Quest Diagnostics (DGX) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2014)

Quest Diagnostics (DGX) posted Times Interest Earned of $6.12 for Q4 2014, down 2.0% sequentially from $6.24 in Q3 2014, and down 11.61% YoY from $6.92 in Q4 2013.

Quest Diagnostics (DGX) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2014) Analysis & Trends

Quest Diagnostics (DGX) has 6 years of Times Interest Earned data on file, last reported at $6.12 in Q4 2014.

  • Quarterly Times Interest Earned fell 11.61% year-over-year to $6.12 in Q4 2014, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Sep 2015 was $33.74 (up 445.36% YoY) and the FY2014 annual result came in at $5.99, down 35.39% from the prior year.
  • Times Interest Earned slipped to $6.12 in Q4 2014 per DGX's latest filing, from $6.24 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Times Interest Earned was $17.23 in Q3 2013, with the low at -$8.17 in Q1 2010.
  • Average Times Interest Earned over 5 years is $6.61, with a median of $7.0 recorded in 2013.
  • Year-over-year, Times Interest Earned sank 200.32% in 2010 and jumped 766.6% in 2012.
  • Quest Diagnostics' Times Interest Earned stood at $8.08 in 2010, then declined by 2.89% to $7.84 in 2011, then slipped by 16.18% to $6.57 in 2012, then grew by 5.3% to $6.92 in 2013, then fell by 11.61% to $6.12 in 2014.
  • Business Quant data shows DGX's Times Interest Earned at $6.12 in Q4 2014, $6.24 in Q3 2014, and $6.24 in Q2 2014.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Times Interest Earned (Qtr)
1 Waters 31,055.11 Bn 31,054.65 Bn 1.11 Bn -0.98
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 191.02 Bn 187.77 Bn 7.74 Bn 5.26
3 Danaher 137.16 Bn 131.47 Bn 3.59 Bn 21.33
4 Idexx Laboratories 42.82 Bn 42.62 Bn 722.74 Mn 46.84
5 Natera 39.09 Bn 37.99 Bn 696.04 Mn -104.84
6 Agilent Technologies 37.61 Bn 35.81 Bn 990.00 Mn 15.96
7 Iqvia Holdings 34.23 Bn 32.25 Bn 1.36 Bn 2.68
8 Illumina 28.14 Bn 26.98 Bn 721.00 Mn 8.71
9 Mettler Toledo International 26.40 Bn 26.33 Bn 555.82 Mn 14.05
10 Quest Diagnostics 23.76 Bn 23.67 Bn 942.00 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2014 6.12
Sep 30, 2014 6.24
Jun 30, 2014 6.24
Mar 31, 2014 5.33
Dec 31, 2013 6.92
Sep 30, 2013 17.23
Jun 30, 2013 7.23
Mar 31, 2013 5.68
Dec 31, 2012 6.57
Sep 30, 2012 7.46
Jun 30, 2012 7.98
Mar 31, 2012 7.07
Dec 31, 2011 7.84
Sep 30, 2011 7.42
Jun 30, 2011 6.71
Mar 31, 2011 0.82
Dec 31, 2010 8.08
Sep 30, 2010 9.31
Jun 30, 2010 10.06
Mar 31, 2010 -8.17