quest diagnostics inc. - DGX

DGX

Close Chg Chg %
161.38 2.44 1.51%

Open Market

163.82

+2.44 (1.51%)

Volume: 322.93K

Last Updated:

Nov 21, 2024, 2:51 PM EDT

Company Overview: quest diagnostics inc. - DGX

DGX Key Data

Open

$161.03

Day Range

160.33 - 164.25

52 Week Range

123.04 - 162.86

Market Cap

$18.01B

Shares Outstanding

111.62M

Public Float

111.06M

Beta

0.89

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

21.66

EPS

$7.52

Yield

183.49%

Dividend

$0.75

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Jan 14, 2025

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

996.27K

 

DGX Performance

1 Week
 
0.55%
 
1 Month
 
4.05%
 
3 Months
 
5.05%
 
1 Year
 
19.02%
 
5 Years
 
52.32%
 

DGX Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 20
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 patients, clinicians, hospitals, health plans, and employers. The All Other segment consists of risk assessment services, healthcare information technology, diagnostic products, and clinical trials testing businesses. 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 9.25B
Industry Services to the Health Industry Net Income 850.00M
Sector Health Services Employees 48,000
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2024
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DGX Valuation

P/E Current 21.656
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 18.33
Price to Sales Ratio 1.684
Price to Book Ratio 2.427
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 12.249
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 11.454
Enterprise Value to Sales 2.216
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.268

DGX Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 192,750.00
Income Per Employee 17,708.333
Receivables Turnover 7.646
Total Asset Turnover 0.689

DGX Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.307
Quick Ratio 1.202
Cash Ratio 0.378

DGX Profitability

Gross Margin 32.004
Operating Margin 14.602
Pretax Margin 12.214
Net Margin 9.187
Return on Assets 6.329
Return on Equity 13.934
Return on Total Capital 7.20
Return on Invested Capital 7.878

DGX Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 87.173
Total Debt to Total Capital 46.573
Total Debt to Total Assets 39.21
Long-Term Debt to Equity 77.898
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 41.618
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Annual Financials for Quest Diagnostics Inc. - DGX

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All values USD millions. 2020 2021 2022 2023 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
9.44B 10.79B 9.88B 9.25B
Sales Growth
+22.15% +14.32% -8.39% -6.38%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
5.82B 6.65B 6.54B 6.29B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
361.00M 408.00M 437.00M 439.00M
Depreciation
258.00M 305.00M 317.00M 331.00M
Amortization of Intangibles
103.00M 103.00M 120.00M 108.00M
COGS Growth
+14.22% +14.17% -1.68% -3.75%
Gross Income
3.61B 4.14B 3.35B 2.96B
Gross Income Growth
+37.52% +14.55% -19.15% -11.53%
Gross Profit Margin
+38.30% +38.38% +33.87% +32.00%
2020 2021 2022 2023 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
1.51B 1.70B 1.73B 1.61B
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
1.51B 1.70B 1.73B 1.61B
SGA Growth
+7.17% +12.39% +1.71% -6.67%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
66.00M (304.00M) 238.00M 87.00M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
2.04B 2.75B 1.38B 1.26B
Non Operating Income/Expense
11.00M 3.00M (1.00M) 29.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
3.00M 1.00M 10.00M 11.00M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
8.00M 56.00M (55.00M) 20.00M
Interest Expense
166.00M 152.00M 148.00M 163.00M
Interest Expense Growth
-7.78% -8.43% -2.63% +10.14%
Gross Interest Expense
166.00M 152.00M 148.00M 163.00M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
1.88B 2.60B 1.24B 1.13B
Pretax Income Growth
+75.09% +37.95% -52.48% -8.50%
Pretax Margin
+19.96% +24.09% +12.50% +12.21%
Income Tax
460.00M 597.00M 264.00M 248.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
374.00M 651.00M 262.00M 294.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
1.00M 3.00M 1.00M 3.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
84.00M (56.00M) 2.00M (48.00M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
1.00M (1.00M) (1.00M) (1.00M)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
8.00M 56.00M (55.00M) 20.00M
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
(6.00M) (7.00M) (4.00M) (4.00M)
Consolidated Net Income
1.49B 2.07B 1.01B 904.00M
Minority Interest Expense
68.00M 85.00M 69.00M 54.00M
Net Income
1.43B 1.99B 942.00M 850.00M
Net Income Growth
+70.66% +39.51% -52.62% -9.77%
Net Margin Growth
+15.10% +18.43% +9.53% +9.19%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
1.43B 1.99B 942.00M 850.00M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
1.43B 1.99B 942.00M 850.00M
EPS (Basic)
10.6791 15.904 8.1207 7.5893
EPS (Basic) Growth
+67.37% +48.93% -48.94% -6.54%
Basic Shares Outstanding
134.00M 125.00M 116.00M 112.00M
EPS (Diluted)
10.5221 15.5312 7.983 7.5221
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+67.37% +47.61% -48.60% -5.77%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
136.00M 128.00M 118.00M 113.00M
EBITDA
2.47B 2.85B 2.06B 1.79B
EBITDA Growth
+59.20% +15.65% -27.81% -13.06%
EBITDA Margin
+26.13% +26.44% +20.83% +19.35%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 170.067
Number of Ratings 20 Current Quarters Estimate 2.189
FY Report Date 12 / 2024 Current Year's Estimate 8.902
Last Quarter’s Earnings 2.30 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 8.71 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 9.728
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 16 12 17 17
Mean Estimate 2.19 2.19 8.90 9.73
High Estimates 2.22 2.30 8.93 9.86
Low Estimate 2.11 1.90 8.86 9.65
Coefficient of Variance 1.32 4.56 0.18 0.62

