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DGX vs. LH, DVA, CHE, CRVL, AMED, MD, AMN, CCRN, NTRA, and EXAS

Should you be buying Quest Diagnostics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quest Diagnostics include Laboratory Co. of America (LH), DaVita (DVA), Chemed (CHE), CorVel (CRVL), Amedisys (AMED), Pediatrix Medical Group (MD), AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), Natera (NTRA), and Exact Sciences (EXAS).

Quest Diagnostics vs.

Laboratory Co. of America (NYSE:LH) and Quest Diagnostics (NYSE:DGX) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

In the previous week, Quest Diagnostics had 11 more articles in the media than Laboratory Co. of America. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Quest Diagnostics and 19 mentions for Laboratory Co. of America. Laboratory Co. of America's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Quest Diagnostics' score of 1.23 indicating that Laboratory Co. of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Laboratory Co. of America
17 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Quest Diagnostics
17 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Quest Diagnostics has a net margin of 8.80% compared to Laboratory Co. of America's net margin of 5.73%. Laboratory Co. of America's return on equity of 15.29% beat Quest Diagnostics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Laboratory Co. of America5.73% 15.29% 7.01%
Quest Diagnostics 8.80%15.07%6.72%

Quest Diagnostics has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Laboratory Co. of America. Quest Diagnostics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Laboratory Co. of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Laboratory Co. of America$13.18B1.53$746M$8.6527.89
Quest Diagnostics$10.16B1.87$871M$7.9121.55

Laboratory Co. of America has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quest Diagnostics has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Laboratory Co. of America presently has a consensus price target of $270.62, suggesting a potential upside of 12.17%. Quest Diagnostics has a consensus price target of $185.73, suggesting a potential upside of 8.96%. Given Laboratory Co. of America's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Laboratory Co. of America is more favorable than Quest Diagnostics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Laboratory Co. of America
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.87
Quest Diagnostics
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69

Laboratory Co. of America received 84 more outperform votes than Quest Diagnostics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.89% of users gave Laboratory Co. of America an outperform vote while only 49.10% of users gave Quest Diagnostics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Laboratory Co. of AmericaOutperform Votes
628
63.89%
Underperform Votes
355
36.11%
Quest DiagnosticsOutperform Votes
544
49.10%
Underperform Votes
564
50.90%

Laboratory Co. of America pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Quest Diagnostics pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Laboratory Co. of America pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quest Diagnostics pays out 40.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Quest Diagnostics has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Quest Diagnostics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

95.9% of Laboratory Co. of America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Quest Diagnostics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Laboratory Co. of America shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Quest Diagnostics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Laboratory Co. of America beats Quest Diagnostics on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DGX vs. The Competition

MetricQuest DiagnosticsMedical laboratories IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$19.03B$2.90B$5.35B$19.37B
Dividend Yield1.81%31.24%5.22%3.84%
P/E Ratio22.1712.8826.5834.23
Price / Sales1.87160.59391.6934.85
Price / Cash12.8257.5638.2517.51
Price / Book2.794.276.794.69
Net Income$871M-$22.21M$3.23B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.05%3.30%4.03%-1.34%
1 Month Performance5.37%5.89%12.50%9.79%
1 Year Performance18.92%1.64%16.73%3.27%

Quest Diagnostics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DGX
Quest Diagnostics
4.8485 of 5 stars
$170.46
-4.4%
$185.73
+9.0%
+23.6%$19.03B$10.16B22.1749,000News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
LH
Laboratory Co. of America
4.7478 of 5 stars
$249.39
-0.1%
$270.62
+8.5%
+21.2%$20.87B$13.18B28.2875,500Positive News
DVA
DaVita
4.0126 of 5 stars
$144.83
-0.4%
$164.50
+13.6%
+3.3%$10.93B$12.97B13.4970,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CHE
Chemed
4.6955 of 5 stars
$577.57
-0.4%
$674.00
+16.7%
+2.9%$8.45B$2.49B29.1814,200Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
CRVL
CorVel
1.0573 of 5 stars
$114.45
+0.7%
N/A+23.3%$5.88B$871.31M67.324,230Positive News
AMED
Amedisys
2.5731 of 5 stars
$94.20
-0.4%
$100.75
+7.0%
-1.4%$3.09B$2.37B37.3820,000Positive News
MD
Pediatrix Medical Group
0.7909 of 5 stars
$14.84
-0.6%
$16.67
+12.3%
+103.4%$1.27B$1.98B-12.377,850Gap Down
AMN
AMN Healthcare Services
4.5356 of 5 stars
$22.40
-1.3%
$32.08
+43.2%
-61.5%$857.58M$2.85B-5.824,230Positive News
CCRN
Cross Country Healthcare
3.9076 of 5 stars
$13.97
-0.1%
$17.93
+28.3%
-4.8%$457.98M$1.26B-279.342,700Positive News
NTRA
Natera
3.2662 of 5 stars
$153.26
+0.4%
$182.12
+18.8%
+45.4%$20.93B$1.83B-87.083,020Positive News
EXAS
Exact Sciences
4.2843 of 5 stars
$56.89
+0.8%
$70.90
+24.6%
+13.4%$10.73B$2.83B-10.216,400Positive News

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This page (NYSE:DGX) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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