Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (DGX) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Nov 4, 2026: fair value (intrinsic value) of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated stock $172, price $256, that is 32.8% below the price, quality 66 out of 100. Rating: overvalued. Calculated from audited financials with 23 of our 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
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Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
DGX · USOur calculation puts a fair price 33% below what the stock costs today.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year. As of Nov 6, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range $112.13 – $255.68 · fair‑value band $106.30 – $247.16 · the $255.68 price screens above the $171.87 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). As of Nov 6, 2026.
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Company profile
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.
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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.
Stock analysis
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (DGX) currently trades at $255.68, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is $171.87, 33% below the price, so the stock looks overvalued today.
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Valuation
Bull case: the Multiples group reads highest at a median of $188.02 per share, and 0 of the 23 models we run sit above the $255.68 price.
Bear case: the Dividend Discount group reads lowest at $48.85, and 23 of the 23 models stay below the price. Data coverage for this calculation is high.
Scenario range: $106.30 (bear) to $247.16 (bull), the price of $255.68 sits above it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.
Quality & growth
The Quality Score stands at 66/100 (solid quality), in the Healthcare sector.
Mixed Growth: Revenue is growing, but margins or cash flow do not fully confirm the trend.
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated reported revenue of $11.0B in FY2025 versus $10.8B in FY2021, a compound +0.6%/yr. Reported net income was $992M in FY2025, compounding −16.0%/yr from FY2021.
Key figures
Market cap $28.6B Large · P/E ratio 25.4 · P/S ratio 2.42 · EPS (TTM) $10.08 · Dividend yield 1.3% · Net margin 9.5% · Return on equity 15.3% · Return on assets (EBIT) 11.2%.
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 61 out of 100 (medium confidence).
What moves the price
The share trades at its 52-week high and 50% above its 52-week low, currently above its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Healthcare peers we cover trades at −11% fair-value upside, at −33%, DGX screens richer than that median.
Fair Value models
All 23 models by family
Quality Score breakdown
It rates the business: profits, how they develop, real cash, balance sheet, investing and share count.
Insider trades
In the last 6 months, 5 officers or directors sold shares worth $12.2M and none bought.
- SaleGary M PfeifferDirector1,203 shares at $243.00$292,329Oct 26, 202610b5-1 plan
- SaleJ. E. DavisCEO and President, Director4× since Nov 25, 2025: 85,093 shares, avg. $200.76$17.1MSep 1, 202610b5-1 plan
- SaleMichael E PrevoznikSVP & General Counsel4× since Feb 19, 2026: 28,192 shares, avg. $235.87$6.6MAug 28, 202610b5-1 plan
- SaleMark E DelaneySVP & Chief Commercial Officer2× since Nov 18, 2025: 9,546 shares, avg. $195.37$1.9MJul 28, 202610b5-1 plan
- SaleKarthik KuppusamySVP, Clinical Solutions2× since Mar 4, 2026: 10,775 shares, avg. $201.19$2.2MJun 4, 2026
- SalePatrick PlewmanSVP for Diagnostic Services4× since Feb 10, 2026: 9,885 shares, avg. $204.87$2.0MMar 5, 202610b5-1 plan
- SaleCatherine T. DohertyEVP, Regional Businesses4× since Feb 13, 2026: 33,788 shares, avg. $206.13$7.0MMar 5, 202610b5-1 plan
- SaleVicky B GreggDirector1,250 shares at $191.76$239,700Nov 25, 2025
Plus 28 other filings such as grants, option exercises or tax withholding. They are not market purchases or sales.
Sales are often planned (taxes, diversification, 10b5-1 plans). Purchases with their own money are seen as the stronger sign. For information only: not part of the quality score or Fair Value.
Source: SEC Form 4, as of Nov 4, 2026. All filings at the SEC ↗
Revenue & earnings trend
Growth Forecast
DGX screens overvalued: fair value 33% below the price. Compare with Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc →
Recent news
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Strength profile in five axes (Snowflake)
VALUE 0: the price sits above our fair-value range.
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| Illumina, Inc ILMN | $226.54 | $262.03 | +16% | vs DGX |
| IQVIA Holdings IQV | $263.79 | $288.85 | +10% | vs DGX |
| WuXi AppTec Co 603259 | ¥154.46 | ¥164.66 | +7% | vs DGX |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc TMO | $706.16 | $686.04 | −3% | vs DGX |
| Danaher Corporation DHR | $234.93 | $209.18 | −11% | vs DGX |
| IDEXX Laboratories, Inc IDXX | $698.55 | $496.48 | −29% | vs DGX |
| Mettler-Toledo International Inc MTD | $1,723 | $648.30 | −62% | vs DGX |
| Agilent Technologies, Inc A | $177.17 | $64.53 | −64% | vs DGX |
| Lonza Group LONN | CHF 672.40 | CHF 153.50 | −77% | vs DGX |
| Waters Corporation WAT | $467.60 | $91.26 | −80% | vs DGX |
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