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LH: Share Repurchases And Expanded Alzheimer’s Testing Will Drive Future Upside

Update shared on 14 Nov 2025

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Narrative Update: Labcorp Holdings Analyst Price Target Adjustment

Analysts have raised their price target for Labcorp Holdings by $1. This change reflects a marginally improved outlook based on updated fair value and company fundamentals.

What's in the News

  • Labcorp updated its financial guidance for full year 2025, lowering expected revenue growth to a range of 7.4% to 8.0%. This compares to the previous range of 7.5% to 8.6% (Key Developments).
  • The company recently completed another tranche of its share buyback program. Labcorp repurchased 100,000 shares for $27.71 million, bringing total shares repurchased to over 14.3 million since December 2021 (Key Developments).
  • Labcorp announced plans to offer the Elecsys pTau181 test, the only FDA-cleared blood test to aid primary-care assessment of Alzheimer's disease, nationwide by early 2026 (Key Developments).
  • A successful collaboration with Praia Health at Providence improved lab appointment adherence, patient engagement, and operational efficiency. This included an eightfold increase in scheduled appointments (Key Developments).
  • Labcorp launched the Lumipulse pTau-217/Beta Amyloid 42 Ratio test, the first FDA-cleared blood-based IVD for Alzheimer's diagnosis, now available nationwide (Key Developments).

Valuation Changes

  • Fair Value has risen slightly, from $299.12 to $300.12.
  • Discount Rate increased modestly, moving from 6.78% to 6.96%.
  • Revenue Growth projection has edged down, from 4.80% to 4.78%.
  • Net Profit Margin improved marginally, rising from 8.72% to 8.73%.
  • Future P/E decreased slightly, from 21.34x to 21.24x.

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