Quest Diagnostics (DGX) Deferred Taxes (2009 - 2026)

Quest Diagnostics' (DGX) quarterly Deferred Taxes came in at $48.0 million in Q1 2026, up 585.71% year-on-year from $7.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 469.23% quarter-over-quarter from -$13.0 million in Q4 2025.

Quest Diagnostics (DGX) Deferred Taxes (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Quest Diagnostics has disclosed Deferred Taxes across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $48.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Deferred Taxes for Q1 2026 came in at $48.0 million, up 585.71% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $146.0 million (up 284.21% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $105.0 million, up 707.69% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes came in at $48.0 million for Q1 2026 at Quest Diagnostics, up from -$13.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Deferred Taxes ranged from a high of $110.0 million in Q3 2025 to a low of -$44.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Deferred Taxes is -$4.0 million (2023), against an average of $6.9 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Deferred Taxes surged 3150.0% in 2022 and slumped 350.0% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Quest Diagnostics' Deferred Taxes stood at -$44.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 77.27% to -$10.0 million in 2023, then surged by 440.0% to $34.0 million in 2024, then tumbled by 138.24% to -$13.0 million in 2025, then surged by 469.23% to $48.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Deferred Taxes figures came in at $48.0 million (Q1 2026), -$13.0 million (Q4 2025), and $110.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Waters 30,529.42 Bn 30,528.96 Bn 1.11 Bn -1.00 Mn
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 183.75 Bn 180.50 Bn 7.74 Bn -258.00 Mn
3 Danaher 133.13 Bn 127.43 Bn 3.59 Bn -
4 Idexx Laboratories 46.14 Bn 45.94 Bn 722.74 Mn 13.89 Mn
5 Agilent Technologies 38.20 Bn 36.39 Bn 990.00 Mn 32.00 Mn
6 Natera 31.50 Bn 30.40 Bn 696.04 Mn -
7 Iqvia Holdings 31.34 Bn 29.36 Bn 1.36 Bn -38.00 Mn
8 Illumina 24.51 Bn 23.36 Bn 721.00 Mn 3.00 Mn
9 Mettler Toledo International 23.53 Bn 23.47 Bn 555.82 Mn -1.99 Mn
10 Quest Diagnostics 22.51 Bn 22.42 Bn 942.00 Mn 48.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 48.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -13.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 110.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 1.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 7.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 34.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 15.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -18.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -18.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -10.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -23.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -12.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -4.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -44.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 65.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 23.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -43.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 30.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 2.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 72.00 Mn