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Earnings Est	Current Qtr Dec-08	Next Qtr Mar-09	Current Year Dec-08	Next Year Dec-09
Avg. Estimate	0.45	0.45	1.57	1.93
No. of Analysts	12	9	12	12
Low Estimate	0.40	0.41	1.51	1.75
High Estimate	0.49	0.52	1.60	2.20
Year Ago EPS	0.39	0.31	1.47	1.57

Revenue Est	Current Qtr Dec-08	Next Qtr Mar-09	Current Year Dec-08	Next Year Dec-09
Avg. Estimate	101.40M	104.46M	373.16M	436.20M
No. of Analysts	11	7	11	11
Low Estimate	98.28M	100.69M	370.04M	417.97M
High Estimate	105.06M	108.60M	376.81M	467.10M
Year Ago Sales	81.25M	83.47M	298.03M	373.16M
Sales Growth (year/est)	24.8%	25.1%	25.2%	16.9%

Earnings History	Dec-07	Mar-08	Jun-08	Sep-08
EPS Est	0.37	0.29	0.31	0.37
EPS Actual	0.39	0.31	0.35	0.45
Difference	0.02	0.02	0.04	0.08
Surprise %	5.4%	6.9%	12.9%	21.6%

EPS Trends	Current Qtr Dec-08	Next Qtr Mar-09	Current Year Dec-08	Next Year Dec-09
Current Estimate	0.45	0.45	1.57	1.93
7 Days Ago	0.45	0.45	1.57	1.93
30 Days Ago	0.39	0.41	1.42	1.70
60 Days Ago	0.39	0.40	1.42	1.70
90 Days Ago	0.39	0.41	1.42	1.70

EPS Revisions	Current Qtr Dec-08	Next Qtr Mar-09	Current Year Dec-08	Next Year Dec-09
Up Last 7 Days	1	1	1	1
Up Last 30 Days	12	8	12	12
Down Last 30 Days	0	0	0	0
Down Last 90 Days

Growth Est	LHCG	Industry	Sector	S&P 500
Current Qtr.	15.4%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Next Qtr.	45.2%	N/A	N/A	N/A
This Year	6.8%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Next Year	22.9%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Past 5 Years (per annum)	24.549%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Next 5 Years (per annum)	17.2%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Price/Earnings (avg. for comparison categories)	20.86	N/A	N/A	N/A
PEG Ratio (avg. for comparison categories)	1.21	N/A	N/A	N/A

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