Quest Diagnostics Incorporated

DGX Healthcare Diagnostics & Research

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $11.0 billion, up 11.8% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 10.2%, EPS grew 14.7%, free cash flow grew 5.28% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

235.00 4.15 −1.74%
Market cap
$26.4B
P/E
24.6×
Fwd P/E
20.8×
Dividend yield
1.44%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
3.15
Beneish M
−2.65
Dividend safety
85/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 37.00
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 3 — — 5 8 — — 2 1 1 1 —
Insider Ownership 1.04%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 26,400.00
Revenue 11,560.00
Net Income 1,113.00
Free Cash Flow 1,349.00
Net Debt 5,016.00
Current Ratio 1.59 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.72
P/E ratio 24.63
Fwd P/E 20.80
P/S ratio 2.26
P/B ratio 3.34
Past 5Y EPS Growth (3.53%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth 13.66%
Next Y EPS Growth 7.54%
Next Y revenue growth 8.86%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 9.90%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 98.64%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 98.34%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 98.64%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 98.12%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 84.67%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.36
Annual Dividend Rate 3.38
Annual Dividend Yield 1.44%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 3.38
0.80
0.86
0.86
0.86
2025 3.15
0.75
0.80
0.80
0.80
2024 2.96
0.71
0.75
0.75
0.75
2023 2.79
0.66
0.71
0.71
0.71
2022 2.60
0.62
0.66
0.66
0.66
2021 2.42
0.56
0.62
0.62
0.62
2020 2.21
0.53
0.56
0.56
0.56
2019 2.12
0.53
0.53
0.53
0.53
2018 1.95
0.45
0.50
0.50
0.50
2017 1.80
0.45
0.45
0.45
0.45
2016 1.58
0.38
0.40
0.40
0.40
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 686 549 420 626
Receivables 1,210 1,304 1,408 1,666
Inventory 190 188 189 233
Other — — — —
2,372 2,392 2,378 2,844
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 1,359 1,394 1,600 1,598
ST’ Debt 303 602 504 10
Other — — — —
1,815 2,169 2,278 1,788

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 3.95% 3.18% 3.74%
Cash Flow 8.67% (1.22%) 3.16%
Earnings 3.42% (7.06%) 1.60%
Book Value 4.34% 1.14% 6.71%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2,895 3,043 — — —
’25 2,652 2,761 2,816 2,806 11,035
’24 2,366 2,397 2,488 2,621 9,872
’23 2,331 2,338 2,295 2,288 9,252
’22 2,611 2,453 2,486 2,333 9,883
’21 2,720 2,550 2,774 2,744 10,788
’20 1,822 1,827 2,786 3,002 9,437
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 278 597 — — —
’25 314 544 563 465 1,886
’24 154 360 356 464 1,334
’23 94 444 207 527 1,272
’22 480 402 502 334 1,718
’21 731 460 561 481 2,233
’20 247 355 862 541 2,005
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 164 459 — — —
’25 197 436 419 307 1,359
’24 50 268 250 341 909
’23 (33) 340 102 455 864
’22 417 326 384 187 1,314
’21 645 376 472 337 1,830
’20 164 273 771 379 1,587
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2.24 2.84 — — —
’25 1.94 2.47 2.16 2.18 8.75
’24 1.72 2.03 1.99 1.95 7.69
’23 1.78 2.05 1.96 1.70 7.49
’22 2.92 1.96 2.17 0.87 7.97
’21 3.46 4.96 4.02 3.12 15.55
’20 0.73 1.36 4.14 4.21 10.47
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 59.66 90.10 78.95 79.93 73.02 113.36 120.40 119.59 123.04 148.70

