Quest Diagnostics (DGX) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Quest Diagnostics' (DGX) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 11.27% in Q1 2026, up 170.0% year-on-year from 4.18% in Q1 2025, and up 0.95% quarter-over-quarter from 11.17% in Q4 2025.

Quest Diagnostics (DGX) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Quest Diagnostics has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 11.27% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 11.27%, up 170.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 11.27% (up 170.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 11.19%, up 77.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 11.27% for Q1 2026 at Quest Diagnostics, up from 11.17% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 18.89% in Q1 2022 to a low of 9.55% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 10.65% (2023), against an average of 11.78%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed tumbled 824 bps in 2023 and surged 170 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Quest Diagnostics' Return on Capital Employed stood at 12.44% in 2022, then dropped by 15 bps to 10.57% in 2023, then dropped by 9 bps to 9.65% in 2024, then grew by 16 bps to 11.17% in 2025, then grew by 1 bps to 11.27% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 11.27% (Q1 2026), 11.17% (Q4 2025), and 10.98% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Waters 30,529.42 Bn 30,528.96 Bn 1.11 Bn 4.82%
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 183.75 Bn 180.50 Bn 7.74 Bn 8.12%
3 Danaher 133.13 Bn 127.43 Bn 3.59 Bn 6.26%
4 Idexx Laboratories 46.14 Bn 45.94 Bn 722.74 Mn 67.98%
5 Agilent Technologies 38.20 Bn 36.39 Bn 990.00 Mn 14.57%
6 Natera 31.50 Bn 30.40 Bn 696.04 Mn -3.63%
7 Iqvia Holdings 31.34 Bn 29.36 Bn 1.36 Bn 10.24%
8 Illumina 24.51 Bn 23.36 Bn 721.00 Mn 16.90%
9 Mettler Toledo International 23.53 Bn 23.47 Bn 555.82 Mn 45.73%
10 Quest Diagnostics 22.51 Bn 22.42 Bn 942.00 Mn 11.27%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 11.27%
Dec 31, 2025 11.17%
Sep 30, 2025 10.98%
Jun 30, 2025 10.64%
Mar 31, 2025 9.58%
Dec 31, 2024 9.65%
Sep 30, 2024 9.71%
Jun 30, 2024 10.62%
Mar 31, 2024 10.75%
Dec 31, 2023 10.57%
Sep 30, 2023 9.55%
Jun 30, 2023 10.50%
Mar 31, 2023 10.65%
Dec 31, 2022 12.44%
Sep 30, 2022 15.68%
Jun 30, 2022 17.70%
Mar 31, 2022 18.89%
Dec 31, 2021 20.11%
Sep 30, 2021 23.04%
Jun 30, 2021 22.85%