QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
DGX on NYSE
Location
Secaucus, NJ
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
26 Feb 2026

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DGX - QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC Financial Facts

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Context
Latest metrics period: Q4 2025
Latest reported value
Return On Invested Capital 10%

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open metric pages to inspect the reported history.

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Quick Takeaways

  • DGX - QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Invested Capital 10%.

What Changed

  • Return On Invested Capital YoY change: <span class="text-green-600">+6.4%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 02 Feb 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Source Evidence

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open company facts to inspect the reported metric history.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-02-02) highlights Return On Invested Capital 10.3%, Return On Equity 14.8%, and Return On Assets 6.2%.

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Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

62.2/100

Balanced Confidence high

Return On Invested Capital

10%

Metric score 35.6/100

Return On Equity

15%

Metric score 39.7/100

Return On Assets

6.2%

Metric score 52.5/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
1.04x
Quick Ratio
0.8x
Debt to Equity
0.9x

Strengths

Current Ratio, Quick Ratio, and Revenues YoY

Watchpoints

Return On Invested Capital and Return On Equity

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

15%

YoY: +6.8%

Industry median: -5.8% (n=36)

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Return On Assets

6.2%

YoY: +6.1%

Industry median: -15% (n=35)

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Operating Margin

14%

YoY: +3.4%

Industry median: -25% (n=27)

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Current Ratio

1.04x

YoY: -5.3%

Industry median: 2.64x (n=36)

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Quick Ratio

0.8x

YoY: -6.1%

Industry median: 2.05x (n=28)

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Debt-to-equity

0.9x

YoY: -13%

Industry median: 0.29x (n=33)

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Revenues YoY

12%

YoY:

Industry median: 12% (n=27)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

14%

YoY:

Industry median: -6.4% (n=32)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Invested Capital 10% +6.4%
Return On Equity 15% +6.8%
Return On Assets 6.2% +6.1%
Operating Margin 14% +3.4%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 1.04x -5.3%
Quick Ratio 0.8x -6.1%
Debt-to-equity 0.9x -13%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 12%
NetIncomeLoss YoY 14%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 109,866,320 -1%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $2,000,000 0%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 111,000,000 0%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 113,000,000 0%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $11,035,000,000 +12%
Cost of Revenue $7,370,000,000 +11%
Costs and Expenses $9,479,000,000 +11%
Operating Income (Loss) $1,556,000,000 +16%
Nonoperating Income (Expense) $238,000,000 -39%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $314,000,000 +15%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 8.87 +14%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 8.75 +14%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $420,000,000 -23%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $1,408,000,000 +8%
Inventory, Net $189,000,000 +0.53%
Assets, Current $2,378,000,000 -0.58%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $2,203,000,000 +4.3%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $657,000,000 +0.92%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $1,636,000,000 -7.2%
Goodwill $8,945,000,000 +1%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $270,000,000 +5.9%
Assets $16,225,000,000 +0.45%
Employee-related Liabilities, Current $526,000,000 +9.8%
Accrued Liabilities, Current $338,000,000 +10%
Liabilities, Current $2,278,000,000 +5%
Long-term Debt and Lease Obligation $5,167,000,000 -8%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $537,000,000 +0.37%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $957,000,000 +2%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $27,000,000 +69%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $9,994,000,000 +6.8%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $7,170,000,000 +5.8%
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest $7,206,000,000 +5.8%
Liabilities and Equity $16,225,000,000 +0.45%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 600,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 162,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $420,000,000 -23%
Interest Paid, Excluding Capitalized Interest, Operating Activities $280,000,000 +6.9%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $46,000,000 +31%
Operating Lease, Liability $711,000,000 +0.42%
Depreciation $416,000,000 +14%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $1,053,000,000 +32%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $823,000,000 +3.7%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $6,176,000,000 +7%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $174,000,000 +0.58%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $179,000,000 +5.3%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $196,000,000 +1%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.048 +9.1%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $112,000,000 +30%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $143,000,000 +2.9%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $120,000,000 -3.2%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $98,000,000 -6.7%
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding 0
Amortization of Intangible Assets $154,000,000 +21%
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization $570,000,000 +16%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 1 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY