quest diagnostics inc. - DGX

DGX

Close Chg Chg %
166.44 0.59 0.35%

Open Market

167.03

+0.59 (0.35%)

Volume: 381.34K

Last Updated:

Mar 21, 2025, 2:15 PM EDT

Company Overview: quest diagnostics inc. - DGX

DGX Key Data

Open

$166.64

Day Range

166.01 - 167.54

52 Week Range

125.42 - 178.87

Market Cap

$18.47B

Shares Outstanding

110.98M

Public Float

110.35M

Beta

0.92

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

21.92

EPS

$7.78

Yield

178.56%

Dividend

$0.80

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Apr 7, 2025

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

1.26M

 

DGX Performance

1 Week
 
-2.17%
 
1 Month
 
-3.36%
 
3 Months
 
8.73%
 
1 Year
 
28.74%
 
5 Years
 
121.24%
 

DGX Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 21
Full Ratings ➔

About quest diagnostics inc. - DGX

Quest Diagnostics, Inc. engages in the provision of diagnostic testing, information, and services. It operates through the Diagnostic Information Services (DIS) and All Other segments. The DIS segment offers diagnostic information services to physicians, hospitals, patients, and consumers. The All Other segment consists of risk assessment services and healthcare information technology. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Secaucus, NJ.

DGX At a Glance

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.
500 Plaza Drive
Secaucus, New Jersey 07940
Phone 1-973-520-2700 Revenue 9.87B
Industry Services to the Health Industry Net Income 866.00M
Sector Health Services 2024 Sales Growth 6.701%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025 Employees 56,000
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DGX Valuation

P/E Current 22.502
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 19.685
Price to Sales Ratio 1.727
Price to Book Ratio 2.471
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 12.779
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 12.423
Enterprise Value to Sales 2.401
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.299

DGX Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 176,285.714
Income Per Employee 15,464.286
Receivables Turnover 7.571
Total Asset Turnover 0.654

DGX Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.103
Quick Ratio 1.016
Cash Ratio 0.253

DGX Profitability

Gross Margin 31.868
Operating Margin 14.333
Pretax Margin 11.902
Net Margin 8.772
Return on Assets 5.74
Return on Equity 13.237
Return on Total Capital 6.246
Return on Invested Capital 7.172

DGX Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 104.559
Total Debt to Total Capital 51.114
Total Debt to Total Assets 43.874
Long-Term Debt to Equity 90.735
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 44.356
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Annual Financials for Quest Diagnostics Inc. - DGX

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
10.79B 9.88B 9.25B 9.87B
Sales Growth
+14.32% -8.39% -6.38% +6.70%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
6.65B 6.54B 6.29B 6.73B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
408.00M 437.00M 439.00M 493.00M
Depreciation
305.00M 317.00M 331.00M 366.00M
Amortization of Intangibles
103.00M 120.00M 108.00M 127.00M
COGS Growth
+14.17% -1.68% -3.75% +6.91%
Gross Income
4.14B 3.35B 2.96B 3.15B
Gross Income Growth
+14.55% -19.15% -11.53% +6.25%
Gross Profit Margin
+38.38% +33.87% +32.00% +31.87%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
1.70B 1.73B 1.61B 1.73B
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
1.70B 1.73B 1.61B 1.73B
SGA Growth
+12.39% +1.71% -6.67% +7.52%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
(304.00M) 238.00M 87.00M 68.00M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
2.75B 1.38B 1.26B 1.35B
Non Operating Income/Expense
3.00M (1.00M) 29.00M 54.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
1.00M 10.00M 11.00M 25.00M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
56.00M (55.00M) 20.00M 18.00M
Interest Expense
152.00M 148.00M 163.00M 226.00M
Interest Expense Growth
-8.43% -2.63% +10.14% +38.65%
Gross Interest Expense
152.00M 148.00M 163.00M 226.00M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
2.60B 1.24B 1.13B 1.18B
Pretax Income Growth
+37.95% -52.48% -8.50% +3.98%
Pretax Margin
+24.09% +12.50% +12.21% +11.90%
Income Tax
597.00M 264.00M 248.00M 273.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
651.00M 262.00M 294.00M 256.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
3.00M 1.00M 3.00M 4.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(56.00M) 2.00M (48.00M) 6.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(1.00M) (1.00M) (1.00M) 7.00M
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
56.00M (55.00M) 20.00M 18.00M
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
(7.00M) (4.00M) (4.00M) (5.00M)
Consolidated Net Income
2.07B 1.01B 904.00M 916.00M
Minority Interest Expense
85.00M 69.00M 54.00M 50.00M
Net Income
1.99B 942.00M 850.00M 866.00M
Net Income Growth
+39.51% -52.62% -9.77% +1.88%
Net Margin Growth
+18.43% +9.53% +9.19% +8.77%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
1.99B 942.00M 850.00M 866.00M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
1.99B 942.00M 850.00M 866.00M
EPS (Basic)
15.904 8.1207 7.5893 7.8018
EPS (Basic) Growth
+48.93% -48.94% -6.54% +2.80%
Basic Shares Outstanding
125.00M 116.00M 112.00M 111.00M
EPS (Diluted)
15.5312 7.983 7.5221 7.6637
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+47.61% -48.60% -5.77% +1.88%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
128.00M 118.00M 113.00M 113.00M
EBITDA
2.85B 2.06B 1.79B 1.91B
EBITDA Growth
+15.65% -27.81% -13.06% +6.59%
EBITDA Margin
+26.44% +20.83% +19.35% +19.33%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 179.667
Number of Ratings 21 Current Quarters Estimate 2.186
FY Report Date 03 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 9.695
Last Quarter’s Earnings 2.23 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 8.93 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 10.532
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 16 16 17 17
Mean Estimate 2.19 2.55 9.70 10.53
High Estimates 2.28 2.62 9.77 10.80
Low Estimate 2.11 2.34 9.65 10.22
Coefficient of Variance 2.07 2.48 0.33 1.39

