Quest Diagnostics (DGX) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Quest Diagnostics' (DGX) quarterly Free Cash Flow came in at $164.0 million in Q1 2026, down 16.75% year-on-year from $197.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 46.58% quarter-over-quarter from $307.0 million in Q4 2025.

Quest Diagnostics (DGX) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Quest Diagnostics has disclosed Free Cash Flow across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $164.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at $164.0 million, down 16.75% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.3 billion (up 25.57% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.4 billion, up 49.5% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow came in at $164.0 million for Q1 2026 at Quest Diagnostics, down from $307.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $455.0 million in Q4 2023 to a low of -$33.0 million in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $307.0 million (2025), against an average of $271.2 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow plunged 107.91% in 2023 and jumped 294.0% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Quest Diagnostics' Free Cash Flow stood at $187.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 143.32% to $455.0 million in 2023, then slipped by 25.05% to $341.0 million in 2024, then dropped by 9.97% to $307.0 million in 2025, then sank by 46.58% to $164.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $164.0 million (Q1 2026), $307.0 million (Q4 2025), and $419.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Waters 30,529.42 Bn 30,528.96 Bn 1.11 Bn -42.00 Mn
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 183.75 Bn 180.50 Bn 7.74 Bn 816.00 Mn
3 Danaher 133.13 Bn 127.43 Bn 3.59 Bn 1.09 Bn
4 Idexx Laboratories 46.14 Bn 45.94 Bn 722.74 Mn 257.97 Mn
5 Agilent Technologies 38.20 Bn 36.39 Bn 990.00 Mn 201.00 Mn
6 Natera 31.50 Bn 30.40 Bn 696.04 Mn 18.03 Mn
7 Iqvia Holdings 31.34 Bn 29.36 Bn 1.36 Bn 491.00 Mn
8 Illumina 24.51 Bn 23.36 Bn 721.00 Mn 251.00 Mn
9 Mettler Toledo International 23.53 Bn 23.47 Bn 555.82 Mn 122.38 Mn
10 Quest Diagnostics 22.51 Bn 22.42 Bn 942.00 Mn 164.00 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 164.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 164.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 307.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 307.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 419.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 419.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 436.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 436.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 197.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 197.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 341.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 341.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 250.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 250.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 268.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 268.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 50.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 50.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 455.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 455.00 Mn