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.

Revenue
+9.98%
EPS
+29.4%
Free cash flow
+6.21%
Total debt
−2.20%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

257.12 2.38 +0.93%
Market cap
$28.0B
P/E
25.0×
Fwd P/E
24.4×
Dividend yield
1.33%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
3.15
Beneish M
−2.65
Dividend safety
85/100

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (DGX) Return on equity

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Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 14.8%, up 0.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (14.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 13.2% (fiscal 2024) to 29.9% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Diagnostics & Research industry median of 0.00% and above the Healthcare sector median of −26.3%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 14.1% 0.93
FY2024 13.2% (0.68)
FY2023 13.9% (1.33)
FY2022 15.2% (14.73)
FY2021 29.9% 7.10
FY2020 22.8% 7.14
FY2019 15.7% 1.27
FY2018 14.4% (1.66)
FY2017 16.1% 2.36
FY2016 13.7% (1.91)

Against its own ten years

Low 13.2% High 29.9%
Ten-year median 15.2%
Current reading's percentile 36

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
GH Guardant Health, Inc. compare 153.9%
MEDP Medpace Holdings, Inc. compare 117.9%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. compare 32.4%
IQV IQVIA Holdings Inc. compare 21.3%
DGX Quest Diagnostics Incorporated 14.8%
LH Labcorp Holdings Inc. compare 11.5%
WAT Waters Corporation compare 0.00%
RVTY Revvity Inc. compare 0.00%
MTD Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. compare −736.4%
Diagnostics & Research industry median 0.00%
Healthcare sector median −26.3%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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