DGX: Quest Diagnostics Inc. Company Profile & Statistics

About

Quest Diagnostics, Inc. is the provider of commercial laboratory services. Quest provides lab testing services to physicians, hospitals, managed care organizations, employers, government institutions and other clinical laboratories. The company consists of 2 business groups - Diagnostic Information Services and Diagnostic Solutions. The company's focus is on two elements - to accelerate growth and to drive operational excellence. Restore Growth: The company has adopted seven tactical approaches to accelerate growth such as sales and marketing; development of esoteric testing through a disease focus; partnerships with hospitals and successful testing of international IDNs; creation of value from information assets; leadership in companion diagnostics; extension into adjacent markets. Drive Operational excellence: The company plans to focus on four strategic requirements - to enhance end-to-end customer value chain, enterprise information technology architecture, business performance tools and cost excellence.

Info & Links

CEO

James E. Davis

Headquarters

500 PLAZA DRIVE
SECAUCUS, NJ 07094, UNITED STATES

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Share holders

1,991

Employees

56,000

Quest Diagnostics Inc. Statistics

Valuation Measures

Market Capitalization²

19.77B

Enterprise Value

25.44B

Enterprise Value/EBITDA(ttm)

13.83

Price to Earnings Ratio(ttm)

19.30

Price to Sales(ttm)

1.95

Price to Book(mrq)

2.82

Price to Cash(ytd)

12.82

Profitability

Gross Margin(ttm)

32.87%

Operating Margin(ttm)

10.22%

Profit Margin(ttm)

8.78%

Return on Equity(ttm)

15.07%

Return on Invested Capital(ttm)

8.11%

Return on Assets(ttm)

6.72%

Income Statement

Revenue(ttm)

9.87B

Revenue Per Share(ttm)

88.95

Gross Profit(ttm)

3.24B

EBITDA(ttm)³

1.84B

Net Income Available to Common(ttm)

866.00M

Diluted EPS(ttm)

7.69

Share Statistics

Beta (5Y Monthly)

0.91

52-Week Change

28.29%

S&P 500 52-Week Change

10.66%

S&P 500 Member

Yes

Stock Optionable

Yes

Total Shares Outstanding¹

110.98M

Dividend Yield

1.74%

Float⁴

110.73M

% Held by Insiders

0.79%

% Held by Institutions

88.06%

Balance Sheet

Total Cash(mrq)

549.00M

Total Cash Per Share(mrq)

4.95

Total Debt(mrq)

6.22B

Total Debt/Equity(mrq)

91.25%

Current Ratio(mrq)

1.10%

Quick Ratio(mrq)

1.02%

Book Value Per Share(mrq)

61.38

Cash Flow

Operating Cash Flow Per Share(ytd)

11.81

Free Cash Flow(ytd)

909.00M

Table Key

mrq = Most Recent Quarter

ttm = Trailing Twelve Months

ytd = Year To Date

Footnotes

Data provided by Zacks Investment Research or calculated by FXEmpire. All numbers are rounded to the closest decimal.

1 Total Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report.
2 Market Cap is calculated using total shares outstanding and the most recent share price.
3 EBITDA is calculated using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting.
4 The float is a measure of the number of shares available for trading by the public. It's calculated by taking the number of issued and outstanding shares minus any restricted stock, which might not be publicly traded.

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