Quest Diagnostics (DGX) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Quest Diagnostics' (DGX) quarterly EBIT Margin came in at 13.78% in Q1 2026, up 74.0% year-on-year from 7.92% in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 13.76% in Q4 2025.

Quest Diagnostics (DGX) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Quest Diagnostics has disclosed EBIT Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 13.78% for Q1 2026.

  • EBIT Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 13.78%, up 74.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 14.27% (up 56.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 14.1%, up 47.0% from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin came in at 13.78% for Q1 2026 at Quest Diagnostics, roughly flat from 13.76% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBIT Margin ranged from a high of 19.65% in Q1 2022 to a low of 5.79% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for EBIT Margin is 13.77% (2024), against an average of 13.9%.
  • Across the five-year window, EBIT Margin sank 1375 bps in 2022 and jumped 588 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Quest Diagnostics' EBIT Margin stood at 5.79% in 2022, then surged by 102 bps to 11.67% in 2023, then grew by 18 bps to 13.77% in 2024, then declined by 0 bps to 13.76% in 2025, then rose by 0 bps to 13.78% in 2026.
  • The last three EBIT Margin figures came in at 13.78% (Q1 2026), 13.76% (Q4 2025), and 13.71% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBIT Margin (Qtr)
1 Waters 29,902.70 Bn 29,902.24 Bn 1.11 Bn -3.71%
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 175.99 Bn 172.74 Bn 7.74 Bn 16.93%
3 Danaher 129.87 Bn 124.18 Bn 3.59 Bn 22.58%
4 Idexx Laboratories 44.75 Bn 44.55 Bn 722.74 Mn 31.78%
5 Agilent Technologies 37.52 Bn 35.72 Bn 990.00 Mn 21.74%
6 Iqvia Holdings 30.91 Bn 28.94 Bn 1.36 Bn 12.38%
7 Natera 30.21 Bn 29.11 Bn 696.04 Mn -13.42%
8 Illumina 24.19 Bn 23.04 Bn 721.00 Mn 19.16%
9 Mettler Toledo International 23.12 Bn 23.06 Bn 555.82 Mn 25.23%
10 Quest Diagnostics 21.68 Bn 21.59 Bn 942.00 Mn 13.78%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 13.78%
Dec 31, 2025 13.76%
Sep 30, 2025 13.71%
Jun 30, 2025 15.86%
Mar 31, 2025 13.05%
Dec 31, 2024 13.77%
Sep 30, 2024 13.26%
Jun 30, 2024 14.81%
Mar 31, 2024 12.68%
Dec 31, 2023 11.67%
Sep 30, 2023 14.90%
Jun 30, 2023 14.88%
Mar 31, 2023 13.08%
Dec 31, 2022 5.79%
Sep 30, 2022 15.77%
Jun 30, 2022 15.82%
Mar 31, 2022 19.65%
Dec 31, 2021 19.53%
Sep 30, 2021 23.50%
Jun 30, 2021 20.90%