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

Quest Diagnostics' (DGX) quarterly Net Margin came in at 1.38% in Q1 2026, down 832.0% year-on-year from 0.19% in Q1 2025, and down 118.2% quarter-over-quarter from 7.59% in Q4 2025.

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

Quest Diagnostics has disclosed Net Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 1.38% for Q1 2026.

  • Net Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 1.38%, down 832.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 5.65% (down 203.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 8.77%, down 1.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin came in at 1.38% for Q1 2026 at Quest Diagnostics, down from 7.59% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Margin ranged from a high of 11.64% in Q1 2022 to a low of 1.38% in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 7.6% (2025), against an average of 7.35%.
  • Across the five-year window, Net Margin tumbled 1984 bps in 2022 and surged 382 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Quest Diagnostics' Net Margin stood at 3.26% in 2022, then soared by 117 bps to 7.08% in 2023, then advanced by 6 bps to 7.48% in 2024, then gained by 2 bps to 7.59% in 2025, then tumbled by 118 bps to 1.38% in 2026.
  • The last three Net Margin figures came in at 1.38% (Q1 2026), 7.59% (Q4 2025), and 7.6% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Waters 29,902.70 Bn 29,902.24 Bn 1.11 Bn -5.68%
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 175.99 Bn 172.74 Bn 7.74 Bn 15.06%
3 Danaher 129.87 Bn 124.18 Bn 3.59 Bn 17.29%
4 Idexx Laboratories 44.75 Bn 44.55 Bn 722.74 Mn 24.41%
5 Agilent Technologies 37.52 Bn 35.72 Bn 990.00 Mn 18.47%
6 Iqvia Holdings 30.91 Bn 28.94 Bn 1.36 Bn 3.40%
7 Natera 30.21 Bn 29.11 Bn 696.04 Mn -12.22%
8 Illumina 24.19 Bn 23.04 Bn 721.00 Mn 12.28%
9 Mettler Toledo International 23.12 Bn 23.06 Bn 555.82 Mn 17.89%
10 Quest Diagnostics 21.68 Bn 21.59 Bn 942.00 Mn -1.38%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -1.38%
Dec 31, 2025 7.59%
Sep 30, 2025 7.60%
Jun 30, 2025 9.05%
Mar 31, 2025 6.94%
Dec 31, 2024 7.48%
Sep 30, 2024 8.00%
Jun 30, 2024 8.39%
Mar 31, 2024 6.89%
Dec 31, 2023 7.08%
Sep 30, 2023 8.41%
Jun 30, 2023 8.73%
Mar 31, 2023 7.46%
Dec 31, 2022 3.26%
Sep 30, 2022 9.37%
Jun 30, 2022 8.44%
Mar 31, 2022 11.64%
Dec 31, 2021 12.72%
Sep 30, 2021 16.62%
Jun 30, 2021 28.27%