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DGX: Quest Diagnostics Incorporated

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated provides diagnostic testing and services in the United States and internationally. The company develops and delivers diagnostic information services, such as routine, no...

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The following section summarizes insights on Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's Basic EPS Growth:

Dec 2016Dec 2018Dec 2020Dec 2022Dec 2024-40.0%0.0%40.0%80.0%

Performance Summary
  • Quest Diagnostics's latest twelve months basic eps growth is 2.8%
  • Quest Diagnostics's basic eps growth for fiscal years ending December 2020 to 2024 averaged 12.7%.
  • Quest Diagnostics's operated at median basic eps growth of 2.8% from fiscal years ending December 2020 to 2024.
  • Looking back at the last 5 years, Quest Diagnostics's basic eps growth peaked in December 2020 at 66.7%.
  • Quest Diagnostics's basic eps growth hit its 5-year low in December 2022 of -48.9%.
  • Quest Diagnostics's basic eps growth decreased in 2021 (49.6%, -25.7%) and 2022 (-48.9%, -198.8%) and increased in 2020 (66.7%, +262.6%), 2023 (-6.5%, -86.6%), and 2024 (2.8%, -142.8%).

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Basic EPS Growth

Definition of Basic EPS Growth

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The basic eps incl extra items growth measures a company’s basic eps incl extra items year-over-year growth. The formula to calculate basic eps growth and an example calculation for Quest Diagnostics’s trailing twelve months is outlined below:

Basic EPS Growth = (Current Year - Prior Year) / ABS(Prior Year Basic EPS Incl Extra Items)*
2.8% = ($7.802 M - $7.589 M) / $7.589 M

*ABS = An absolute value adjustment is used to ensure the direction of growth of negative numbers is reflected

The tables below summarizes Quest Diagnostics’s performance over the last five years:

Fiscal YearBasic EPS Incl Extra ItemsGrowth
2020-12-3110.6366.7%
2021-12-3115.9049.6%
2022-12-318.12−48.9%
2023-12-317.59−6.5%
2024-12-317.802.8%

The tables below summarizes Quest Diagnostics’s performance over the last four quarters:

Quarter EndingBasic EPS Incl Extra ItemsGrowth
2024-03-311.74−3.1%
2024-06-302.05−1.7%
2024-09-302.010.9%
2024-12-311.9815.6%

Growth calculations are always made in the company’s reporting currency to ensure currency fluctuations do not impact the calculation. Quest Diagnostics’s reports in the USD currency. You can read more about Basic EPS Incl Extra Items here.


Click the link below to download a spreadsheet with an example Basic EPS Growth calculation for Quest Diagnostics Incorporated below:

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-825.1%-425.1%-25.1%438.3%0100200300400

The chart above depicts the distribution of basic eps growth for companies operating in the Healthcare sector in the Developed economic region. Over 2,420 companies were considered in this analysis, and 2,326 had meaningful values. The average basic eps growth of companies in the sector is 4.7% with a standard deviation of 123.4%.

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated's Basic EPS Growth of 2.8% ranks in the 35.2% percentile for the sector. The following table provides additional summary stats:

Basic EPS Growth In The Healthcare Sector
Economic Risk RegionDeveloped
Total Constituents2,422
Included Constituents2,326
Min-843.3%
Max417.3%
Median23.7%
Mean4.7%
Standard Deviation123.4%

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