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Quest Diagnostics Inc (DGX)On Aug 30: 83.42  Down 1.23 (1.45%)  Reuters
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday):8.50B
Enterprise Value (31-Aug-04)³:9.46B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):18.80
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:15.19
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:1.17
Price/Sales (ttm):1.73
Price/Book (mrq):3.53
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:1.90
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:10.98
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):30-Jun-04
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):9.46%
Operating Margin (ttm):17.14%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):10.94%
Return on Equity (ttm):19.49%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):4.98B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):46.887
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:13.20%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:1.68B
EBITDA (ttm):861.66M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):471.25M
Diluted EPS (ttm):4.438
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:98.50%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):137.80M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.35
Total Debt (mrq)²:1.10B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.452
Current Ratio (mrq):1.356
Book Value Per Share (mrq):23.983
Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:753.24M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:563.56M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.439
52-Week Change:39.03%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):27.50%
52-Week High (3-Jun-04):88.99
52-Week Low (17-Oct-03):59.47
50-Day Moving Average:83.79
200-Day Moving Average:80.81
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):560,000
Average Volume (10 day):523,000
Shares Outstanding:101.88M
Float:79.10M
% Held by Insiders:22.36%
% Held by Institutions:67.87%
Shares Short (as of 8-Jul-04):5.54M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Jul-04):N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Jul-04):10.154
Short % of Float (as of 8-Jul-04):7.01%
Shares Short (prior month):6.22M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:0.60
Dividend Yield:0.71%
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-Jun-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Jun-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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