Two Top Stories of Wall Street: Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (NYSE:LH), Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK)

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (NYSE:LH)

The shares of Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (NYSE:LH) started off the last trading session with the price of $175.5 while closing the day with the price of $175.61. The shares of Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (NYSE:LH) Fell -0.08% with the Gain of 0.11 points.

The shares of Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (NYSE:LH) traded with the day volume of 442878 shares whereas its average trading volume is 631.02 Million.

While analyzing the past performance of the stock we can see that the shares of Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (NYSE:LH) Gain 0.93% in the last week while rising 6.13% in the last month. Past quarter performance shows the green light with 13.11%. The semi-annual and annual performance shows 11.46% and 22% respectively.

Some critical values of the shares of Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (NYSE:LH) to be discussed here are: the beta which shows the value at 0.92 while Average True Range of Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (NYSE:LH) demonstrate the value at 3.8. The weekly and monthly volatility of the shares of Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (NYSE:LH) are indicated at 1.46% and 2.10%. Also to discuss here is the Relative Strength Index or RSI which is depicted at 56.56.

While studying the financial position of the shares of Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (NYSE:LH), we can see that the Market capitalization of the company is at 17.98 Billion. The shares outstanding for the company is 102.4 Million and the shares float stands at 101.89 Million. The income of the company stand at 749.2 Million while the sales stand at 10.44 Billion.

Here are some critical ratios for a financial perspective: Earnings Per Share or EPS of the company stand at 7.21, Price to Earnings or P/E is at 24.35, Price to Sales P/S show the value of 1.72, the Return on Asset ROA stood at 0.081 and the Return on Equity ROE depicted at 0.207 while Return on Investment ROI is at 0.072.


Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK)

Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK) started its previous trading session at $15.68 and closed at $15.71 showing a Rise of 0.51 Percent.

The Company traded with an average Volume of 2.84 Million whereas, its Day Volume stood at 1.32 Million.

Looking at the performance of the stock, Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK) Gain 2.95% in the last week in its shares price and 8.2% in the last month. Quarterly performance shows a green of 2.28 Percent while Semi-Annual and Annual performances shows a 19.29 and 21.22 percent respectively.

Beta for Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK) stands at 1.19 while the ATR (average true range) is at 0.33. The Stock’s Weekly and Monthly Volatility is 1.69% and 2.01% respectively showing a RSI value of 55.16.

While studying the financial position of the shares of Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK), we can see that the Market capitalization of the company is at 4.88 Billion. The shares outstanding for the company is 310.5 Million and the shares float stands at 306.7 Million.

The Company generated an income of 164.2 Million and the sales of 4.4 Billion in the Trailing Twelve Months period.

While analyzing the stock from technical aspects, Diluted Earnings per share stands at $0.53 a share. P/E (price to earnings) and P/S (price to sales) values are 29.87 and 1.11 respectively.

The Return on Assets stands at 0.063, ROE shows a value of 0.261 and ROI for Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK) is 0.071 as of Trailing Twelve Months period.

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