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

Quest Diagnostics' (DGX) quarterly FCF Margin came in at 5.66% in Q1 2026, down 176.0% year-on-year from 7.45% in Q1 2025, and down 48.22% quarter-over-quarter from 10.94% in Q4 2025.

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

Quest Diagnostics has disclosed FCF Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 5.66% for Q1 2026.

  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 5.66%, down 176.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 11.76% (up 136.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 12.32%, up 311.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin came in at 5.66% for Q1 2026 at Quest Diagnostics, down from 10.94% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 19.89% in Q4 2023 to a low of 1.42% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 11.18% (2024), against an average of 10.66%.
  • Peak annual rise in FCF Margin reached 1187 bps in 2023, while the deepest fall reached 1739 bps in 2023.
  • Quest Diagnostics' FCF Margin stood at 8.02% in 2022, then surged by 148 bps to 19.89% in 2023, then sank by 35 bps to 13.01% in 2024, then fell by 16 bps to 10.94% in 2025, then tumbled by 48 bps to 5.66% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 5.66% (Q1 2026), 10.94% (Q4 2025), and 14.88% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Waters 29,902.70 Bn 29,902.24 Bn 1.11 Bn -3.31%
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 175.99 Bn 172.74 Bn 7.74 Bn 7.41%
3 Danaher 129.87 Bn 124.18 Bn 3.59 Bn 18.23%
4 Idexx Laboratories 44.75 Bn 44.55 Bn 722.74 Mn 22.61%
5 Agilent Technologies 37.52 Bn 35.72 Bn 990.00 Mn 10.95%
6 Iqvia Holdings 30.91 Bn 28.94 Bn 1.36 Bn 11.83%
7 Natera 30.21 Bn 29.11 Bn 696.04 Mn 2.59%
8 Illumina 24.19 Bn 23.04 Bn 721.00 Mn 23.01%
9 Mettler Toledo International 23.12 Bn 23.06 Bn 555.82 Mn 12.92%
10 Quest Diagnostics 21.68 Bn 21.59 Bn 942.00 Mn 5.66%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 5.66%
Dec 31, 2025 10.94%
Sep 30, 2025 14.88%
Jun 30, 2025 15.79%
Mar 31, 2025 7.43%
Dec 31, 2024 13.01%
Sep 30, 2024 10.05%
Jun 30, 2024 11.18%
Mar 31, 2024 2.11%
Dec 31, 2023 19.89%
Sep 30, 2023 4.44%
Jun 30, 2023 14.54%
Mar 31, 2023 -1.42%
Dec 31, 2022 8.02%
Sep 30, 2022 15.45%
Jun 30, 2022 13.29%
Mar 31, 2022 15.97%
Dec 31, 2021 12.28%
Sep 30, 2021 17.02%
Jun 30, 2021 14.75%