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Quest Diagnostics
Quest Diagnostics' revenue rose 11.8% in FY2025, to $11.0B, and net income rose 13.9% to $992M
Revenue rose 11.8% to $11.0B in FY2025, from $9.9B in FY2024. Net income rose 13.9% to $992M.
Key facts
Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) closed fiscal 2025 on Dec 31, 2025 with revenue of $11.0B, up 11.8% from a year before; net income came to $992M, up 13.9%. Its newest quarterly report covers the three months to Sep 30, 2026: revenue of $3.1B, up 10.0% on the same stretch of the prior year, and net income of $312M. Sources: 10-K for fiscal 2025 (filed Feb 26, 2026) and 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 (filed Oct 23, 2026).
Source: 10-K FY2025, filed Feb 26, 2026
Source: 10-Q filed Apr 22, 2026 · 10-Q filed Jul 23, 2026 · 10-Q filed Oct 23, 2026
How it makes money
Quest Diagnostics reported revenue of $11.0B for FY2025, and net income of $992M.
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What changed last quarter
Comparing Q3 2026 (Jul to Sep 2026) compared with Q3 2025 (Jul to Sep 2025)
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Company
Source: Quest Diagnostics 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Oct 23, 2026
The bull case and the bear case
The bull case
- Revenue rose 11.8% in FY2025 to $11.0B, from $9.9B a year earlier. 10-K, FY2025
- Net income rose 13.9% in FY2025 to $992M, from $871M. 10-K, FY2025
- Operating cash flow rose 41.4% in FY2025 to $1.9B. 10-K, FY2025
- Total debt fell 8.8% in FY2025 to $5.7B. 10-K, FY2025
The bear case
- The company's own risk factors are in Item 1A of its 10-K. Risks common in this industry include regulation; pricing and reimbursement; competition. 10-K, Item 1A
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What the company does
Quest Diagnostics is in the health care services industry, part of the health care sector. The SEC files it under Services-Medical Laboratories.
The full description of Quest Diagnostics' business is in Item 1 of its 10-K, linked below. This page shows its revenue in total only, because its tagged data has no breakdown that adds up to total revenue.
Its fiscal year ends in December; the latest, FY2025, ended Dec 31, 2025.
Source: 10-K, Item 1 Business
Risks common in this industry
These are general risks for companies in the health care services industry. They are not a summary of Quest Diagnostics’s own risk factors; for those, read Item 1A of its latest 10-K, linked below.
- RegulationApprovals, safety rules and government oversight shape what it can sell and how.
- Pricing and reimbursementPayers, insurers and governments influence what it can charge.
- CompetitionNew treatments, generics and rival products can take share.
- LitigationProduct liability and other legal claims can lead to costs.
- SupplyManufacturing and supplier problems can interrupt products.
Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors (the company's own list, in the company's words)
Three years of key numbers
Every number links to its filing; hover for the XBRL tag. A dash means the number isn't cleanly available, and we don't estimate it.
| US$ | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $9.3B | $9.9B | $11.0B |
| Net income | $854M | $871M | $992M |
| Operating cash flow | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.9B |
| Cash & equivalents (year end) | $686M | $549M | $420M |
| Total debt (year end) | $4.7B | $6.2B | $5.7B |
| Diluted shares | 113M | 113M | 113M |
- Revenue: Total revenue for the fiscal year, as the company reports it on its income statement.
- Net income: Net income attributable to the company's shareholders, after all costs, interest and taxes.
- Operating cash flow: Cash the business brought in from its day-to-day operations during the year (cash flow statement).
- Cash & equivalents: Cash and short-term investments that count as cash equivalents on the balance sheet. Excludes longer-dated marketable securities.
- Total debt: The current part of long-term debt plus long-term debt, at carrying value.
- Diluted shares: Weighted average shares outstanding for the year, including the effect of options and stock awards.
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Explainers for this page
- Net debt and net cash
- Debt-to-equity ratio
- Risk factors (Item 1A)
- The cash flow statement
- Legal proceedings and loss contingencies
- Cash conversion cycle
- Operating income vs. net income
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About these numbers
What we left out
- Revenue by segment, product or region: the company's XBRL data has no breakdown that adds up to total revenue, so none is shown. The 10-K has its own segment note.
