Growth Metrics

Quest Diagnostics (DGX) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Quest Diagnostics' Return on Invested Capital history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.11% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.11%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.11%, up 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.09%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.11% at Quest Diagnostics, down from 0.15% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.34% in Q3 2021 and bottomed at 0.1% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.15% (2025), against an average of 0.18%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital grew 26bps in 2021 before it dropped -15bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.28% in 2021, then crashed by -35bps to 0.18% in 2022, then tumbled by -40bps to 0.11% in 2023, then fell by -9bps to 0.1% in 2024, then rose by 14bps to 0.11% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DGX's Return on Invested Capital are 0.11% (Q4 2025), 0.15% (Q3 2025), and 0.15% (Q2 2025).