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 8 9 9
OVERWEIGHT 2 2 2
HOLD 11 10 10
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Quest Diagnostics Inc. - DGX

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Mar 6, 2025 Michael E. Prevoznik SVP & General Counsel 42,760 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $173.74 per share 7,429,122.40
Mar 6, 2025 James E. Davis CEO and President; Director 198,470 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $173.74 per share 34,482,177.80
Mar 6, 2025 James E. Davis CEO and President; Director 136,553 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $173.74 per share 23,724,718.22
Mar 6, 2025 James E. Davis CEO and President; Director 166,814 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $173.74 per share 28,982,264.36
Mar 6, 2025 Catherine T. Doherty EVP, Regional Businesses 73,438 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $173.74 per share 12,759,118.12
Mar 6, 2025 Catherine T. Doherty EVP, Regional Businesses 78,448 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $173.74 per share 13,629,555.52
Mar 6, 2025 Catherine T. Doherty EVP, Regional Businesses 68,068 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $175.79 per share 11,965,673.72
Mar 6, 2025 Catherine T. Doherty EVP, Regional Businesses 68,784 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $173.74 per share 11,950,532.16
Mar 6, 2025 Sam A. Samad Executive Vice President & CFO 34,061 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $173.74 per share 5,917,758.14
Mar 6, 2025 Michael Joseph Deppe SVP, Corp. Controller & CAO 33,521 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $173.74 per share 5,823,938.54
Mar 6, 2025 Michael Joseph Deppe SVP, Corp. Controller & CAO 34,365 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $173.74 per share 5,970,575.10
Mar 6, 2025 Michael E. Prevoznik SVP & General Counsel 46,666 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $173.74 per share 8,107,750.84
Mar 6, 2025 Michael E. Prevoznik SVP & General Counsel 38,117 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $175.79 per share 6,700,587.43
Mar 6, 2025 Michael E. Prevoznik SVP & General Counsel 38,709 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $173.74 per share 6,725,301.66
Mar 6, 2025 Patrick Plewman SVP for Diagnostic Services 21,150 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $173.74 per share 3,674,601.00
Mar 6, 2025 Patrick Plewman SVP for Diagnostic Services 23,430 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $173.74 per share 4,070,728.20
Mar 6, 2025 Patrick Plewman SVP for Diagnostic Services 17,756 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $173.74 per share 3,084,927.44
Mar 6, 2025 Michael Joseph Deppe SVP, Corp. Controller & CAO 35,232 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $173.74 per share 6,121,207.68
Mar 6, 2025 Sam A. Samad Executive Vice President & CFO 26,377 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $173.74 per share 4,582,739.98
Mar 6, 2025 Mark E. Delaney SVP & Chief Commercial Officer 11,300 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $173.74 per share 1,963,262.00

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