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Q4 FY2026 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 2.68Revenue estimate 3.04B
Q4 FY2026 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 2.68Revenue estimate 3.04B
Quest Diagnostics cash flow statement 1996–2026What is a cash flow statement? The cash flow statement shows the cash that came into a company and went out over a period, split into operating, investing and financing activities.
Quest Diagnostics's free cash flow over the last twelve months was 1.38B USD: operating cash flow of 1.95B USD less 576.00M USD of capital spending. That is 11.6% of its revenue and 12.28 a share.
Operating cash flow Free cash flow
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| Fiscal year | TTM 30 Sept 2026 | FY2025 31 Dec 2025 | FY2024 31 Dec 2024 | FY2023 31 Dec 2023 | FY2022 31 Dec 2022 | FY2021 31 Dec 2021 | FY2020 31 Dec 2020 | FY2019 31 Dec 2019 | FY2018 31 Dec 2018 | FY2017 31 Dec 2017 | FY2016 31 Dec 2016 | FY2015 31 Dec 2015 | FY2014 31 Dec 2014 | FY2013 31 Dec 2013 | FY2012 31 Dec 2012 | FY2011 31 Dec 2011 | FY2010 31 Dec 2010 | FY2009 31 Dec 2009 | FY2008 31 Dec 2008 | FY2007 31 Dec 2007 | FY2006 31 Dec 2006 | FY2005 31 Dec 2005 | FY2004 31 Dec 2004 | FY2003 31 Dec 2003 | FY2002 31 Dec 2002 | FY2001 31 Dec 2001 | FY2000 31 Dec 2000 | FY1999 31 Dec 1999 | FY1998 31 Dec 1998 | FY1997 31 Dec 1997 | FY1996 31 Dec 1996 |
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Net income | 1.17B | 1.05B | 921.00M | 908.00M | 1.02B | 2.08B | 1.50B | 906.00M | 788.00M | 824.00M | 696.00M | 753.00M | 592.00M | 883.00M | 592.10M | 505.70M | 757.00M | 766.20M | 581.50M | 339.94M | 586.42M | 546.28M | 499.20M | 436.72M | 322.15M | 162.30M | 104.95M | -1.30M | 26.90M | -22.30M | -625.96M |
Depreciation and amortization | 585.00M | 570.00M | 493.00M | 439.00M | 437.00M | 408.00M | 361.00M | 329.00M | 309.00M | 270.00M | 249.00M | 304.00M | 314.00M | 283.00M | 286.60M | 281.10M | 254.00M | 256.70M | 264.60M | 237.88M | 197.40M | 176.12M | 168.73M | 153.90M | 131.39M | 147.73M | 134.30M | 90.80M | 68.80M | 76.40M | 99.10M |
Stock-based compensation | — | 88.00M | 88.00M | 77.00M | 77.00M | 79.00M | 97.00M | 56.00M | 61.00M | 79.00M | 69.00M | 52.00M | 51.00M | 28.00M | 50.30M | 71.90M | 53.90M | 75.10M | 70.60M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Change in working capital | -66.00M | 50.00M | -201.00M | -145.00M | 119.00M | 87.00M | 22.00M | 35.00M | -49.00M | -316.00M | -166.00M | -375.00M | -326.00M | -372.00M | -91.60M | -511.50M | -241.80M | -528.90M | -296.10M | -266.02M | -151.73M | -182.14M | -244.65M | -254.11M | -232.53M | -121.20M | -170.29M | -33.40M | -56.40M | -49.80M | -337.49M |
Change in receivables | -261.00M | -106.00M | -71.00M | -15.00M | 246.00M | 81.00M | -455.00M | -63.00M | -65.00M | -298.00M | -343.00M | ||||||||||||||||||||
Change in inventory | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -20.00M | 0.00 | 29.00M | 4.00M | 16.00M | 42.00M | ||||||||||||||||||||
Change in payables | 260.00M | 129.00M | -67.00M | -55.00M | -149.00M | 35.00M | 452.00M | 73.00M | -19.00M | -8.00M | 56.00M | ||||||||||||||||||||
