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Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (DGX)

Healthcare | Diagnostics & Research | Secaucus, United States | NYSE
235.00 USD -4.15 (-1.735%) ⇩ (Oct. 16, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 235.00
Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★★★☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 6:09 a.m. EDT

Quest Diagnostics presents a compelling long-term case driven by consistent double-digit revenue growth and a robust earnings trajectory, though it falls just short of the exceptional metrics required for a top-tier rating. The business has compounded significantly over the past nine years without recent structural deterioration, supported by a healthy payout ratio and a reliable dividend track record. Short-term momentum is slightly muted as the stock trades below its fifty-day average despite hitting recent highs, creating a potential consolidation zone before the next leg up. Options flow suggests institutional interest in upside targets well above current prices, while hedging activity indicates a defined support level nearby. Investors should view this as a core healthcare holding rather than a speculative momentum play.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.035441
AutoETS0.045420
AutoARIMA0.045420
MSTL0.052671

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 53%
H-stat 0.48
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.109
Excess Kurtosis -0.49
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Ex Dividend Date 2026-10-05
Last Dividend Date 2026-10-05
Debt to Equity Ratio 81.074
Revenue per Share 105.091
Market Cap 25,937,739,776
Trailing P/E 24.95
Forward P/E 19.49
Beta 0.54
Profit Margins 9.19%
Website https://www.questdiagnostics.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 6:09 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for upside continuation with significant call open interest at 240 and 300 strikes for February 2027, while put writers are establishing a floor around 220 for October 2026. Implied volatility remains elevated at distant strikes, suggesting uncertainty around major milestones.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.38% 1.67% 1.90% 1.94%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-10-06 0.860 0.376549
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 1.46
exDividendDate 2026-10-06
trailingAnnualDividendRate 3.32
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.013882501
lastDividendValue 0.86
lastDividendDate 2026-10-06
dividendDate 2026-10-21

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.2341789
Address1 500 Plaza Drive
All Time High 248.84
All Time Low 3.3125
Ask 242.5
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 6
Average Analyst Rating 2.1 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,032,170
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,050,817
Average Volume 1,050,817
Average Volume10Days 1,032,170
Beta 0.54
Bid 230.0
Bid Size 100
Board Risk 7
Book Value 68.327
City Secaucus
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 235.0
Current Ratio 1.591
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 240.7499
Day Low 233.56
Debt To Equity 81.074
Display Name Quest Diagnostics
Dividend Date 1,792,540,800
Dividend Rate 3.44
Dividend Yield 1.46
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,792,699,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,792,699,200
Earnings Growth 0.15
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.135
Earnings Timestamp 1,792,672,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,792,672,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,792,672,200
Ebitda 2,265,999,872
Ebitda Margins 0.19601999
Enterprise To Ebitda 14.165
Enterprise To Revenue 2.777
Enterprise Value 32,098,740,224
Eps Current Year 11.19545
Eps Forward 12.05896
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 9.42
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,791,244,800
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 237.4268
Fifty Day Average Change -2.4268036
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.010221271
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 23.41789
Fifty Two Week High 248.84
Fifty Two Week High Change -13.839996
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.055618055
Fifty Two Week Low 171.18
Fifty Two Week Low Change 63.820007
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.37282398
Fifty Two Week Range 171.18 - 248.84
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 850,833,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.82
Float Shares 109,812,663
Forward Eps 12.05896
Forward P E 19.487585
Free Cashflow 909,625,024
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 46,000
Fullday Change -4.149994
Fullday Change Percent -1.7353101
Fullday Price 235.0
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.33192003
Gross Profits 3,836,999,936
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00433
Held Percent Institutions 0.98792
Implied Shares Outstanding 110,373,360
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 1,791,244,800
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 25,937,739,776
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_361335
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 1,058,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 25,716,992,880
Number Of Analyst Opinions 15
Open 239.67
Operating Cashflow 1,903,000,064
Operating Margins 0.15248
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.2611
Peg Ratio 1.56
Phone 973 520 2700
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 235.0
Post Market Time 1,792,187,682
Previous Close 239.15
Price Eps Current Year 20.990671
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 3.439343
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.2437491
Profit Margins 0.09187
Quick Ratio 1.282
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.05882
Region US
Regular Market Change -4.14999
Regular Market Change Percent -1.73531
Regular Market Day High 240.7499
Regular Market Day Low 233.56
Regular Market Day Range 233.56 - 240.7499
Regular Market Open 239.67
Regular Market Previous Close 239.15
Regular Market Price 235.0
Regular Market Time 1,792,180,802
Regular Market Volume 799,642
Return On Assets 0.06404
Return On Equity 0.14602
Revenue Growth 0.102
Revenue Per Share 105.091
Sand P52 Week Change 0.13723719
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 2
Shares Outstanding 110,373,360
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.031
Shares Short 3,417,577
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 3,445,561
Short Name Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
Short Percent Of Float 0.0311
Short Ratio 3.0
Source Interval 15
State NJ
Symbol DGX
Target High Price 265.0
Target Low Price 232.0
Target Mean Price 251.4
Target Median Price 251.0
Total Cash 626,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 5.672
Total Debt 6,403,999,744
Total Revenue 11,559,999,488
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 3.32
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.013882501
Trailing Eps 9.42
Trailing P E 24.94692
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.5271
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 208.8579
Two Hundred Day Average Change 26.142105
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.12516695
Type Disp Equity
Volume 799,642
Website https://www.questdiagnostics.com
Zip 7,094