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

Quest Diagnostics' (DGX) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 32.54% in Q1 2026, little changed year-on-year from 32.54% in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 32.43% in Q4 2025.

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

Quest Diagnostics has disclosed Gross Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 32.54% for Q1 2026.

  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 32.54%, changed 0.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 33.2% (up 36.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 33.21%, up 35.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin came in at 32.54% for Q1 2026 at Quest Diagnostics, roughly flat from 32.43% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 36.96% in Q1 2022 to a low of 32.17% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 32.85% (2023), against an average of 33.38%.
  • Across the five-year window, Gross Margin sank 490 bps in 2022 and soared 110 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Quest Diagnostics' Gross Margin stood at 32.49% in 2022, then dropped by 1 bps to 32.17% in 2023, then increased by 2 bps to 32.74% in 2024, then decreased by 1 bps to 32.43% in 2025, then gained by 0 bps to 32.54% in 2026.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 32.54% (Q1 2026), 32.43% (Q4 2025), and 33.7% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Waters 29,902.70 Bn 29,902.24 Bn 1.11 Bn 87.77%
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 175.99 Bn 172.74 Bn 7.74 Bn 70.37%
3 Danaher 129.87 Bn 124.18 Bn 3.59 Bn 60.34%
4 Idexx Laboratories 44.75 Bn 44.55 Bn 722.74 Mn 63.35%
5 Agilent Technologies 37.52 Bn 35.72 Bn 990.00 Mn 53.95%
6 Iqvia Holdings 30.91 Bn 28.94 Bn 1.36 Bn 32.64%
7 Natera 30.21 Bn 29.11 Bn 696.04 Mn 99.91%
8 Illumina 24.19 Bn 23.04 Bn 721.00 Mn 66.09%
9 Mettler Toledo International 23.12 Bn 23.06 Bn 555.82 Mn 58.68%
10 Quest Diagnostics 21.68 Bn 21.59 Bn 942.00 Mn 32.54%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 32.54%
Dec 31, 2025 32.43%
Sep 30, 2025 33.70%
Jun 30, 2025 34.15%
Mar 31, 2025 32.54%
Dec 31, 2024 32.74%
Sep 30, 2024 32.60%
Jun 30, 2024 33.54%
Mar 31, 2024 32.59%
Dec 31, 2023 32.17%
Sep 30, 2023 32.85%
Jun 30, 2023 33.88%
Mar 31, 2023 33.08%
Dec 31, 2022 32.49%
Sep 30, 2022 34.92%
Jun 30, 2022 34.33%
Mar 31, 2022 36.96%
Dec 31, 2021 37.39%
Sep 30, 2021 39.80%
Jun 30, 2021 38.63%