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 7 7 6
OVERWEIGHT 2 3 1
HOLD 11 11 13
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Quest Diagnostics Inc. - DGX

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Nov 8, 2024 Michael Joseph Deppe SVP, Corp. Controller & CAO 43,576 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $71.17 per share 3,101,303.92
Nov 8, 2024 Michael Joseph Deppe SVP, Corp. Controller & CAO 53,696 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $66.51 per share 3,571,320.96
Nov 8, 2024 Michael Joseph Deppe SVP, Corp. Controller & CAO 34,941 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $154.74 per share 5,406,770.34
Nov 8, 2024 Michael Joseph Deppe SVP, Corp. Controller & CAO 49,196 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $153.98 per share 7,575,200.08
Nov 8, 2024 Michael Joseph Deppe SVP, Corp. Controller & CAO 42,461 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $152.71 per share 6,484,219.31
Nov 8, 2024 Michael Joseph Deppe SVP, Corp. Controller & CAO N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 8, 2024 Michael Joseph Deppe SVP, Corp. Controller & CAO 51,596 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $152.7 per share 7,878,709.20
Nov 8, 2024 Michael Joseph Deppe SVP, Corp. Controller & CAO 45,061 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $154.74 per share 6,972,739.14
Nov 8, 2024 Michael Joseph Deppe SVP, Corp. Controller & CAO 40,130 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $154.03 per share 6,181,223.90
Nov 8, 2024 Michael Joseph Deppe SVP, Corp. Controller & CAO N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Oct 4, 2024 Timothy M. Ring Director 15,721 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Sep 27, 2024 Mark A Gardner SVP of Molecular Gen & Oncol 4,673 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 $155.7 per share 727,586.10
Jul 19, 2024 Sam A. Samad Executive Vice President & CFO 17,446 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 $142.65 per share 2,488,671.90
May 21, 2024 Tracey C. Doi Director 5,183 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 21, 2024 Vicky B. Gregg Director 17,892 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 21, 2024 Robert B. Carter Director 1,482 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 21, 2024 Timothy L. Main Director 25,094 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 21, 2024 Gary M. Pfeiffer Director 28,916 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 21, 2024 Luis A. Diaz Director 2,851 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 21, 2024 Denise M. Morrison Director 9,490 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

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