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Quest Diagnostics Incorporated is a diagnostics & research business based in the US. Quest Diagnostics Incorporated shares (DGX) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Quest Diagnostics Incorporated employs 50,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $9.3 billion.
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- Does Quest Diagnostics Incorporated pay a dividend?
- Have DGX shares ever split?
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Quest Diagnostics Incorporated stock price (NYSE: DGX)
Use our graph to track the performance of DGX stocks over time.Quest Diagnostics Incorporated shares at a glance
Latest market close | $154.23 |
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52-week range | $116.97 - $157.34 |
50-day moving average | $145.99 |
200-day moving average | $136.84 |
Wall St. target price | $154.98 |
PE ratio | 21.1835 |
Dividend yield | $2.92 (1.91%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | $7.41 |
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Quest Diagnostics Incorporated price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the close of $154.23 from 2024-09-05
1 week (2024-08-30) | -1.75% |
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1 month (2024-08-06) | 5.00% |
3 months (2024-06-06) | 8.13% |
6 months (2024-03-06) | 21.52% |
1 year (2023-09-06) | 21.31% |
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2 years (2022-09-02) | N/A |
3 years (2021-09-03) | 155.84 |
5 years (2019-09-06) | 54.24% |
Is Quest Diagnostics Incorporated stock undervalued or overvalued?
Valuing Quest Diagnostics Incorporated stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's P/E ratio
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 21x. In other words, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated shares trade at around 21x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's PEG ratio
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.8097. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's EBITDA
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.8 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated financials
Revenue TTM | $9.3 billion |
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Operating margin TTM | 15.52% |
Gross profit TTM | $3.5 billion |
Return on assets TTM | 6.13% |
Return on equity TTM | 13.59% |
Profit margin | 8.99% |
Book value | $59.61 |
Market Capitalization | $17.5 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 33.33% of net profits
Recently Quest Diagnostics Incorporated has paid out, on average, around 33.33% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.91% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Quest Diagnostics Incorporated shareholders could enjoy a 1.91% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's case, that would currently equate to about $2.92 per share.
While Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Quest Diagnostics Incorporated may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's most recent dividend payout was on 20 October 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 3 October 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's shares ever split?
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 20 June 2005. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Quest Diagnostics Incorporated shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Quest Diagnostics Incorporated shares which in turn could have impacted Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's share price.
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's shares have ranged in value from as little as $116.9708 up to $157.34. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's is 0.889. This would suggest that Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated overview
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated provides diagnostic testing and services in the United States and internationally. 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 offers diagnostic information services primarily 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, 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. The company also provides risk assessment services for the life insurance industry; and healthcare organizations and clinicians information technology solutions. Quest Diagnostics Incorporated was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Secaucus, New Jersey. .
Frequently asked questions
What percentage of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated is owned by insiders or institutions?Currently 0.433% of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated shares are held by insiders and 91.693% by institutions. How many people work for Quest Diagnostics Incorporated?
Latest data suggests 50,000 work at Quest Diagnostics Incorporated. When does the fiscal year end for Quest Diagnostics Incorporated?
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Quest Diagnostics Incorporated based?
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's address is: 500 Plaza Drive, Secaucus, NJ, United States, 07094 What is Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's ISIN number?
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's international securities identification number is: US74834L1008 What is Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's CUSIP number?
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 74834L100
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