Change in other working capital | -65.00M | 27.00M | -63.00M | -75.00M | 22.00M | -9.00M | 25.00M | -4.00M | 31.00M | -26.00M | 79.00M | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other non-cash items | 58.00M | 27.00M | 20.00M | 42.00M | 69.00M | -364.00M | -59.00M | -98.00M | 18.00M | 309.00M | 184.00M | -36.00M | 284.00M | -189.00M | 343.20M | 519.70M | 313.80M | 345.20M | 442.00M | 581.88M | 322.02M | 310.66M | 323.06M | 10.79M | 284.96M | 21.61M | 269.56M | 225.00M | -10.70M | 100.00K | 780.34M |
Operating cash flowWhat is a cash flow statement? The cash flow statement shows the cash that came into a company and went out over a period, split into operating, investing and financing activities. | 1.95B | 1.89B | 1.33B | 1.27B | 1.72B | 2.23B | 2.01B | 1.24B | 1.20B | 1.18B | 1.07B | 810.00M | 938.00M | 652.00M | 1.19B | 895.50M | 1.12B | 997.40M | 1.06B | 926.92M | 951.90M | 851.58M | 798.78M | 662.80M | 596.37M | 465.80M | 369.46M | 249.50M | 141.40M | 176.30M | -88.49M |
Operating cash flow growth | +3.50% | +41.38% | +4.87% | -25.96% | -23.06% | +11.37% | +61.30% | +3.58% | +2.13% | +9.92% | +31.98% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditure | -576.00M | -527.00M | -425.00M | -408.00M | -404.00M | -403.00M | -418.00M | -400.00M | -383.00M | -252.00M | -293.00M | -263.00M | -308.00M | -231.00M | -182.20M | -161.50M | -205.40M | -166.90M | -212.70M | -219.10M | -193.42M | -224.27M | -176.13M | -174.64M | -155.20M | -148.99M | -116.45M | -1.10B | -40.50M | -46.80M | -70.40M |
Acquisitions | — | -101.00M | -2.16B | -611.00M | -144.00M | 424.00M | -330.00M | -58.00M | -419.00M | -555.00M | 131.00M | -100.00M | -728.00M | 83.00M | -50.60M | -1.30B | 0.00 | -18.30M | -8.10M | -1.54B | -236.54M | -814.22M | 0.00 | -237.61M | -333.51M | -152.86M | 92.23M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Purchases of investments | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -5.00M | -3.00M | -27.00M | -44.00M | 383.00M | 252.00M | 293.00M | 263.00M | 308.00M | 231.00M | 182.20M | -166.87M | -11.10M | -10.70M | 212.70M | -4.27M | 1.30B | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -20.43M | -27.42M | -2.30M | -2.20M | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Sales and maturities of investments | — | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00M | 403.00M | 418.00M | 400.00M | 1.00M | 2.00M | 10.00M | 1.00M | 11.00M | 2.00M | 15.70M | 216.70M | 0.00 | 166.90M | 5.73M | 13.18M | 15.56M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 22.67M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.30M | 0.00 |
Other investing | — | -3.00M | 41.00M | -42.00M | 5.00M | -400.00M | -415.00M | -309.00M | -383.00M | -252.00M | -293.00M | -263.00M | -308.00M | 243.00M | -182.20M | 166.87M | -607.82M | -166.90M | -196.53M | -13.18M | -1.30B | -41.30M | 2.43M | -4.80M | 11.50M | 2.99M | 3.63M | -4.70M | 3.00M | 10.40M | 6.72M |
Investing cash flow | -646.00M | -631.00M | -2.55B | -1.06B | -543.00M | 21.00M | -772.00M | -411.00M | -801.00M | -805.00M | -152.00M | -362.00M | -1.03B | 328.00M | -217.10M | -1.24B | -216.50M | -195.90M | -198.90M | -1.76B | -414.40M | -1.08B | -173.70M | -417.05M | -477.21M | -296.62M | -48.02M | -1.11B | -39.70M | -35.10M | -63.67M |
Debt issued (repaid) | — | -602.00M | 1.54B | 748.00M | -2.00M | -2.00M | -805.00M | 832.00M | 124.00M | 23.00M | 141.00M | -84.00M | 371.00M | -4.00M | -654.00M | 979.00M | -169.49M | 26.99M | -444.74M | 1.03B | -41.21M | 602.91M | -1.10M | 58.28M | -159.04M | -205.55M | -190.76M | 720.80M | -49.90M | -21.40M | 20.48M |
