Quest Diagnostics DGX
NYSE DGX
$244.63 -0.37 (-0.15%)
As of: Aug 27, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

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

Quest Diagnostics (DGX) posted Operating Margin of 15.08% for Q2 2026, up 9.44% sequentially from 13.78% in Q1 2026, and down 78.0% YoY from 68.56% in Q2 2025.

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

Quest Diagnostics has reported Operating Margin for 18 years, with the latest figure at 15.08% in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 78.0% year-over-year to 15.08% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 14.1% (up 8.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 14.1%, up 47.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin grew to 15.08% in Q2 2026 per DGX's latest filing, from 13.78% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 19.65% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 5.79% in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 13.96% and a median of 13.78% in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Margin sank 1375 bps in 2022, then soared 588 bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 5.79% in 2022, then jumped by 102 bps to 11.67% in 2023, then rose by 18 bps to 13.77% in 2024, then retreated by 0 bps to 13.76% in 2025, then increased by 10 bps to 15.08% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods registered 15.08%, 13.78%, and 13.76% for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Thermo Fisher Scientific 234.15 Bn 230.09 Bn 8.34 Bn 17.40%
2 Danaher 152.10 Bn 147.75 Bn 3.61 Bn 17.99%
3 Natera 48.48 Bn 47.38 Bn 486.15 Mn -10.07%
4 Agilent Technologies 44.35 Bn 42.55 Bn 990.00 Mn 21.74%
5 Iqvia Holdings 43.68 Bn 41.60 Bn 1.44 Bn 11.58%
6 Idexx Laboratories 43.02 Bn 42.83 Bn 779.09 Mn 34.98%
7 Illumina 34.39 Bn 33.22 Bn 770.00 Mn 21.14%
8 Mettler Toledo International 28.29 Bn 28.24 Bn 650.22 Mn 31.97%
9 Labcorp Holdings 27.51 Bn 27.37 Bn 1.11 Bn 12.10%
10 Quest Diagnostics 27.10 Bn 26.47 Bn 1.03 Bn 15.08%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 15.08%
Mar 31, 2026 13.78%
Dec 31, 2025 13.76%
Sep 30, 2025 13.71%
Jun 30, 2025 15.86%
Mar 31, 2025 13.05%
Dec 31, 2024 13.77%
Sep 30, 2024 13.26%
Jun 30, 2024 14.81%
Mar 31, 2024 12.68%
Dec 31, 2023 11.67%
Sep 30, 2023 14.90%
Jun 30, 2023 14.88%
Mar 31, 2023 13.08%
Dec 31, 2022 5.79%
Sep 30, 2022 15.77%
Jun 30, 2022 15.82%
Mar 31, 2022 19.65%
Dec 31, 2021 19.53%
Sep 30, 2021 23.50%