[LH] QoQ Quarter Result on 31-Dec-2006 [#Q3]

Stock
[LH] Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings
Announcement Date
27-Feb-2007
Financial Year
2006
Quarter
31-Dec-2006 [#Q3]
Profit Trend
QoQ- -5.38%
YoY- 16.65%
Quarter Report
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Quarter Result
30/09/07 01/08/07 31/03/07 31/12/06 30/09/06 30/06/06 31/03/06 CAGR
Revenue 1,020,600 1,043,100 998,700 898,600 909,900 903,700 878,500 10.50%
PBT 187,100 219,400 208,900 169,800 183,100 195,900 172,100 5.72%
Tax 75,900 90,700 86,400 66,100 73,500 79,500 70,200 5.33%
NP 111,200 128,700 122,500 103,700 109,600 116,400 101,900 5.98%
Tax Rate -40.57% -41.34% -41.36% -38.93% -40.14% -40.58% -40.79% -
Total Cost 909,400 914,400 876,200 794,900 800,300 787,300 776,600 11.08%
Ratio Analysis
30/09/07 01/08/07 31/03/07 31/12/06 30/09/06 30/06/06 31/03/06 CAGR
NP Margin 10.90 12.34 12.27 11.54 12.05 12.88 11.60 -4.06%
Per Share
30/09/07 01/08/07 31/03/07 31/12/06 30/09/06 30/06/06 31/03/06 CAGR
EPS 0.95 1.10 1.01 0.83 0.88 0.94 0.82 10.29%
EPS Diluted 0.92 1.05 0.98 0.83 0.81 0.87 0.76 13.57%

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.