DGX

NYSE

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC

Health Care, Health Care Services

$238.35

close 7 Aug 2026

+33.63%

52-week change

$26.31B

market cap

$171.18

$240.13

52-week range

Expected price

$164.38 – $200.91

Current price

$238.35

Signal

Could be overvalued

A historical-multiple reference, never a fair-value claim. The band uses only data public at each date and ends at the latest month — no forward estimates.

Current multiples

P/E (TTM)25.30x

P/S (TTM)2.28x

P/B3.50x

EV/EBITDA (TTM)14.17x

FCF yield (TTM)5.13%

PEG (TTM, GAAP)8.00

Context

P/E, own 5-year average17.82x

P/E, sector median29.65x*

Price at 5-year median P/E$183.32*

Indicated dividend yield1.44%

Forward — analyst consensus

Forward P/E (FY2026)21.30x*

Forward P/E (FY2027)19.77x

Forward PEG2.75*

Consensus EPS FY2026 (16 analysts)$11.19

EPS growth (FY2026→FY2027)7.74%

Revenue growth (FY2026)8.81%

Street view

Price target (mean)$245.87*

Target upside3.15%

Ratings (buy / hold / sell)9 / 7 / 1

FY2026 EPS revisions, 30d (up / down)11 / 0

5-year history

Dashed line: average of month-end values

P/E (TTM)

P/S (TTM)

P/B

FCF yield (TTM)

Dividend yield

period to 30 Jun 2026, filed 23 Jul 2026, close 7 Aug 2026

Discounted cash flow

Ten projected years plus a perpetuity, prefilled from filings — a model to argue with, never a fair-value claim.

Free cash flow, last ten years and TTM

5Y CAGR -3.05%10Y CAGR +9.31%

Assumptions

Growth rate, years 1–10%

Perpetual growth%Discount rate%

Base FCF$M

As filed — not assumptions

Current price$238.35

Cash & equivalents$626.00M

Total debt$5.64B

Shares outstanding110.37M

Result

DCF price per share$102.75

Current price$238.35

Margin of safety-56.89%

PV of years 1–10$7.81B

PV of terminal value$8.54B

Equity value$11.34B

Market-implied growth+5.32%

Projected FCF, years 1–10

Hover for PV and growth

Projection detail

Override growth for any year; blank years use the uniform rate

Year	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034	2035	Terminal
Growth, %											2.5
FCF	$1.31B	$1.27B	$1.23B	$1.19B	$1.16B	$1.12B	$1.09B	$1.05B	$1.02B	$989.67M	$18.44B
PV	$1.21B	$1.09B	$975.85M	$876.01M	$786.38M	$705.92M	$633.70M	$568.86M	$510.66M	$458.41M	$8.54B

period to 30 Jun 2026, filed 23 Jul 2026, close 7 Aug 2026