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Quest Diagnostics Inc (DGX)On Nov 22: 92.57  Up 1.12 (1.22%)  Reuters
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):9.37B
Enterprise Value (23-Nov-04)³:10.16B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):20.22
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:16.92
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:1.26
Price/Sales (ttm):1.83
Price/Book (mrq):3.73
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:2.01
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:11.04
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Sep-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):9.54%
Operating Margin (ttm):18.07%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):11.10%
Return on Equity (ttm):19.73%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):5.05B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):47.986
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:13.20%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:1.68B
EBITDA (ttm):919.94M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):481.37M
Diluted EPS (ttm):4.579
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:98.50%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):201.04M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.99
Total Debt (mrq)²:1.10B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.445
Current Ratio (mrq):1.427
Book Value Per Share (mrq):24.523001
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:797.49M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:610.40M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.418
52-Week Change:27.72%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):12.98%
52-Week High (16-Nov-04):93.23
52-Week Low (19-Dec-03):68.85
50-Day Moving Average:87.42
200-Day Moving Average:84.69
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):521,136
Average Volume (10 day):629,000
Shares Outstanding:101.20M
Float:78.60M
% Held by Insiders:22.33%
% Held by Institutions:72.50%
Shares Short (as of 8-Oct-04):5.43M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Oct-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Oct-04):12.988
Short % of Float (as of 8-Oct-04):6.91%
Shares Short (prior month):5.55M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:0.60
Dividend Yield:0.66%
Dividend Date:22-Oct-04
Ex-Dividend Date: 6-Oct-04
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:2:1
Last Split Date:01-Jun-01
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mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Sep-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Sep-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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