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Quest Diagnostics Inc. (DGX)On May 13: 57.40  Down 0.34 (0.59%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:9.02B
Enterprise Value (May 15, 2011)3:12.26B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):19.67
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:11.79
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.12
Price/Sales (ttm):1.23
Price/Book (mrq):2.66
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.66
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:7.89
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Mar 31, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):6.83%
Operating Margin (ttm):17.61%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):9.16%
Return on Equity (ttm):15.11%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):7.38B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):43.19
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):0.90%
Gross Profit (ttm):3.05B
EBITDA (ttm):1.55B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):503.91M
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.92
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):N/A
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):994.24M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):6.32
Total Debt (mrq):4.23B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):130.53
Current Ratio (mrq):1.30
Book Value Per Share (mrq):21.70
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.04B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):876.54M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.56
52-Week Change3:4.42%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:17.79%
52-Week High (Apr 19, 2011)3:59.39
52-Week Low (Aug 31, 2010)3:43.38
50-Day Moving Average3:56.98
200-Day Moving Average3:54.69
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:1,523,540
Avg Vol (10 day)3:1,220,310
Shares Outstanding5:157.10M
Float:156.17M
% Held by Insiders1:0.38%
% Held by Institutions1:72.50%
Shares Short (as of Apr 29, 2011)3:2.83M
Short Ratio (as of Apr 29, 2011)3:1.80
Short % of Float (as of Apr 29, 2011)3:1.80%
Shares Short (prior month)3:2.07M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.40
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:0.70%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.40
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.70%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:N/A
Payout Ratio4:14.00%
Dividend Date3:Apr 18, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Apr 1, 2011
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:Jun 21, 2005

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Mar 31, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Mar 31, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Mar 31, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2010)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 Data provided by Computershare

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