Compare Stocks: DGX, LH, and HCA

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
DGX Quest Diagnostics	$259.46 -0.1%	$241.23	$171.18 ▼ $262.00	$28.57B	0.55	975,742 shs	649,370 shs
HCA HCA Healthcare	$498.82 -0.4%	$452.79	$353.99 ▼ $556.52	$104.58B	1.11	1.45 million shs	971,100 shs
LH Labcorp	$370.69 -0.4%	$329.60	$245.00 ▼ $375.10	$30.23B	0.86	794,047 shs	488,971 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
DGX Quest Diagnostics	+0.09%	+1.60%	+10.91%	+10.65%	+38.72%
HCA HCA Healthcare	-0.35%	+0.89%	+6.08%	+23.28%	+5.22%
LH Labcorp	-0.32%	+1.03%	+16.99%	+16.56%	+39.35%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
DGX Quest Diagnostics	$259.46 -0.1%	$241.23	$171.18 ▼ $262.00	$28.57B	0.55	975,742 shs	649,370 shs
HCA HCA Healthcare	$498.82 -0.4%	$452.79	$353.99 ▼ $556.52	$104.58B	1.11	1.45 million shs	971,100 shs
LH Labcorp	$370.69 -0.4%	$329.60	$245.00 ▼ $375.10	$30.23B	0.86	794,047 shs	488,971 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
DGX Quest Diagnostics	+0.09%	+1.60%	+10.91%	+10.65%	+38.72%
HCA HCA Healthcare	-0.35%	+0.89%	+6.08%	+23.28%	+5.22%
LH Labcorp	-0.32%	+1.03%	+16.99%	+16.56%	+39.35%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
DGX Quest Diagnostics	2.56	Moderate Buy	$248.70	-4.15% Downside
HCA HCA Healthcare	2.63	Moderate Buy	$480.13	-3.75% Downside
LH Labcorp	2.83	Moderate Buy	$369.08	-0.44% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest DGX, LH, and HCA Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
11/10/2026	HCA HCA Healthcare	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
11/5/2026	LH Labcorp	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$410.00
11/3/2026	HCA HCA Healthcare	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$495.00 ➝ $510.00
11/2/2026	HCA HCA Healthcare	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$381.00 ➝ $468.00
10/30/2026	HCA HCA Healthcare	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$496.00 ➝ $521.00
10/29/2026	LH Labcorp	Deutsche Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$355.00
10/29/2026	LH Labcorp	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Buy	$380.00 ➝ $420.00
10/29/2026	LH Labcorp	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$388.00
10/29/2026	HCA HCA Healthcare	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$387.00 ➝ $401.00
10/29/2026	LH Labcorp	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Buy	$365.00 ➝ $395.00
10/29/2026	LH Labcorp	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$361.00 ➝ $396.00

(Data available from 11/14/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
DGX Quest Diagnostics	$11.04B	2.59	$15.16 per share	17.11	$72.26 per share	3.59
HCA HCA Healthcare	$75.60B	1.38	$45.06 per share	11.07	($22.02) per share	-22.65
LH Labcorp	$14.59B	2.06	$24.71 per share	15.00	$108.96 per share	3.40

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
DGX Quest Diagnostics	$992M	$10.04	25.84	21.80	2.32	9.53%	16.21%	7.41%	N/A
HCA HCA Healthcare	$6.78B	$30.18	16.53	15.85	1.67	8.61%	-198.52%	10.81%	1/26/2027 (Estimated)
LH Labcorp	$876.50M	$12.19	30.41	18.92	2.10	6.88%	17.13%	7.96%	N/A

Latest DGX, LH, and HCA Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
10/28/2026	Q3 2026	LH Labcorp	$4.64	$4.78	+$0.14	$3.22	$3.76 billion	$3.81 billion
10/27/2026	Q3 2026	HCA HCA Healthcare	$6.65	$7.22	+$0.57	$7.27	$19.33 billion	$19.85 billion
10/22/2026	Q3 2026	DGX Quest Diagnostics	$2.87	$3.00	+$0.13	$2.78	$3.05 billion	$3.10 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
DGX Quest Diagnostics	$3.44	1.33%	+7.34%	34.26%	14 Years
HCA HCA Healthcare	$3.12	0.63%	+30.19%	10.34%	6 Years
LH Labcorp	$2.88	0.78%	N/A	23.63%	N/A

Latest DGX, LH, and HCA Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
11/10/2026	DGX Quest Diagnostics	quarterly	$0.86	1.33%	1/12/2027	1/12/2027	1/27/2027
10/26/2026	HCA HCA Healthcare	quarterly	$0.78	0.69%	12/15/2026	12/15/2026	12/29/2026
10/20/2026	LH Labcorp	quarterly	$0.72	0.89%	11/24/2026	11/24/2026	12/11/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
DGX Quest Diagnostics	0.70	1.70	1.58
HCA HCA Healthcare	N/A	0.82	0.74
LH Labcorp	0.60	1.41	1.22

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Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
DGX Quest Diagnostics	88.06%
HCA HCA Healthcare	62.73%
LH Labcorp	95.94%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
DGX Quest Diagnostics	0.88%
HCA HCA Healthcare	1.50%
LH Labcorp	0.84%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
DGX Quest Diagnostics	57,000	110.02 million	109.05 million	Optionable
HCA HCA Healthcare	320,000	208.89 million	205.76 million	Optionable
LH Labcorp	71,000	81.20 million	80.52 million	Optionable

DGX, LH, and HCA Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Should Labcorp Stock Holders Look At Quest Diagnostics Instead?

