The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

DGX

Concerning the House

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated provides diagnostic testing and services in the United States. 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 also provides services 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 commercial clinical laboratories, 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. In addition, the company offers risk assessment services for the life insurance industry; healthcare IT healthcare providers and payers; testing and medical director services at hospital laboratories; test offerings in cardiometabolic and endocrine; cancer; clinical drug monitoring and toxicology; infectious disease, including autoimmune; neurology diagnostics, including Alzheimer's disease; and women's health, such as prenatal genetic; workplace drug testing, testing urine, hair, and oral fluid specimens services; and employer population health services, including biometric screenings, flu shots, and related preventative services. Further, it provides population health solutions; extended care services; develops in vitro diagnostic tests; laboratory diagnostic information and digital health connectivity systems; underwriting support services, including data gathering, paramedical examinations, and clinical laboratory testing and analytics; and national specimen collection and health data solutions. Quest Diagnostics Incorporated was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Secaucus, New Jersey.

United States · www.questdiagnostics.com

The Long Run

FY 2009–2025 · 17 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$11.04B+2.7%
Gross profit$552.00M-3.6%
Operating income$1.26B+0.2%
Net income$854.00M+1.0%
Cash from ops$1.33B+2.3%
Quotation

$236.04

-1.73 (-0.7%)

52w hi$238.50
52w lo$171.25
Vol407.47K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Buy

Our score +0.57

Short+0.45
Medium+0.71
Long+0.52

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated

Healthcare · Diagnostics & Research

Market cap$26.05B
Enterprise value$32.40B
Trailing P/E25.06x
Forward P/E19.58x
EV / EBITDA14.30x
P / S (ttm)2.25x
Profit margin9.2%
Return on equity14.6%
Revenue growth+10.2%
Earnings growth+15.0%
Debt / equity81.07
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.15
Corr SPX0.10
Annual vol23.0%
Annual ret+25.3%
Sharpe1.10
Max DD-11.9%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.25
Sector+0.12
Technical+0.35
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$239.10$240.00$235.67$236.04407.47K
Aug 12$234.46$238.51$232.28$237.77686.80K
Aug 11$236.35$239.92$235.51$237.50847.00K
Aug 10$236.53$239.33$235.85$237.63856.10K
Aug 7$236.34$239.38$236.34$238.35574.50K