Quest Diagnostics (DGX)

Healthcare · Diagnostics & Research · S&P 500
$228.39 -1.65% on the day Market cap $24.7B 52-week range $171.18 to $248.84 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
4% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $24.7B, Quest Diagnostics's free cash flow of $1.4B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 4% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is close to what the company has delivered over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Quest Diagnostics's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price3.8% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years5.7% a year
Revenue, same period4.8% a year
Price to free cash flow18.2x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from DGX's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation6
Profitability5
Growth6
Financial health4
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)24.7x
P/E (forward)20.9x
Price / free cash flow18.2x
EV / EBITDA15.5x
Price / sales2.14x
Price / book3.37x
Revenue growth+10.2%
Operating margin14.1%
Net margin9.2%
Return on equity14.1%
Dividend yield1.4%
Debt / equity1.21x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Quest Diagnostics's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$10.8B$9.9B$9.3B$9.9B$11.0B
Net income$2.0B$946M$854M$871M$992M
Free cash flow$1.8B$1.3B$864M$909M$1.4B
EPS (diluted)$15.55$7.97$7.49$7.69$8.75
Operating margin22.1%14.4%13.6%13.6%14.1%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

DIS business$10.8B98%
DS businesses$250M2%

Superinvestors who own DGX

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 5 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $25M0.06%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $13M0.00%Q2 2026
Will Nasgovitz
Heartland Advisors
Trimmed $10M0.43%Q2 2026
Jean-Marie Eveillard
First Eagle Investment Management
Added $2M0.00%Q2 2026
Murray Stahl
Horizon Kinetics LLC
Held $614,6550.01%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Quest Diagnostics's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$182.31—
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$182.31—

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Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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Questions

What growth does Quest Diagnostics's stock price imply?

At a market value of $24.7B, Quest Diagnostics would need its free cash flow to grow about 4% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 6% a year.

Are Quest Diagnostics insiders buying the stock?

2 open-market insider purchases of DGX in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Quest Diagnostics?

5 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold DGX in their latest 13F, including Joel Greenblatt, Cliff Asness, Will Nasgovitz.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.