Quest Diagnostics (DGX)

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$ 58.00
   
  • Change Today:
    $0.59
  • 52 Week High: $62.00
  • 52 Week Low: $46.02
  • Currency: US Dollars
  • Shares Issued: 158.65m
  • Volume: 533,460
  • Market Cap: $9,202m
  • RiskGrade: 86
  • Beta: 0.76

DGX Overview

America’s leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, Quest Diagnostics, serves a range of customers, including patients and consumers, physicians, hospitals, health insurers, employers and government agencies. It offers patients and physicians access to diagnostic laboratory services through its national network of laboratories and patient service centres, and provides interpretive consultation through its medical and scientific staff. The group also provides esoteric testing, which includes gene-based testing and testing for drug abuse.

1 Day Chart (25-05-2012)

6 Month Chart

Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 0.8%
Div Cover 6.3
Op Mrgn 13.2%
ROCE 94.2%
Latest F'cast
P/E 19.6
PEG n/a
Pr/Revenue 1.2
Pr/Book 2.5
Latest F'cast
Revenue 1.9%
PBT -27.7%
EPS -27.6%
DPS 17.5%

DGX Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-07 6,704.91 912.40 176.00¢ 30.1 n/a -41% 40.00¢ 0.8%
31-Dec-08 7,249.45 1,050.66 325.00¢ 16.0 0.2 +85% 40.00¢ 0.8%
31-Dec-09 7,455.24 1,227.93 392.00¢ 15.4 0.7 +21% 40.00¢ 0.7%
31-Dec-10 7,368.92 1,184.33 409.00¢ 13.2 3.3 +4% 40.00¢ 0.7%
31-Dec-11 7,510.49 856.23 296.00¢ 19.6 n/a -28% 47.00¢ 0.8%

DGX Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue ($m) Pre-tax ($m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-12 7,708.11 1,225.73 458.87¢ 12.6 0.2 +55% 67.18¢ 1.2%
31-Dec-13 7,856.59 1,306.77 506.42¢ 11.5 1.1 +10% 73.17¢ 1.3%

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DGX ShareCast News

Glaxo sells Quest stake for $1.7bn 02-Feb-2011 ShareCast

DGX Top Newspaper Links

GSK buyback eyed after Quest sale 03-Feb-2011 The Independent
Quest Acknowledges Errors in Vitamin D Tests 08-Jan-2009 New York Times
Google Offers Personal Health Records on the Web 20-May-2008 New York Times

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

DGX Market Data

Currency US Dollars
Share Price $ 58.00
Change Today $ 0.59
% Change 1.03 %
52 Week High $62.00
52 Week Low $46.02
Volume 533,460
Shares Issued 158.65m
Market Cap $9,202m
Beta 0.76
RiskGrade 86

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 4
Buy 1
Neutral 17
Sell 0
Strong Sell 2
Total 24
neutral
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Trades for 25-May-2012

Time Volume / Share Price
16:17 45,741 @ $58.00
16:15 100 @ $57.97
16:15 429 @ $57.99
16:15 1,000 @ $57.98
16:15 150 @ $57.99

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