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Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (DGX)

Healthcare | Diagnostics & Research | Secaucus, United States | NYSE
207.35 USD -0.09 (-0.043%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★★⯪Long-term:★★★★☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 3:26 a.m. EDT

Quest Diagnostics is surging on strong momentum and fundamental validation. The stock has rallied nearly 7% in just two weeks, trading well above its 50-day and 200-day averages, while analysts see roughly 8% upside to their mean target. Fundamentally, the company is delivering double-digit earnings growth and expanding margins, supported by a robust 15-year dividend track record with a healthy payout ratio. While the statistical forecast model shows a flat signal, the price action and analyst consensus strongly suggest the trend is intact. For investors seeking a blend of income stability and capital appreciation in healthcare, the risk-reward profile looks favorable.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.028750
AutoARIMA0.028750
MSTL0.030705
AutoTheta0.034347

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 53%
H-stat 1.89
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.038
Excess Kurtosis 0.14
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Ex Dividend Date 2026-07-07
Last Dividend Date 2026-07-07
Debt to Equity Ratio 82.737
Revenue per Share 101.833
Market Cap 22,952,906,752
Trailing P/E 22.94
Forward P/E 17.77
Beta 0.57
Profit Margins 9.08%
Website https://www.questdiagnostics.com

As of July 11, 2026, 3:26 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for upside continuation with heavy open interest in out-of-the-money calls at the 220 and 230 strikes, suggesting a target range above current levels. Put open interest is concentrated at lower strikes (175-185), indicating a hedge against a pullback rather than a bearish bet. Implied volatility remains elevated across expirations, reflecting uncertainty despite the bullish flow.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.41% 1.74% 1.96% 1.95%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-07-08 0.860 0.413045
2026-04-06 0.860 0.432248
2026-01-13 0.800 0.444543
2025-10-03 0.800 0.446105
2025-07-07 0.800 0.459849
2025-04-07 0.800 0.486885
2025-01-14 0.750 0.490260
2024-10-04 0.750 0.497380
2024-07-08 0.750 0.539879
2024-04-05 0.750 0.574141
2024-01-16 0.710 0.530445
2023-10-05 0.710 0.577283
2023-07-10 0.710 0.508014
2023-04-06 0.710 0.496920
2023-01-17 0.660 0.447306
2022-10-03 0.660 0.526148
2022-07-05 0.660 0.494086
2022-04-05 0.660 0.493753
2022-01-18 0.620 0.446589
2021-10-04 0.620 0.438969
2021-07-06 0.620 0.464559
2021-04-06 0.620 0.483205
2021-01-19 0.560 0.444480
2020-10-05 0.560 0.485311
2020-07-07 0.560 0.477368
2020-04-06 0.560 0.711653
2020-01-13 0.530 0.497372
2019-10-03 0.530 0.512275
2019-07-05 0.530 0.513267
2019-04-05 0.530 0.583893
2019-01-14 0.530 0.634883
2018-10-04 0.500 0.483653
2018-07-06 0.500 0.452530
2018-04-03 0.500 0.505561
2018-01-08 0.450 0.451399
2017-10-02 0.450 0.480923
2017-07-06 0.450 0.412806
2017-04-03 0.450 0.459137
2017-01-06 0.450 0.489024
2016-09-30 0.400 0.472646
2016-07-01 0.400 0.492368
2016-04-04 0.400 0.555016
2016-01-08 0.380 0.563631
2015-10-02 0.380 0.604999
2015-07-06 0.380 0.534684
2015-04-06 0.380 0.499212
2015-01-09 0.330 0.482527
2014-10-03 0.330 0.544554
2014-07-07 0.330 0.554995
2014-04-04 0.330 0.553598
2014-01-03 0.300 0.569044
2013-09-27 0.300 0.486066
2013-06-28 0.300 0.494805
2013-03-28 0.300 0.531350
2013-01-09 0.300 0.510551
2012-09-27 0.170 0.267674
2012-06-29 0.170 0.283806
2012-03-30 0.170 0.278005
2012-01-05 0.170 0.295755
2011-10-05 0.100 0.214500
2011-06-30 0.100 0.169205
2011-04-01 0.100 0.174095
2011-01-06 0.100 0.182849
2010-09-30 0.100 0.198138
2010-07-01 0.100 0.202799
2010-04-01 0.100 0.169291
2010-01-05 0.100 0.167252
2009-09-30 0.100 0.191608
2009-07-01 0.100 0.176274
2009-04-02 0.100 0.207598
2009-01-07 0.100 0.203252
2008-10-01 0.100 0.193648
2008-07-01 0.100 0.210040
2008-04-02 0.100 0.212857
2008-01-07 0.100 0.193611
2007-10-01 0.100 0.173400
2007-07-02 0.100 0.193986
2007-04-02 0.100 0.199681
2007-01-08 0.100 0.193424
2006-10-02 0.100 0.164204
2006-07-05 0.100 0.165810
2006-04-03 0.100 0.195312
2006-01-09 0.090 0.173210
2005-10-03 0.090 0.179176
2005-07-06 0.090 0.169078
2005-04-04 0.090 0.172944
2005-01-07 0.075 0.164078
2004-10-06 0.075 0.171213
2004-07-02 0.075 0.177936
2004-04-05 0.075 0.179964
2004-01-06 0.075 0.205451
Additional Data
dividendRate 3.44
dividendYield 1.66
exDividendDate 2026-07-08
trailingAnnualDividendRate 3.26
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.015715387
lastDividendValue 0.86
lastDividendDate 2026-07-08
dividendDate 2026-07-22

