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The U.S. Home Health Care Industry Is Reportedly Booming As Seniors Overwhelmingly Want To Live At Home
Monday, February 7, 2022 - 10:28am | 721Photo by Kampus Production from Pexels This post contains sponsored advertising content. This content is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be investing advice. It’s certainly no secret that the United States population is aging. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, adults...
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Labcorp Bolsters Liquid Biopsy Capabilities With $450M PGDx Acquisition
Thursday, December 23, 2021 - 9:05am | 237Laboratory Corp of America Holdings (NYSE: LH) has agreed to acquire Personal Genome Diagnostics Inc (PGDx), a cancer genomics firm with a portfolio of comprehensive liquid biopsy and tissue-based products. Labcorp will pay $450 million in cash at closing and up to an additional $...
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Labcorp In Talks To Merge Some Covance Assets With Syneos: Bloomberg
Friday, November 12, 2021 - 9:27am | 207Laboratory Corp of America Holdings (NYSE: LH) is in talks to combine some of its assets with Syneos Health Inc (NASDAQ: SYNH), reports Bloomberg citing people with knowledge of the matter. The companies are discussing a deal in which part of LabCorp's Covance...
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10 Biggest Price Target Changes For Tuesday
Tuesday, October 19, 2021 - 7:21am | 388Goldman Sachs boosted Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) price target from $184 to $196. Walmart shares rose 2.2% to $144.75 in pre-market trading. Barclays raised the price target for EnLink Midstream, LLC (NYSE: ENLC) from $5 to $7. EnLink Midstream shares rose 0.9% to $8.33 in pre-market trading....
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Labcorp's At Home Collection Kit Gets EUA Nod For Combined COVID-19 and Flu Detection
Friday, October 1, 2021 - 10:49am | 239The FDA has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to Laboratory Corp of America Holdings's (NYSE: LH) combined home collection kit to detect COVID-19 and influenza A/B simultaneously in individuals as young as 2 years of age. The kit will be available at no upfront cost to...
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Underwhelming: Tepid Jobs Data Could Add New Variable To Fed Policy Equation
Friday, September 3, 2021 - 9:14am | 2616That hissing noise you hear is the air being let out of the market’s tires after an epically disappointing August jobs report. The Delta variant seems to be sinking its teeth into the economy, taking a massive bite into the jobs picture. Job gains of 235,000 in August reported today by...
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Labcorp Increases Minimum Hourly Wage To $15
Friday, September 3, 2021 - 6:18am | 316Laboratory Corp of America Holdings (NYSE: LH) has increased the minimum hourly wage for U.S.-based employees to $15 from $10.95. The Company joins several other firms in implementing measures to retain staff amid a nationwide labor shortage. Lab Corp has more than 70,000 employees and...
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10 Biggest Price Target Changes For Thursday
Thursday, August 19, 2021 - 6:51am | 392Needham boosted the price target on NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) from $200 to $245. NVIDIA shares rose 1.8% to $193.78 in pre-market trading. Credit Suisse boosted Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) price target from $46 to $56. Cisco shares fell 1.3% to $54.43 in pre-market trading....
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Labcorp Acquires Digital Pregnancy Platform Provider For Undisclosed Amount
Friday, August 13, 2021 - 1:10pm | 187The clinical testing giant Laboratory Corp of America Holdings (NYSE: LH) picked up Ovia Health, developer of a digital platform for tracking pregnancies and coaching new parents through infancy. The acquisition marks a new step in Labcorp’s commercial push into the booming...
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99 Biggest Movers From Yesterday
Friday, August 6, 2021 - 4:01am | 3511Gainers Score Media and Gaming Inc. (NASDAQ: SCR) shares climbed 79.9% to close at $32.64 on Thursday after the company, and Penn National Gaming, announced they entered into a definitive agreement whereby Penn National will acquire Score Media and Gaming for approximately $2.0 billion in cash and...
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Stocks That Hit 52-Week Highs On Monday
Monday, May 10, 2021 - 10:26am | 27094This morning 792 companies reached new 52-week highs. Points of Interest: JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) was the largest company by market cap to set a new 52-week high. The smallest company when looking at market cap to set a new 52-week high was Tortoise Energy (NYSE: NDP). Protagenic...
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Stocks That Hit 52-Week Highs On Thursday
Thursday, November 5, 2020 - 10:31am | 7366Thursday's morning session saw 213 companies set new 52-week highs. Facts of Interest: Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) was the largest company by market cap to set a new 52-week high. Schmitt Industries (NASDAQ: SMIT) was the smallest firm based on market cap to set a new 52-week high. Altus...
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Stocks That Hit 52-Week Highs On Wednesday
Wednesday, November 4, 2020 - 10:30am | 4153This morning 118 companies reached new 52-week highs. Noteworthy Points: Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) was the company with the largest market cap to set a new 52-week high. Idera Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: IDRA) was the smallest Company by market cap to set a new 52-week high. Uber Technologies (...
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Stocks That Hit 52-Week Highs On Tuesday
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 - 9:38am | 1193On Tuesday morning, 30 companies hit new 52-week highs. Noteworthy Mentions: The largest company by market cap to hit a new 52-week high was Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO). Royce Global Value Trust (NYSE: RGT) was the smallest firm based on market cap to set a new 52-week high....
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Stocks That Hit 52-Week Highs On Friday
Friday, October 23, 2020 - 9:51am | 3091Before 10 a.m. ET Friday, 88 stocks made new 52-week highs. Highlights: The largest company by market cap to break to a new 52-week high was UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH). Socket Mobile (NASDAQ: SCKT) was the smallest, in terms of market cap, to set a new 52-week high. Here are all the...