Quest Diagnostics Inc
NYSE:DGX
Dividends
Dividend Yield
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Dividend Per Share
Quest Diagnostics Inc
DGX have
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by 43%.
Payout Ratio
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Dividends
Shareholder Yield
Current shareholder yield for DGX is
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Shareholder yield represents the total return a company provides to its shareholders, calculated as the sum of dividend yield, buyback yield, and debt paydown yield. What is shareholder yield?
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Shareholder Yield
Buybacks
Buyback Yield measures how much a company reduces its outstanding shares through repurchases, expressed as a percentage.
This metric directly reflects the company’s efforts to return value to shareholders. By reducing the number of shares, buybacks can increase earnings per share and potentially boost the stock's price.
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Buybacks
Debt Paydown
Debt Paydown Yield measures the amount of debt a company repays within a specific period, shown as a percentage of its market capitalization.
This metric indicates how the company is using its capital to decrease financial liabilities, which can strengthen its financial health and potentially enhance shareholder value.
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Debt Paydown
Price Appreciation
DGX Price
Quest Diagnostics Inc
| Average Annual Return | 10.57% |
| Standard Deviation of Annual Returns | 23.06% |
| Max Drawdown | -3% |
| Market Capitalization | 22.2B USD |
| Shares Outstanding | 111 240 000 |
| Percentage of Shares Shorted | 5.87% |
DGX Return Decomposition
Main factors of price return
Stock Splits
DGX's latest stock split occurred on Jun 21, 2005
The company executed a 2-for-1 stock split, meaning that for every share held, investors received 2 new shares.
Before the split, DGX traded at 107.3 per share. Afterward, the share price was about 39.3251.
The adjusted shares began trading on Jun 21, 2005. This was DGX's 2nd stock split, following the previous one in Jun 1, 2001.
