Quest Diagnostics (DGX) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Quest Diagnostics (DGX) posted Tax Rate of 22.16% for Q1 2026, down 9.74% sequentially from 24.55% in Q4 2025, and up 78.0% YoY from 12.45% in Q1 2025.

Quest Diagnostics (DGX) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Quest Diagnostics (DGX) has 18 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 22.16% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate rose 78.0% year-over-year to 22.16% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 23.91% (up 146.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 23.82%, up 59.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate fell to 22.16% in Q1 2026 per DGX's latest filing, from 24.55% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Tax Rate was 25.26% in Q2 2025, with the low at 3.67% in Q4 2022.
  • Average Tax Rate over 5 years is 21.42%, with a median of 23.47% recorded in 2023.
  • Year-over-year, Tax Rate slumped 2638 bps in 2022 and jumped 2055 bps in 2023.
  • Quest Diagnostics' Tax Rate stood at 3.67% in 2022, then jumped by 560 bps to 16.88% in 2023, then jumped by 35 bps to 22.74% in 2024, then advanced by 8 bps to 24.55% in 2025, then fell by 10 bps to 22.16% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows DGX's Tax Rate at 22.16% in Q1 2026, 24.55% in Q4 2025, and 23.48% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Waters 31,055.11 Bn 31,054.65 Bn 1.11 Bn 18.18%
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 191.02 Bn 187.77 Bn 7.74 Bn 4.04%
3 Danaher 137.16 Bn 131.47 Bn 3.59 Bn 16.68%
4 Idexx Laboratories 42.82 Bn 42.62 Bn 722.74 Mn 21.66%
5 Natera 39.09 Bn 37.99 Bn 696.04 Mn -0.35%
6 Agilent Technologies 37.61 Bn 35.81 Bn 990.00 Mn 16.91%
7 Iqvia Holdings 34.23 Bn 32.25 Bn 1.36 Bn 17.99%
8 Illumina 28.14 Bn 26.98 Bn 721.00 Mn 14.65%
9 Mettler Toledo International 26.40 Bn 26.33 Bn 555.82 Mn 19.17%
10 Quest Diagnostics 23.76 Bn 23.67 Bn 942.00 Mn 22.16%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 22.16%
Mar 31, 2026 22.16%
Dec 31, 2025 24.55%
Dec 31, 2025 24.55%
Sep 30, 2025 23.48%
Sep 30, 2025 23.48%
Jun 30, 2025 25.26%
Jun 30, 2025 25.26%
Mar 31, 2025 21.38%
Mar 31, 2025 21.38%
Dec 31, 2024 22.74%
Dec 31, 2024 22.74%
Sep 30, 2024 21.96%
Sep 30, 2024 21.96%
Jun 30, 2024 23.57%
Jun 30, 2024 23.57%
Mar 31, 2024 24.81%
Mar 31, 2024 24.81%
Dec 31, 2023 16.88%
Dec 31, 2023 16.88%