Quest Diagnostics

DGX · NYSE · USD

$231.09Change from previous close: −0.85%Absolute change: −$1.98

Close · October 1, 2026

Valuation

Data as of October 2, 2026

Valuation multiples

Market cap
$25.51B
Enterprise value
$31.67B
P/E (trailing 12 months)
24.7
Forward P/E
19.2
PEG
1.52
Price/book
3.38
Price/sales
2.21
EV/EBITDA
14.0
EV/revenue
2.74

Profitability and growth

Gross margin
33.2%
Operating margin
15.2%
Net margin
9.2%
ROE
14.6%
ROA
6.4%
Revenue growth (year over year)
10.2%
Earnings growth (year over year)
15.0%

Financial health

Total cash
$626M
Total debt
$6.4B
Debt/equity
0.81
Current ratio
1.59
Quick ratio
1.28

Dividends

Annual dividend per share
$3.44
Dividend yield
1.5%
Payout ratio
26.1%
Ex-dividend date
October 6, 2026

Analysts and estimates

Average price target
$247.73
Median price target
$250.00
High price target
$265.00
Low price target
$204.00
Analysts with a price target
15
Consensus
Buy
Forward EPS
$12.06
EPS estimate, current year
$11.19

Shares and trading

Beta
0.55
Average volume
1.02M
Shares outstanding
110.37M
Float
109.81M
Institutional ownership
98.9%
Insider ownership
0.4%
Short interest (% of float)
3.3%
Short ratio (days)
3.86