[LH] QoQ Quarter Result on 30-Sep-2006 [#Q2]

Stock
[LH] Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings
Announcement Date
29-Sep-2006
Financial Year
2006
Quarter
30-Sep-2006 [#Q2]
Profit Trend
QoQ- -5.84%
YoY- 15.73%
Quarter Report
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Quarter Result
01/08/07 31/03/07 31/12/06 30/09/06 30/06/06 31/03/06 31/12/05 CAGR
Revenue 1,043,100 998,700 898,600 909,900 903,700 878,500 822,300 16.20%
PBT 219,400 208,900 169,800 183,100 195,900 172,100 144,600 30.11%
Tax 90,700 86,400 66,100 73,500 79,500 70,200 55,700 36.05%
NP 128,700 122,500 103,700 109,600 116,400 101,900 88,900 26.31%
Tax Rate -41.34% -41.36% -38.93% -40.14% -40.58% -40.79% -38.52% -
Total Cost 914,400 876,200 794,900 800,300 787,300 776,600 733,400 14.94%
Ratio Analysis
01/08/07 31/03/07 31/12/06 30/09/06 30/06/06 31/03/06 31/12/05 CAGR
NP Margin 12.34 12.27 11.54 12.05 12.88 11.60 10.81 8.71%
Per Share
01/08/07 31/03/07 31/12/06 30/09/06 30/06/06 31/03/06 31/12/05 CAGR
EPS 1.10 1.01 0.83 0.88 0.94 0.82 0.67 36.76%
EPS Diluted 1.05 0.98 0.83 0.81 0.87 0.76 0.67 32.80%

PBT = Profit before Tax, NP = Net Profit, NP Margin = Net Profit Margin, EPS = Earning Per Share, EPS Diluted = Earning Per Share Diluted.

NP Margin, QoQ ⃤ & YoY ⃤ figures in Percentage; EPS & EPS Diluted figures in Cent.

All figures in '000 unless specified.