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 93.57 112.97 116.49 108.95 131.81 174.16 172.50 157.36 165.32 197.55
People
People Employees 43,000 45,000 46,000 47,000 49,000 49,000 49,000 48,000 56,000 57,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.17 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.19 0.22 0.20 0.19 0.18 0.19
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 7,214 7,402 7,531 7,726 9,437 10,788 9,883 9,252 9,872 11,035
Gross margin, % 36.01 36.25 34.59 34.80 38.50 39.02 34.74 33.00 32.86 33.21
EBT 1,086 1,030 926 1,076 1,884 2,599 1,235 1,130 1,175 1,318
EBT margin, % 15.05 13.92 12.30 13.93 19.96 24.09 12.50 12.21 11.90 11.94
Net income 696 824 788 906 1,499 2,080 1,015 908 921 1,046
Depreciation 249 270 309 329 361 408 437 439 493 570
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 51.53 54.03 55.38 57.66 70.43 86.30 85.20 82.61 88.94 99.41
Earnings 4.58 5.63 5.39 6.36 10.62 15.85 8.10 7.59 7.78 8.87
Cash flow 7.97 8.58 8.82 9.28 14.96 17.86 14.81 11.36 12.02 16.99
Capex (2.09) (1.84) (2.82) (2.99) (3.12) (3.22) (3.48) (3.64) (3.83) (4.75)
Free cash flow 5.88 6.74 6.01 6.29 11.84 14.64 11.33 7.71 8.19 12.24
Book value 33.29 36.17 38.73 42.44 50.81 51.86 51.12 56.63 61.38 64.92
Shares, m 140 137 136 134 134 125 116 112 111 111
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 20.23 17.57 15.45 16.79 11.24 10.90 19.33 18.55 19.39 19.56
P/S 1.79 1.83 1.50 1.85 1.69 2.00 1.83 1.70 1.70 1.75
P/B 2.78 2.73 2.15 2.52 2.35 3.34 3.05 2.49 2.46 2.67
EV/Sales 2.26 2.32 2.00 2.32 1.99 2.30 2.20 2.14 2.27 2.22
EV/FCF 19.83 18.63 18.46 21.22 11.86 13.53 16.54 22.92 24.66 18.04
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 1,116 1,175 1,200 1,243 2,005 2,233 1,718 1,272 1,334 1,886
Capex (293) (252) (383) (400) (418) (403) (404) (408) (425) (527)
Free cash flow 823 923 817 843 1,587 1,830 1,314 864 909 1,359
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 550 249 (95) 500 1,282 988 347 557 223 100
Total debt 3,734 3,784 3,893 4,770 4,015 4,012 3,980 4,713 6,217 5,671
Net debt 3,375 3,647 3,758 3,578 2,857 3,140 3,665 4,027 5,668 5,251
Shareholders’ equity 4,660 4,955 5,267 5,687 6,809 6,483 5,930 6,342 6,813 7,206
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 6.40 7.49 6.84 7.20 10.61 14.39 7.12 6.33 5.74 6.10
ROIC 9.93 8.46 7.62 8.30 12.74 15.46 9.30 7.61 6.74 7.81
ROE 13.70 16.06 14.40 15.67 22.81 29.91 15.18 13.85 13.17 14.10
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

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ILMN Illumina, Inc. $40.5B 48.4× 34.7× +9.44% (above 0%: growing) −8.05% (below 0%: shrinking) −18.27% (below 0%: shrinking) 66.44% 21.14% Compare
MTD Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. $32.8B 36.4× 25.5× +4.48% (above 0%: growing) +18.30% (above 0%: growing) +33.01% (above 0%: growing) 63.29% 30.61% Compare
DGX Quest Diagnostics Incorporated $26.4B 24.6× 20.8× +10.21% (above 0%: growing) +14.74% (above 0%: growing) +5.28% (above 0%: growing) 33.75% 15.08%
LH Labcorp Holdings Inc. $26.4B 26.2× 19.0× +5.78% (above 0%: growing) +28.42% (above 0%: growing) −42.01% (below 0%: shrinking) 29.80% 12.10% Compare
GH Guardant Health, Inc. $22.3B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +44.33% (above 0%: growing) n/m −5.46% (below 0%: shrinking) 65.39% (38.55%) Compare
MEDP Medpace Holdings, Inc. $17.6B 35.6× 26.7× +17.24% (above 0%: growing) +36.39% (above 0%: growing) −3.03% (below 0%: shrinking) 71.36% 20.76% Compare
RVTY Revvity Inc. $17.3B 72.7× 37.5× +1.31% (above 0%: growing) +2.17% (above 0%: growing) +59.29% (above 0%: growing) 57.13% 12.24% Compare
Median of peers $29.6B 39.1× 34.7× +9.55% +17.75% +14.99% 63.66% 16.50%

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Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (DGX) key facts

  • Strength: Quest Diagnostics Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $11.0 billion, up 11.8% from fiscal 2024.
  • Strength: Net income was $1.0 billion, or $8.87 per share (basic), a net margin of 8.95%.
  • Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (DGX) is a Diagnostics & Research company in the Healthcare sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, DGX traded at $235.00, a market capitalization of $26.4 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 24.6× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 2.3× sales; its P/E is higher than 99% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Quest Diagnostics Incorporated pays an annual dividend of $3.38 per share, a yield of 1.44%, with a payout ratio of 35.9%.
  • Return on equity was 14.1% and debt-to-equity 0.72.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 8 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 3.15 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

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