Health Care Services

Below are the top medical laboratories & research stocks on the NYSE in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (NYSE: LH) is 19.90%. Laboratory Corp's EPS for the same period is $5.96. The trailing-twelve-month return on...

Toward the end of trading Monday, the Dow traded up 0.03 percent to 17,395.17 while the NASDAQ surged 0.33 percent to 4,646.13. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.18 percent to 2,021.72. Leading and Lagging Sectors Technology shares climbed by 0.49 percent in today’s trading. Top gainers...

Sapient (NASDAQ: SAPE) shares climbed 41.97% to $24.59. The volume of Sapient shares traded was 10298% higher than normal. Publicis (OTC: PUBGY) announced its plans to buy Sapient for $3.7 billion in cash. Covance (NYSE: CVD) shares moved up 25.24% to $100.07. The volume of Covance traded was 2767...

Sapient (NASDAQ: SAPE) shares climbed 42.03% to $24.60 after Publicis Groupe SA (OTC: PUBGY) agreed to acquire Sapient for $3.7 billion in cash. Geron (NASDAQ: GERN) shares rose 27.80% to $2.85 after the company announced the removal of full clinical hold on Imetelstat IND. Covance (NYSE: CVD)...

Sapient (NASDAQ: SAPE) shares jumped 42.09% to $24.61 after Publicis Groupe SA (OTC: PUBGY) agreed to acquire Sapient for $3.7 billion in cash. Geron (NASDAQ: GERN) shares gained 31.39% to $2.93 after the company announced the removal of full clinical hold on Imetelstat IND. Covance (NYSE: CVD)...

Covance (NYSE: CVD) reported in-line earnings for the third quarter. Laboratory Corp of America Holdings (NYSE: LH) announced its plans to acquire Covance for around $6.1 billion in cash and stock. The Princeton, New Jersey-based company reported quarterly earnings of $66 million, or $1.16 per...

Laboratory Corporation of America^® Holdings (LabCorp^®) (NYSE: LH) and Covance Inc. (NYSE: CVD) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which LabCorp will acquire Covance for cash and LabCorp shares currently valued at $105.12 per Covance share, or an equity value...

Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings (LabCorp®) (NYSE: LH) and Monogram Biosciences, Inc., part of the LabCorp Specialty Testing Group, today announced the launch of HIV GenoSure ArchiveSM, the first laboratory test to help optimize antiretroviral (ARV) drug regimens in virally suppressed...

Below are the top small-cap home health care stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of profit margin. The trailing-twelve-month profit margin at Chemed (NYSE: CHE) is 6.10%. Chemed's PEG ratio is 1.42. The trailing-twelve-month profit margin at LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG) is 3.00%. LHC Group's EPS...

Below are the top home health care stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Gentiva Health Services (NASDAQ: GTIV) is 182.40%. Gentiva Health's revenue for the same period is $1.88 billion. The trailing-twelve-month return on...

Below are the top home health care stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of profit margin. The trailing-twelve-month profit margin at Chemed (NYSE: CHE) is 6.10%. Chemed's PEG ratio is 1.46. The trailing-twelve-month profit margin at LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG) is 3.00%. LHC Group's ROE for the...

Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings (LabCorp®) (NYSE: LH) announced today the availability of the informaSeq Prenatal Test. The informaSeq Prenatal Test is an advanced, non-invasive, next-generation prenatal screening assay that can assess risk for multiple fetal chromosomal aneuploidies,...