Benzinga | Oct 28, 2021 07:05AM EDT

Laboratory Corp Q3 EPS $6.82 Beats $4.92 Estimate, Sales $4.10B Beat $3.65B Estimate

Laboratory Corp (NYSE:LH) reported quarterly earnings of $6.82 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $4.92 by 38.62 percent. This is a 18.91 percent decrease over earnings of $8.41 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $4.10 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $3.65 billion by 12.33 percent. This is a 5.24 percent increase over sales of $3.90 billion the same period last year.