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Quest Diagnostics Inc. (DGX)On Dec 23: 58.97  Down 0.17 (0.29%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:9.30B
Enterprise Value (Dec 25, 2011)3:13.40B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):21.65
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:12.63
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.16
Price/Sales (ttm):1.25
Price/Book (mrq):2.64
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.80
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:8.60
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Sep 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):5.99%
Operating Margin (ttm):17.23%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):9.03%
Return on Equity (ttm):13.02%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):7.46B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):46.07
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):2.20%
Gross Profit (ttm):3.05B
EBITDA (ttm)6:1.56B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):446.38M
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.72
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):-13.20%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):110.82M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):0.70
Total Debt (mrq):4.20B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):118.58
Current Ratio (mrq):0.79
Book Value Per Share (mrq):22.38
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):897.32M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):853.21M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.69
52-Week Change3:8.44%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:0.62%
52-Week High (Jun 22, 2011)3:61.21
52-Week Low (Oct 4, 2011)3:45.13
50-Day Moving Average3:56.68
200-Day Moving Average3:53.79
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:1,504,190
Avg Vol (10 day)3:901,412
Shares Outstanding5:157.76M
Float:156.58M
% Held by Insiders1:0.38%
% Held by Institutions1:72.50%
Shares Short (as of Nov 30, 2011)3:6.71M
Short Ratio (as of Nov 30, 2011)3:4.90
Short % of Float (as of Nov 30, 2011)3:4.30%
Shares Short (prior month)3:6.37M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.68
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.20%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.40
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.70%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:0.70%
Payout Ratio4:11.00%
Dividend Date3:Jan 23, 2012
Ex-Dividend Date4:Jan 5, 2012
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 Sep 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Sep 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Sep 30, 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 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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