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.24594402
Address1 500 Plaza Drive
All Time High 219.2
All Time Low 3.3125
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 7
Average Analyst Rating 2.2 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 781,170
Average Daily Volume3 Month 911,495
Average Volume 911,495
Average Volume10Days 781,170
Beta 0.571
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 200
Board Risk 7
Book Value 66.36
City Secaucus
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 207.35
Current Ratio 1.179
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 210.7196
Day Low 207.01
Debt To Equity 82.737
Dividend Date 1,784,678,400
Dividend Rate 3.44
Dividend Yield 1.66
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,784,836,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,784,836,800
Earnings Growth 0.155
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.145
Earnings Timestamp 1,784,809,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,784,809,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,784,809,800
Ebitda 2,225,999,872
Ebitda Margins 0.19738
Enterprise To Ebitda 13.184
Enterprise To Revenue 2.602
Enterprise Value 29,346,904,064
Eps Current Year 10.76897
Eps Forward 11.67129
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 9.04
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,783,468,800
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 198.5994
Fifty Day Average Change 8.75061
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.044061616
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 24.594402
Fifty Two Week High 219.2
Fifty Two Week High Change -11.849991
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.05406018
Fifty Two Week Low 164.65
Fifty Two Week Low Change 42.700012
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.25933808
Fifty Two Week Range 164.65 - 219.2
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 850,833,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.85
Float Shares 110,128,556
Forward Eps 11.67129
Forward P E 17.765818
Free Cashflow 947,875,008
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 57,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.33277
Gross Profits 3,752,999,936
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00426
Held Percent Institutions 0.98042
Implied Shares Outstanding 110,696,429
Industry Diagnostics & Research
Industry Disp Diagnostics & Research
Industry Key diagnostics-research
Ir Website http://ir.questdiagnostics.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=82068&p=irol-stockquote
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,783,468,800
Last Dividend Value 0.86
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,119,312,000
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Quest Diagnostics Incorporated provides diagnostic testing and services in the United States. The company develops and delivers diagnostic information services, such as routine, non-routine and advanced clinical testing, anatomic pathology testing, and other diagnostic information services. It also provides services under the Quest Diagnostics brand, as well as under the AmeriPath, Dermpath Diagnostics, ExamOne, and Quanum brands to physicians, hospitals, patients and consumers, health plans, government agencies, employers, retailers, pharmaceutical companies and insurers commercial clinical laboratories, and accountable care organizations through a network of laboratories, patient service centers, phlebotomists in physician offices, call centers and mobile phlebotomists, nurses, and other health and wellness professionals. In addition, the company offers risk assessment services for the life insurance industry; healthcare IT healthcare providers and payers; testing and medical director services at hospital laboratories; test offerings in cardiometabolic and endocrine; cancer; clinical drug monitoring and toxicology; infectious disease, including autoimmune; neurology diagnostics, including Alzheimer's disease; and women's health, such as prenatal genetic; workplace drug testing, testing urine, hair, and oral fluid specimens services; and employer population health services, including biometric screenings, flu shots, and related preventative services. Further, it provides population health solutions; extended care services; develops in vitro diagnostic tests; laboratory diagnostic information and digital health connectivity systems; underwriting support services, including data gathering, paramedical examinations, and clinical laboratory testing and analytics; and national specimen collection and health data solutions. Quest Diagnostics Incorporated was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Long Name Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
Market us_market
Market Cap 22,952,906,752
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_361335
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 1,020,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 22,952,904,553
Number Of Analyst Opinions 16
Open 207.48
Operating Cashflow 1,850,000,000
Operating Margins 0.14197
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.36020002
Peg Ratio 1.6
Phone 973 520 2700
Pre Market Change -2.3600006
Pre Market Change Percent -1.1381724
Pre Market Price 204.99
Pre Market Time 1,784,030,703
Previous Close 207.44
Price Eps Current Year 19.254396
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 3.1246233
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.035193
Profit Margins 0.0908
Quick Ratio 0.91
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.16667
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0899963
Regular Market Change Percent -0.0433843
Regular Market Day High 210.7196
Regular Market Day Low 207.01
Regular Market Day Range 207.01 - 210.7196
Regular Market Open 207.48
Regular Market Previous Close 207.44
Regular Market Price 207.35
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,803
Regular Market Volume 415,540
Return On Assets 0.06348
Return On Equity 0.14538999
Revenue Growth 0.092
Revenue Per Share 101.833
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20365608
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 2
Shares Outstanding 110,696,429
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0337
Shares Short 3,732,507
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 3,430,849
Short Name Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
Short Percent Of Float 0.033800002
Short Ratio 4.23
Source Interval 15
State NJ
Symbol DGX
Target High Price 245.0
Target Low Price 184.0
Target Mean Price 223.6875
Target Median Price 225.0
Total Cash 393,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 3.55
Total Debt 6,408,000,000
Total Revenue 11,278,000,128
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 3.26
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.015715387
Trailing Eps 9.04
Trailing P E 22.936947
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.5963
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 191.51524
Two Hundred Day Average Change 15.834763
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.08268148
Type Disp Equity
Volume 415,540
Website https://www.questdiagnostics.com
Zip 7,094