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77.33
  
STOCK
0.45  Macroaxis: 0.59 Up   0.59%  
Year To Date
44.1978.36
Trading Day 
76.6677.36
May 20 2013 

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Use Covance to enhance returns of your portfolios. The stock experiences moderate upward volatility
Analyze Covance Inc Trend or Check current 30 days Covance correlation with market (S&P 500)
1 Month Beta 0.1  
Highest Price:  
Lowest Price:  
77.92  
72.92  
May 15 2013 
May 03 2013 
As returns on market increase, Covance returns are expected to increase less than the market. However during bear market, the loss on holding Covance will be expected to be smaller as well.
Covance Inc Small BetaCovance Inc Beta Legend
CVD United States NYSE
Covance Inc
Healthcare
Medical Laboratories and Research
http://www.covance.com
Contact Number: 609. 452. 4440
Currency: USD - US Dollar
Traded on New York Stock Exchange
    
Current Valuation3.86 B
Shares Outstanding55.12 M
Number of Shares Shorted2.1 M
Revenue2.18 B
 United States Russel   1.11 % Macroaxis: change 1.11 Moved Up  
 
 United States SP 500   1.03 % Macroaxis: change 1.03 Moved Up  
 
 United States Nasdaq   0.97 % Macroaxis: 0.97 Moved Up  
 
 United States NYSE   0.92 % Macroaxis: 0.92 Moved Up  
 
 thisGreen CVD CVD agains markets  0.59 % Macroaxis: 0.59 Moved Up  
 
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Covance Leadership

Joseph Herring Chairman and CEO
Richard Cimino Executive VP and Group President of Clinical Devel.
Deborah Tanner Executive VP and Group President of RandD Laboratories
John Watson Chief Commercial Officer, Corporate Sr. VP and President of Strategic Partnering

Covance Price and Market Media

The median price of Covance for the period between Sat, Apr 20, 2013 and Mon, May 20, 2013 is 74.62 with a coefficient of variation of 2.0. The daily time series for the period is distributed with a sample standard deviation of 1.5, arithmetic mean of 75.07, and mean deviation of 1.26. The Stock received substential amount of media coverage during this period.
Covance         Market
Price Growth (%)
 
1
CRO Covance Expands Laboratory In Singapore04/22/2013Macroaxis: News
2
ISR CRO Quality Benchmarking Study Reports DCRI Staff among ...04/24/2013Businesswire News
3
Covance PT Raised to 74.0005/03/2013Macroaxis: News
4
Covance Price Target Increased to 77.50 by Analysts at ISI G...05/07/2013Macroaxis: News
5
Quintiles IPO raises morethanplanned 947 mln as stocks rally05/09/2013Macroaxis: Moneycentral News
6
ABCO Posts Solid 4Q and FY2013 Earnings Analyst Blog NASDAQ....05/14/2013Macroaxis: News
7
Covance To Present At BOfA Merrill Lynch Conference Webcast ...05/16/2013Macroaxis: News

Covance Summary

Covance Inc [CVD] is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA. It is located in Princeton, NJ and employs 11,160 people. The company currently falls under 'Mid-Cap' category with total capitalization of 4.09 B. Covance Inc runs under Healthcare sector within Medical Laboratories and Research industry. This company has 55.12 M outstanding shares of which 2.1 M shares are currently shorted by investors with about 5.9 days to cover shorted positions.
Covance Inc., a drug development services company, offer various earlystage and latestage product development services primarily to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries primarily in the United States and Europe. more
Past Market
Over 30
Days
13
Out Of
100
 
Chance of
Less
Than
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Correlation analysis and fundamentals comparison between Covance Inc and Thermo Fisher Scientific

Covance Executives

Alison Cornell CFO and Corporate VP, MBA

Covance Directors

John McCartney Independent Director
Brian Nutt Principal Accounting Officer, Director - External Reporting
Robert Barchi Independent Director
Bradley Sheares Independent Director
Joseph Scodari Independent Director

Covance Management

William Klitgaard CIO, Corporate Sr. VP and Treasurer

Covance Fundamentals

Current Valuation vs Shares Owned by Insiders
Cash per Share vs Current Ratio
Current Valuation vs Short Ratio
Debt to Equity vs Current Ratio

Covance vs Competition

Covance vs. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
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Covance May 20 2013 Opportunity Range

Downside Deviation1.11
Information Ratio(0.10)
Maximum Drawdown3.17
Value At Risk(1.33)
Potential Upside1.45

 
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