Recent filings
| Form | Filed | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Q | Oct 23, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| 10-Q | Jul 23, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| 10-Q | Apr 22, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| DEF 14A | Apr 6, 2026 | May 20, 2026 |
| 10-K | Feb 26, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 |
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Common questions about Quest Diagnostics
How does Quest Diagnostics make money?
Fiscal 2025 revenue: $11.0B. Quest Diagnostics reported revenue of $11.0B for FY2025, and net income of $992M. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 26, 2026.
What was Quest Diagnostics's revenue in fiscal 2025?
$11.0B, up 11.8% from fiscal 2024 ($9.9B). The year ended Dec 31, 2025; for fiscal 2023 the figure was $9.3B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 26, 2026.
Is Quest Diagnostics profitable?
Net income was $992M in fiscal 2025 (up 13.9%; fiscal 2024 was $871M). That counts as a GAAP profit. The latest quarter, ended Sep 30, 2026: net income was $312M. The page's About these numbers section explains what is included. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 26, 2026.
What did Quest Diagnostics report in its latest quarterly filing?
For the three months to Sep 30, 2026: revenue $3.1B (up 10.0% from $2.8B) and net income $312M (up 27.3% from $245M). Source: 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Oct 23, 2026.
How much cash and debt does Quest Diagnostics have?
As of Sep 30, 2026: $797M of cash and cash equivalents, $5.5B of total debt. Total debt here is the current part of long-term debt plus long-term debt, at carrying value. Source: 10-Q filed Oct 23, 2026.
What are the main risks Quest Diagnostics faces?
Quest Diagnostics's own risk factors are in Item 1A of its 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 26, 2026. Risks that are common among companies in the health care services industry include Regulation; pricing and reimbursement; competition; litigation; supply. The first: Approvals, safety rules and government oversight shape what it can sell and how. Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors.
Where do these Quest Diagnostics numbers come from?
The 10-K filed Feb 26, 2026 (fiscal 2025) and the 10-Q filed Oct 23, 2026 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026), as published in the SEC's XBRL data. Click any number to open the filing it came from. Methodology explains how fiscal years and missing numbers are handled.
Tracked funds that report owning Quest Diagnostics
- Citadel Advisors: 133,211 shares, reported value $28.2M at Jun 30, 2026 (−61.6% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Sep 2, 2026.
- Point72 Asset Management: 23,380 shares, reported value $5.0M at Jun 30, 2026 (new in this filing). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Millennium Management: 11,434 shares, reported value $2.4M at Jun 30, 2026 (−77.2% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Bridgewater Associates: 3,756 shares, reported value $0.8M at Jun 30, 2026 (+8.2% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
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Disclosures
- Editor holdings in DGX
- The editor holds no position in Quest Diagnostics (DGX). As of Nov 11, 2026.
- Trading rule
- The editor does not buy or sell DGX from 3 days before to 3 days after this page is published or substantively updated.
- Compensation
- Nobody paid for this page. No affiliate links on this page.
- Sources
- The company's SEC filings, linked next to each number or, for charts, in the source line under them.
- Last updated
- Nov 9, 2026
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Compare with peers
| Company | Fiscal year | Revenue | Revenue growth | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quest DiagnosticsDGX | FY2025 | $11.0B | +11.8% | $992M |
| CVS HealthCVS | FY2025 | $402.1B | +7.8% | $1.8B |
| CignaCI | FY2025 | $274.9B | +11.2% | $6.0B |
| LabcorpLH | FY2025 | $14.0B | +7.2% | $876M |
| DaVitaDVA | FY2025 | $13.6B | +6.5% | $747M |
Each row is that company’s latest fiscal year from its own 10-K, using its own revenue and net income lines. Fiscal years end in different months, and line definitions differ (banks, insurers and oil companies count revenue differently), so this is a rough side-by-side, not a like-for-like comparison.
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