After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
DGX belongs to the Healthcare sector of the NYSE while operating in the Diagnostics & Research industry. The current market capitalization of Quest Diagnostics, Inc is $19.64B. A total of 1.33 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 947.10K shares.
Insider Activity
Investors also take into account insider trades in predicting how the stock will perform in the future. During the recent three months, DGX has seen 0 BUY and 0 SELL insider trades, representing the acquisition of 0 and the disposition of 0 shares. Over the last 12 months, there were 0 BUYs and 0 SELLs from insiders. Insiders purchased 0 shares during that period but sold 0.
In the most recent transaction, PREVOZNIK MICHAEL E sold 528 shares of DGX for 172.61 per share on Feb 27 ’25. After the transaction, the SVP & General Counsel now owns 39,031 company shares. In a previous transaction on Feb 27 ’25, Doherty Catherine T. sold 824 shares at 172.61 per share. DGX shares that EVP, Regional Businesses owns now total 69,178.
Among the insiders who bought shares, Doherty Catherine T. acquired of 824 shares on Feb 27 ’25 at a per-share price of $172.61. In another insider transaction, PREVOZNIK MICHAEL E bought 528 shares at $172.61 per share on Feb 27 ’25.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Quest Diagnostics, Inc pays an annual dividend of $3.00, resulting in a dividend yield of 1.70%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 22.99. DGX’s most recent ex-dividend date was 2.06% when it declared a $0.80 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 4/7/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 1/14/2025 with an ex-dividend date of 1.85%. The DGX stock dividend was $0.75 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. According to analysts who have offered 12-month price targets for DGX in the last 3 months, the mean price target is $179.60 with high estimates of $190.00 and low estimates of $160.00. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, DGX has a high of $176.44 and a low of $123.66.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. DGX’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $872.00M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $4.77B in debt and $1.75B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $61.06, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $6.56B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for DGX is Buy with a score of 4.13.
