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Quest Diagnostics DGX Return on invested capital

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-132.8%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.9B+9.2%
Gross profit$942.0M+9.2%
Operating income$399.0M+15.3%
Net income$252.0M+14.5%
EPS (diluted)$2.24+15.5%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$393.0M+109%
Total debt$6.4B-2.5%
Total equity$7.4B+6.3%
Total assets$16.7B+5.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$278.0M-11.5%
CapEx$114.0M-2.6%
Free cash flow$164.0M-16.8%

Valuation

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Market cap$21.89B+14.7%
Enterprise value$27.9B+9.5%
P/E21.4×+0.1×
P/S1.9×+0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin33.2%+0.4pp
Operating margin14.3%+0.6pp
Net margin9.1%+0.2pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity14.3%+0.9pp
Debt / equity0.9×-0.1×
Current ratio1.2×-0.3×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Quest Diagnostics’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Quest Diagnostics’s 10-Q, filed April 22, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Quest Diagnostics's return on invested capital?
Quest Diagnostics (DGX) reported return on invested capital of 9.2% in Q1 2026.
How has Quest Diagnostics's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Quest Diagnostics's return on invested capital increased by 4.6% year-over-year, from 8.8% to 9.2%.
What is the long-term trend for Quest Diagnostics's return on invested capital?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Quest Diagnostics's return on invested capital has grown at a -17.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 77.2% to 35.9%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.