Growth Metrics

Quest Diagnostics (DGX) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Quest Diagnostics' FCF Payout Ratio history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.45 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio fell 151.28% year-over-year to 0.45; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.03, down 91.85%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.03, 91.85% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2025 was 0.45 at Quest Diagnostics, down from 0.42 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 1.58 in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 2.24 in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.05 (2021), against an average of 0.03.
  • The largest annual shift saw FCF Payout Ratio plummeted 5481.82% in 2023 before it skyrocketed 2368.48% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.07 in 2021, then crashed by 36.94% to 0.04 in 2022, then decreased by 21.7% to 0.04 in 2023, then surged by 2368.48% to 0.87 in 2024, then tumbled by 151.28% to 0.45 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DGX's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.45 (Q4 2025), 0.42 (Q3 2025), and 0.1 (Q2 2025).