tradingkey.logo

Quest Diagnostics Inc

DGX
177.030USD
+2.250+1.29%
Market hours ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
19.65BMarket Cap
20.41P/E TTM

Quest Diagnostics Inc

177.030
+2.250+1.29%
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Quest Diagnostics Inc

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-29

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively healthy. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. Despite an average stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Quest Diagnostics Inc's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
16 / 78
Overall Ranking
86 / 4623
Industry
Healthcare Providers & Services

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 20 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
196.667
Target Price
+10.31%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Quest Diagnostics Inc Highlights

StrengthsRisks
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated is a provider of diagnostic information services. The Company provides diagnostic insights from the results of its laboratory testing to enable people, physicians, and organizations to take action to improve health outcomes. It operates through the DIS segment, which provides diagnostic information services to a range of customers within its primary customer channels: physicians, hospitals, and patients and consumers. It offers broad access to clinical testing through a nationwide network of laboratories, patient service centers, phlebotomists in physician offices, and connectivity resources, including call centers and mobile phlebotomists, nurses and other health and wellness professionals. The Company also focuses on artificial intelligence (AI) and digital pathology solutions for biopharmaceutical companies and pathology laboratories. It has implemented AI, digital and automation technologies across several laboratory and business functions.
High Dividend
The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 38.22%.
Stable Dividend
The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 38.22%.
Undervalued
The company’s latest PE is 20.29, at a low 3-year percentile range.
Fairly Valued
The company’s latest PE is 20.29, at a medium 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Buying
The latest institutional holdings are 110.77M shares, increasing 0.39% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by Robert Olstein
Star Investor Robert Olstein holds 40.00K shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-29

The company's current financial score is 8.62, which is higher than the Healthcare Providers & Services industry's average of 7.24. Its financial status is stable, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 2.82B, representing a year-over-year increase of 13.18%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 8.00%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.62
Change
0

Financials

6.39

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets
Total liabilities
Free cash flow
No Data

Quality of Earnings

8.67

Operational Efficiency

9.01

Growth Potential

9.44

Shareholder Returns

9.57

Quest Diagnostics Inc's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-29

The company’s current valuation score is 6.63, which is lower than the Healthcare Providers & Services industry's average of 7.09. Its current P/E ratio is 20.29, which is 11.81% below the recent high of 22.68 and 20.16% above the recent low of 16.20.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.63
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E
P/B
P/S
P/CF
Industry Ranking 16/78
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-29

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 7.40, which is lower than the Healthcare Providers & Services industry's average of 7.60. The average price target for Quest Diagnostics Inc is 198.00, with a high of 215.00 and a low of 169.34.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.40
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 20 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
196.667
Target Price
+10.31%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

64
Total
7
Median
9
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Quest Diagnostics Inc
DGX
20
CVS Health Corp
CVS
29
HCA Healthcare Inc
HCA
27
Teladoc Health Inc
TDOC
26
Tenet Healthcare Corp
THC
24
Universal Health Services Inc
UHS
22
1
2
3
...
13

Financial Forecasting

EPS
Revenue
Net Profit
EBIT
No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-29

The company’s current price momentum score is 6.54, which is lower than the Healthcare Providers & Services industry's average of 7.13. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 189.99 and the support level at 167.14, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.57
Change
-0.03

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(2)
Neutral(2)
Buy(0)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
-2.326
Neutral
RSI(14)
36.115
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
4.624
Oversold
ATR(14)
4.225
High Vlolatility
CCI(14)
-166.897
Sell
Williams %R
99.650
Oversold
TRIX(12,20)
-0.020
Sell
StochRSI(14)
0.000
Oversold
Moving Average
Sell(5)
Neutral(0)
Buy(1)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
179.746
Sell
MA10
183.128
Sell
MA20
182.691
Sell
MA50
182.792
Sell
MA100
178.760
Sell
MA200
173.751
Buy

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-29

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 10.00, which is higher than the Healthcare Providers & Services industry's average of 6.96. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 99.05%, representing a quarter-over-quarter increase of 2.99%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 14.18M shares, representing 12.75% of shares outstanding, with 1.73% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
10.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
14.18M
+2.13%
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
Star Investors
7.03M
+20.81%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
6.21M
-2.58%
State Street Investment Management (US)
5.18M
+0.16%
JP Morgan Asset Management
3.77M
+13.62%
Boston Partners
3.04M
+32.41%
Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.
2.98M
+7.51%
Victory Capital Management Inc.
2.81M
-10.35%
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.
1.90M
-0.59%
Wells Fargo Advisors
1.80M
+2.54%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-29

The company’s current risk assessment score is 9.79, which is higher than the Healthcare Providers & Services industry's average of 5.45. The company's beta value is 0.58. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
9.79
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
0.58
VaR
+2.06%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+9.69%
240-Day Volatility
+24.43%

Return

Best Daily Return
60 days
+2.17%
120 days
+7.08%
5 years
+7.08%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-4.47%
120 days
-4.47%
5 years
-6.80%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
+0.38
120 days
+0.01
5 years
+0.51

Risk Assessment

Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+9.69%
3 years
+23.31%
5 years
+30.28%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
+0.83
3 years
+0.22
5 years
+0.25
Skewness
240 days
+0.68
3 years
+0.47
5 years
+0.15

Volatility

Realised Volatility
240 days
+24.43%
5 years
+23.30%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+2.03%
5 years
+1.70%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
+1.86%
240 days
+1.86%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+13.67%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+16.83%

Liquidity

Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+0.91%
120 days
+1.05%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
-17.80%
60 days
+1.75%
120 days
+17.93%

Peer Comparison

Healthcare Providers & Services
Quest Diagnostics Inc
Quest Diagnostics Inc
DGX
7.92 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Encompass Health Corp
Encompass Health Corp
EHC
8.69 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Ensign Group Inc
Ensign Group Inc
ENSG
8.69 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Natera Inc
Natera Inc
NTRA
8.63 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Chemed Corp
Chemed Corp
CHE
8.53 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Alignment Healthcare Inc
Alignment Healthcare Inc
ALHC
8.47 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
View more
KeyAI