Quest Diagnostics vs Guardant Health
DGX and GH side by side, both in health services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How DGX and GH compare
Quest Diagnostics is the larger company, worth 1.4 times as much as Guardant Health ($28.6B against $20.4B).
Guardant Health grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (41.7% versus 9.1% for Quest Diagnostics).
Quest Diagnostics keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 9.5% compared with −37.9% at Guardant Health.
Quest Diagnostics pays a dividend yielding 1.3%; Guardant Health does not pay one.
Quest Diagnostics scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 10 for Guardant Health), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | DGX | GH |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $28.6B | $20.4B |
| Share price | $259.60 | $151.70 |
| Change, 1 year | 38.9% | 55.0% |
| Change, 5 years | 74.9% | 55.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.32 | 1.62 |
| Employees | 57K | 2,506 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 (better) | 10 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 25.9× | – |
| P/S | 2.4× (better) | 15.9× |
| P/B | 3.7× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.6× | – |
| P/FCF | 20.8× | – |
| PEG | 8.19 | – |
| FCF yield | 4.8% (better) | −1.1% |
| Fair value | $236.19 | – |
| Margin of safety | −9.9% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.1% | 41.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 3.2% | 27.9% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 16.5% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 18.3% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −3.5% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 33.1% | 65.2% (better) |
| Operating margin | 14.6% (better) | −39.4% |
| Net margin | 9.5% (better) | −37.9% |
| FCF margin | 11.6% (better) | −18.2% |
| Return on equity | 15.2% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 10.7% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.73 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.06 | – |
| Interest coverage | – | −96.6× |
| Current ratio | 1.70 | 3.60 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 3.82 (better) | 3.58 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.3% | – |
| Payout ratio | 32.7% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.00% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.3% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 95.4% | 99.8% |
| Held by insiders | 0.48% | 1.8% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$33.5M (better) | −$173M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.4% | 7.2% |
Go deeper
- DGX stock overview
- DGX income statement
- DGX valuation and score
- GH stock overview
- GH income statement
- GH valuation and score
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