Quest Diagnostics (DGX) Change in Cash (2009 - 2026)

Quest Diagnostics' (DGX) quarterly Change in Cash came in at -$27.0 million in Q1 2026, up 92.52% year-on-year from -$14.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 125.0% quarter-over-quarter from -$12.0 million in Q4 2025.

Quest Diagnostics (DGX) Change in Cash (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Quest Diagnostics has disclosed Change in Cash across 18 years of filings, most recently posting -$27.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Change in Cash for Q1 2026 came in at -$27.0 million, up 92.52% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $205.0 million (up 171.68% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$129.0 million, up 5.84% from the prior year.
  • Change in Cash came in at -$27.0 million for Q1 2026 at Quest Diagnostics, down from -$12.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Cash ranged from a high of $543.0 million in Q4 2023 to a low of -$385.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Change in Cash is -$49.0 million (2023), against an average of -$28.2 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Change in Cash tumbled 322.22% in 2022 and jumped 2800.0% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Quest Diagnostics' Change in Cash stood at -$385.0 million in 2022, then surged by 241.04% to $543.0 million in 2023, then tumbled by 139.59% to -$215.0 million in 2024, then jumped by 94.42% to -$12.0 million in 2025, then tumbled by 125.0% to -$27.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Change in Cash figures came in at -$27.0 million (Q1 2026), -$12.0 million (Q4 2025), and $113.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Cash (Qtr)
1 Waters 29,902.70 Bn 29,902.24 Bn 1.11 Bn -126.00 Mn
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 175.99 Bn 172.74 Bn 7.74 Bn -6.60 Bn
3 Danaher 129.87 Bn 124.18 Bn 3.59 Bn 1.09 Bn
4 Idexx Laboratories 44.75 Bn 44.55 Bn 722.74 Mn 20.46 Mn
5 Agilent Technologies 37.52 Bn 35.72 Bn 990.00 Mn 49.00 Mn
6 Iqvia Holdings 30.91 Bn 28.94 Bn 1.36 Bn -33.00 Mn
7 Natera 30.21 Bn 29.11 Bn 696.04 Mn 11.79 Mn
8 Illumina 24.19 Bn 23.04 Bn 721.00 Mn -329.00 Mn
9 Mettler Toledo International 23.12 Bn 23.06 Bn 555.82 Mn -6.31 Mn
10 Quest Diagnostics 21.68 Bn 21.59 Bn 942.00 Mn -27.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -27.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -12.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 113.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 131.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -361.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -215.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 493.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -203.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -212.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 543.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 17.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -49.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -140.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -385.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -90.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 78.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -160.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -115.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 427.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -670.00 Mn