Quest Diagnostics's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.54.
The historical rank and industry rank for Quest Diagnostics's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:
DGX'
s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.57 Med: 2.31 Max: 3.62
Current: 2.54
During the past 13 years, Quest Diagnostics's highest Yield on Cost was 3.62. The lowest was 1.57. And the median was 2.31.
DGX's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than 51.35% of 74
companies
in the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry
Industry Median: 2.35
vs DGX: 2.54
Competitive Comparison of Quest Diagnostics's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %
For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Quest Diagnostics's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Quest Diagnostics's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry
For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Quest Diagnostics's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Quest Diagnostics's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.
Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.
Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.
Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Quest Diagnostics is calculated as
Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.
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Quest Diagnostics (Quest Diagnostics) Business Description
Quest Diagnostics is a leading independent provider of diagnostic testing, information, and services in the U.S. The company generates over 95% of its revenue through clinical testing, anatomic pathology, esoteric testing, and substance abuse testing with specimens collected at its national network of roughly 2,300 patient service centers, as well as multiple doctors offices and hospitals. The firm also runs a much smaller diagnostic solutions segment that provides clinical trials testing, risk assessment services, and information technology solutions.
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