Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Balance Sheet Health
Financial Health criteria checks 3/6
Laboratory of America Holdings has a total shareholder equity of $8.0B and total debt of $5.1B, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 63.8%. Its total assets and total liabilities are $16.5B and $8.6B respectively. Laboratory of America Holdings's EBIT is $1.1B making its interest coverage ratio 6.6. It has cash and short-term investments of $99.3M.
Key information
63.8%
Debt to equity ratio
US$5.09b
Debt
Interest coverage ratio | 6.6x |
Cash | US$99.30m |
Equity | US$7.97b |
Total liabilities | US$8.56b |
Total assets | US$16.53b |
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Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: LH *'s short term assets ($3.5B) do not cover its short term liabilities ($3.9B).
Long Term Liabilities: LH *'s short term assets ($3.5B) do not cover its long term liabilities ($4.6B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: LH *'s net debt to equity ratio (62.6%) is considered high.
Reducing Debt: LH *'s debt to equity ratio has reduced from 84.1% to 63.8% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: LH *'s debt is well covered by operating cash flow (25.1%).
Interest Coverage: LH *'s interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (6.6x coverage).