E ratio of 26.7 and revenue of $14.35B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $26.30B
- P/E ratio
- 26.7
- Forward P/E
- 16.8
- EPS, TTM
- $12.10
- Gekko Fair Value
- $328.08
Trading
- Volume
- 1.72M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 742,704
- 52-week high
- $341.80
- 52-week low
- $244.52
- Shares outstanding
- 81.10M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $14.35B
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Return on equity
- 11.7%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +28.2%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.85
- Typical daily move
- ±2.6%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.4%
- Dividend yield
- 0.89%
Labcorp stock news this week
Coverage of Labcorp this week reads positive: 6 positive, 3 neutral and 1 negative headlines.
- Labcorp stock heads into the open after holding at USD 323.97AD HOC NEWS, Sep 18
- Labcorp Holdings (LH) Moved Higher, What Is Driving Attention Now?Simply Wall Street, Sep 17
- Baird Financial Group Inc. Purchases 5,966 Shares of Labcorp Holdings Inc. $LHMarketBeat, Sep 17
- Labcorp Holdings Inc. (LH) Presents at Morgan Stanley 24th Annual Global Healthcare Conference TranscriptSeeking Alpha, Sep 15
- Labcorp (Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings) rStock (RLH) Price Prediction for 2026 to 2031Bybit, Sep 13
- Labcorp Holdings Inc. $LH Shares Purchased by Tidal Investments LLCMarketBeat, Sep 13
Labcorp peers
Labcorp’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| GHGuardant Health | Neutral | 2.5% above |
| SOLVSolventum | Neutral | 18.4% below |
| EHCEncompass Health | Neutral | 7.4% above |
| DVADaVita | Accumulation | 15.8% below |
| BTSGBrightSpring Health Services | Accumulation | 7.8% below |
| ENSGEnsign | Accumulation | 9.0% above |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Labcorp stock FAQ
What is Labcorp’s market cap?
Labcorp’s market cap is $26.30B at the Sep 18, 2026 close of $320.71, with 81.10M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 26.7.
What is the Labcorp stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Labcorp is $343.31, +7.0% from the last close. Of the 12 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 9 rate it a buy, 3 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Labcorp stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Labcorp is about fair value: the Sep 18, 2026 close of $320.71 is 2.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $328.08. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Labcorp report earnings next?
Labcorp is expected to report on Oct 27, 2026, before the market opens (37 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $4.65 per share on revenue of $3.76B. Labcorp beat the earnings estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports, moving 3.6% on average across the report.
What is Labcorp’s 52-week high and low?
Labcorp’s 52-week high is $341.80 and its 52-week low is $244.52; it closed at $320.71 on Sep 18, 2026, +16.2% over the past year.
Is Labcorp stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 6 items with data read as supportive (trend, smart money and earnings risk), 2 as mixed (gekkoindex and fair value) and 1 as a headwind (seasonality). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
Is there unusual options activity in Labcorp?
Gekko flagged 1 unusual options signal in Labcorp over the last 30 days, with $612K of flagged premium in calls and $93K in puts. The latest, bullish flow, was on Aug 21, 2026 with $705K in unusual premium. The signal-by-signal table is in Gekko.
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