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Quest Diagnostics Inc

DGX

183.460USD

+3.350+1.86%
Close 09/05, 16:00ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
20.55BMarket Cap
21.72P/E TTM

Quest Diagnostics Inc

183.460

+3.350+1.86%

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

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-04

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively healthy. Its valuation is considered undervalued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. Despite a weak 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.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
57 / 280
Overall Ranking
157 / 4732
Industry
Healthcare Services & Equipment

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 20 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
187.646
Target Price
+4.53%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Company 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%.
Fairly Valued
The company’s latest is 21.21, at a medium 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 107.55M shares, decreasing 2.90% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by The Vanguard
Star Investor The Vanguard holds 14.18M shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-04

The company's current financial score is 7.39, which is higher than the Healthcare Services & Equipment industry's average of 7.15. Its financial status is stable, and its operating efficiency is average. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 2.65B, representing a year-over-year increase of 12.09%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 13.47%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.39
Change
0

Financials

6.42

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

Quality of Earnings

7.54

Operational Efficiency

7.54

Growth Potential

7.36

Shareholder Returns

8.11

Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-04

The company’s current valuation score is 1.80, which is lower than the Healthcare Services & Equipment industry's average of 2.15. Its current P/E ratio is 21.17, which is 2.57% below the recent high of 21.72 and 3.14% above the recent low of 20.51.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
1.80
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 57/280
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-04

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 7.60, which is lower than the Healthcare Services & Equipment industry's average of 7.66. The average price target for Quest Diagnostics Inc is 190.00, with a high of 200.00 and a low of 158.69.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.40
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 20 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
187.646
Target Price
+4.18%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

69
Total
7
Median
8
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Quest Diagnostics Inc
DGX
20
CVS Health Corp
CVS
29
HCA Healthcare Inc
HCA
27
Teladoc Health Inc
TDOC
27
Tenet Healthcare Corp
THC
24
Natera Inc
NTRA
22
1
2
3
...
14

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 Updated2025-09-04

The company’s current price momentum score is 9.08, which is higher than the Healthcare Services & Equipment industry's average of 7.47. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 188.00 and the support level at 169.14, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.19
Change
-0.01

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(1)
Neutral(3)
Buy(3)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
-0.197
Neutral
RSI(14)
61.380
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
64.531
Buy
ATR(14)
2.834
High Vlolatility
CCI(14)
76.935
Neutral
Williams %R
24.624
Buy
TRIX(12,20)
0.173
Sell
StochRSI(14)
100.000
Buy
Moving Average
Sell(0)
Neutral(0)
Buy(6)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
180.690
Buy
MA10
180.166
Buy
MA20
180.141
Buy
MA50
175.162
Buy
MA100
175.045
Buy
MA200
168.665
Buy

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-04

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 10.00, which is higher than the Healthcare Services & Equipment industry's average of 7.19. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 96.17%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 1.06%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 14.18M shares, representing 12.68% of shares outstanding, with 1.21% 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
13.89M
-0.17%
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
Star Investors
5.82M
+9.21%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
6.37M
-0.10%
State Street Global Advisors (US)
5.18M
-0.85%
JP Morgan Asset Management
3.31M
+56.51%
Boston Partners
2.30M
+280.33%
Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.
2.77M
+3.13%
Victory Capital Management Inc.
3.13M
-6.74%
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.
1.91M
-6.31%
Wells Fargo Advisors
1.75M
+25.14%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-04

The company's beta value is 0.54. 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
6.77
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
0.56
VaR
+2.06%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+9.69%
240-Day Volatility
+24.00%
Return
Best Daily Return
60 days
+7.08%
120 days
+7.08%
5 years
+7.08%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-4.35%
120 days
-4.35%
5 years
-6.80%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
+0.71
120 days
+0.73
5 years
+0.57
Risk Assessment
Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+9.69%
3 years
+23.31%
5 years
+30.28%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
+1.60
3 years
+0.55
5 years
+0.30
Skewness
240 days
+1.17
3 years
+0.69
5 years
+0.18
Volatility
Realised Volatility
240 days
+24.00%
5 years
+23.27%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+1.91%
5 years
+1.63%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
+112.21%
240 days
+112.21%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+17.78%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+16.26%
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

Currency: USD Updated2025-09-04
Quest Diagnostics Inc
Quest Diagnostics Inc
DGX
6.71 /10
Score
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Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Insulet Corp
Insulet Corp
PODD
7.90 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Merit Medical Systems Inc
Merit Medical Systems Inc
MMSI
7.80 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Tenet Healthcare Corp
Tenet Healthcare Corp
THC
7.66 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Brightspring Health Services Inc
Brightspring Health Services Inc
BTSG
7.66 /10
Score
Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
TMO
7.62 /10
Score
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