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Quest Diagnostics Inc. (DGX)On Dec 30: 54.18  Up 0.09 (0.17%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:9.23B
Enterprise Value (Dec 31, 2010)3:12.09B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):13.36
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2011)1:12.63
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.14
Price/Sales (ttm):1.25
Price/Book (mrq):2.39
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.64
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:7.55
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Sep 30, 2010
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):9.97%
Operating Margin (ttm):18.25%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):10.02%
Return on Equity (ttm):18.99%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):7.39B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):41.28
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):-1.70%
Gross Profit (ttm):3.13B
EBITDA (ttm):1.60B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):734.41M
Diluted EPS (ttm):4.05
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):3.00%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):369.26M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):2.17
Total Debt (mrq):3.17B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):82.12
Current Ratio (mrq):1.35
Book Value Per Share (mrq):22.64
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.14B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):790.03M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.60
52-Week Change3:-10.27%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:12.80%
52-Week High (Jan 20, 2010)3:61.72
52-Week Low (May 6, 2010)3:40.80
50-Day Moving Average3:51.68
200-Day Moving Average3:49.54
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:1,204,320
Avg Vol (10 day)3:657,538
Shares Outstanding5:170.40M
Float:138.87M
% Held by Insiders6:17.68%
% Held by Institutions6:73.00%
Shares Short (as of Nov 30, 2010)3:3.37M
Short Ratio (as of Nov 30, 2010)3:3.80
Short % of Float (as of Nov 30, 2010)3:1.90%
Shares Short (prior month)3:3.29M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.40
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:0.70%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.30
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.60%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:0.70%
Payout Ratio4:10.00%
Dividend Date3:Jan 24, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Jan 6, 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 Sep 30, 2010)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Sep 30, 2010)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Sep 30, 2010)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2009)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson
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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