Quest Diagnostics (DGX) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)
Quest Diagnostics (DGX) reported EBT Margin of 13.43% for Q3 2026, up 1.78 percentage points from 11.65% a year earlier but down 0.11 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Quest Diagnostics (DGX) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Sep 30, 2026, Quest Diagnostics' EBT Margin came in at 12.60%, up 0.74 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 11.94%, up 0.04 percentage points from FY2024.
- EBT Margin has a five-year change of -8.02 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, EBT Margin came in at 11.90% in FY2024 (-0.31 pp), 12.21% in FY2023 (-0.28 pp), 12.50% in FY2022 (-11.60 pp) and 24.09% in FY2021 (+4.13 pp).
- Five-year quarterly EBT Margin spans a low of 4.67% in Q4 2022 and a high of 18.29% in Q4 2021.
- Year over year, EBT Margin gained in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.46 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year EBT Margin in five years was Q4 2023 (a gain of 5.69 percentage points); the low point was Q2 2022 (a drop of 18.87 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 13.54% (Q2 2026), 11.54% (Q1 2026) and 11.76% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HCA Healthcare | 98.64 Bn | 98.22 Bn | - | 11.94% |
| 2 | Natera | 54.42 Bn | 50.10 Bn | 485.19 Mn | -8.93% |
| 3 | Labcorp Holdings | 28.77 Bn | 26.87 Bn | 1.11 Bn | 8.61% |
| 4 | Quest Diagnostics | 27.60 Bn | 25.68 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 13.43% |
| 5 | Guardant Health | 22.81 Bn | 18.87 Bn | 219.03 Mn | -35.81% |
| 6 | Tenet Healthcare | 21.39 Bn | 12.88 Bn | - | 28.04% |
| 7 | Tempus AI | 13.75 Bn | 10.78 Bn | 246.50 Mn | 2.30% |
| 8 | Encompass Health | 13.53 Bn | 14.00 Bn | - | 16.38% |
| 9 | BrightSpring Health Services | 13.09 Bn | 11.43 Bn | 492.75 Mn | 2.41% |
| 10 | Fresenius Medical Care AG | 12.64 Bn | 5.70 Bn | 1.52 Bn | 7.88% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 13.43% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 13.54% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 11.54% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 11.76% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 11.65% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 13.91% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 10.41% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 11.41% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 11.90% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 13.10% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 11.24% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 10.36% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 13.03% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 13.56% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 11.88% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.67% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 14.12% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 13.17% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 17.31% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 18.29% |
API Access
Quest Diagnostics EBT Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebt-margin&ticker=DGX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebt-margin", "ticker": "DGX", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebt-margin&ticker=DGX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();