November 13 at 1:04 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Labcorp’s Lab Growth Surges as $125 Million Reimbursement Risk Looms

November 13 at 11:13 AM | marketbeat.com

Labcorp (NYSE:LH) EVP Brian Caveney Sells 2,000 Shares of Stock

November 13 at 5:52 AM | insidertrades.com

Labcorp: 3 Key Takeaways for Long-Term Investors

November 12 at 7:21 PM | fool.com

Labcorp (NYSE:LH) Hits New 52-Week High - Time to Buy?

November 12 at 9:59 AM | marketbeat.com

Labcorp (NYSE:LH) EVP Brian Caveney Sells 2,000 Shares of Company Stock

November 12 at 9:07 AM | marketbeat.com

Labcorp Holdings Inc. (LH) Presents at 2026 UBS Global Healthcare Conference Transcript

November 11 at 1:30 AM | seekingalpha.com

Is Now the Right Time to Hold Labcorp Stock in Your Portfolio?

November 10, 2026 | zacks.com

Labcorp Holdings Inc. stock rises Monday, still underperforms market

November 9, 2026 | marketwatch.com

Here’s Why Wall Street Still Sees Room in Labcorp (LH) Even After Its Run

November 9, 2026 | uk.finance.yahoo.com

161,429 Labcorp Holdings Inc. $LH Shares Sold by Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC

November 9, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Labcorp (NYSE:LH) Reaches New 12-Month High After Analyst Upgrade

November 7, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

21,926 Shares in Labcorp Holdings Inc. $LH Purchased by Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd.

November 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Labcorp Holdings (LH) is a Top-Ranked Momentum Stock: Should You Buy?

November 5, 2026 | zacks.com

Labcorp (NYSE:LH) Reaches New 12-Month High Following Analyst Upgrade

November 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Labcorp (NYSE:LH) EVP Sells 306 Shares of Stock

November 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Labcorp (NYSE:LH) Stock Moved Up to "Buy" by HSBC

November 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Labcorp : Nov 04, 2026 Labcorp Completes Acquisition of Millennium Health

November 4, 2026 | marketscreener.comM

Mizuho Securities Adjusts Labcorp Price Target to $400 From $355

November 4, 2026 | marketscreener.comM

Labcorp to Speak at the UBS Global Healthcare Conference

November 4, 2026 | prnewswire.com

Labcorp Holdings Inc. $LH Position Lowered by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc.

November 4, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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DGX, LH, and HCA Company Descriptions

Quest Diagnostics NYSE:DGX

$259.46 -0.19 (-0.07%)

Closing price 11/13/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$259.68 +0.23 (+0.09%)

As of 11/13/2026 07:31 PM Eastern

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated provides diagnostic testing and services in the United States and internationally. The company develops and delivers diagnostic information services, such as routine, non-routine and advanced clinical testing, anatomic pathology testing, and other diagnostic information services. It offers diagnostic information services primarily under the Quest Diagnostics brand, as well as under the AmeriPath, Dermpath Diagnostics, ExamOne, and Quanum brands to physicians, hospitals, patients and consumers, health plans, government agencies, employers, retailers, pharmaceutical companies and insurers, and accountable care organizations through a network of laboratories, patient service centers, phlebotomists in physician offices, call centers and mobile phlebotomists, nurses, and other health and wellness professionals. The company also provides risk assessment services for the life insurance industry; and healthcare organizations and clinicians information technology solutions. Quest Diagnostics Incorporated was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Secaucus, New Jersey.

HCA Healthcare NYSE:HCA

$498.82 -1.84 (-0.37%)

Closing price 11/13/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$505.26 +6.44 (+1.29%)

As of 11/13/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

HCA Healthcare, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates hospitals and related healthcare entities in the United States. It operates general and acute care hospitals that offers medical and surgical services, including inpatient care, intensive care, cardiac care, diagnostic, and emergency services; and outpatient services, such as outpatient surgery, laboratory, radiology, respiratory therapy, cardiology, and physical therapy. The company also operates outpatient health care facilities consisting of freestanding ambulatory surgery centers, freestanding emergency care facilities, urgent care facilities, walk-in clinics, diagnostic and imaging centers, rehabilitation and physical therapy centers, radiation and oncology therapy centers, physician practices, and various other facilities. In addition, it operates behavioral hospitals, which provide therapeutic programs comprising child, adolescent and adult psychiatric care, adolescent and adult alcohol, drug abuse treatment, and counseling services. The company was formerly known as HCA Holdings, Inc. HCA Healthcare, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

Labcorp NYSE:LH

$370.69 -1.63 (-0.44%)

Closing price 11/13/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$370.36 -0.33 (-0.09%)

As of 11/13/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

Labcorp Holdings, Inc. engages in providing medical testing services. The company was founded on April 16, 2024 and is headquartered in Burlington, NC.

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