Shares issued | 45.00M | 79.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 80.93M | 102.32M | 98.34M | 109.12M | 29.89M | 27.03M | 25.63M | 22.15M | 4.40M | 100.00K | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Share buybacksWhat are stock buybacks? A stock buyback is a company buying its own shares on the market. With fewer shares left, each remaining share owns a bigger part of the company. | — | -450.00M | -151.00M | -275.00M | -1.41B | -2.20B | -325.00M | -353.00M | -322.00M | -465.00M | -590.00M | -224.00M | -132.00M | -1.04B | -200.00M | -935.00M | -750.00M | -499.99M | -254.00M | -145.66M | -472.33M | -390.16M | -734.58M | -257.55M | 0.00 | -1.00M | 0.00 | -1.10M | -13.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Dividends paid | -369.00M | -353.00M | -331.00M | -314.00M | -305.00M | -309.00M | -297.00M | -286.00M | -266.00M | -247.00M | -223.00M | -212.00M | -187.00M | -185.00M | -108.00M | -65.00M | -71.32M | -110.27M | -77.96M | -77.33M | -77.14M | -69.67M | -61.39M | 0.00 | 0.00 | -8.95M | -6.90M | -100.00K | -100.00K | -100.00K | -1.17M |
Other financing | -552.00M | -62.00M | 23.00M | 1.00M | -17.00M | -30.00M | 160.00M | 32.00M | 63.00M | 97.00M | -19.00M | -58.00M | -38.00M | 120.00M | -130.20M | 84.55M | -44.22M | 62.07M | -109.59M | -35.65M | 8.36M | 5.63M | -18.79M | -18.19M | -12.71M | -28.46M | -1.73M | -41.20M | 2.50M | 0.00 | 138.36M |
Financing cash flow | -939.00M | -1.39B | 1.08B | 160.00M | -1.73B | -2.54B | -1.27B | 225.00M | -401.00M | -592.00M | -691.00M | -507.00M | 92.00M | -1.11B | -822.10M | 63.50M | -986.50M | -521.10M | -777.90M | 850.22M | -479.98M | 247.04M | -706.74M | -187.57M | -144.71M | -218.33M | -177.25M | 682.80M | -60.40M | -21.50M | 157.67M |
Net change in cash | 365.00M | -129.00M | -137.00M | 371.00M | -557.00M | -286.00M | -34.00M | 1.06B | -2.00M | -222.00M | 226.00M | -59.00M | 5.00M | -109.00M | 130.70M | -284.40M | -85.00M | 280.40M | 86.30M | 17.95M | 57.51M | 18.83M | -81.66M | 58.18M | -25.56M | -49.15M | 144.19M | -175.60M | -60.40M | -21.50M | 5.51M |
Free cash flowWhat is free cash flow (FCF)? Free cash flow is the cash a company's operations bring in minus what it spends on long-term assets (capex): cash left for debt, dividends and buybacks. | 1.38B | 1.36B | 909.00M | 864.00M | 1.31B | 1.83B | 1.59B | 843.00M | 817.00M | 923.00M | 776.00M | 547.00M | 630.00M | 421.00M | 1.00B | 734.00M | 912.60M | 830.50M | 850.40M | 707.82M | 758.47M | 627.31M | 622.66M | 488.16M | 441.18M | 316.82M | 253.01M | -851.50M | 100.90M | 129.50M | -158.88M |
Free cash flow growth | -1.29% | +49.51% | +5.21% | -34.25% | -28.20% | +15.31% | +88.26% | +3.18% | -11.48% | +18.94% | +41.86% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow margin | 11.61% | 12.32% | 9.21% | 9.34% | 13.30% | 16.96% | 16.82% | 10.91% | 10.85% | 11.97% | 10.33% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow per share | 12.28 | 12.03 | 8.04 | 7.65 | 11.14 | 14.30 | 11.67 | 6.20 | 5.88 | 6.59 | 5.46 | 3.77 | 4.34 | 2.75 | 6.28 | 4.58 | 5.15 | 4.42 | 4.34 | 3.63 | 3.80 | 3.05 | 2.93 | 2.26 | 2.21 | 1.62 | 1.34 | -6.26 | 0.83 | 1.11 | -1.35 |
Free cash flow per share growth | -0.41% | +49.51% | +5.21% | -31.34% | -22.11% | +22.52% | +88.26% | +5.46% | -10.85% | +20.64% | +44.86% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest paid | — | — | 262.00M | 134.00M | 156.00M | 159.00M | — | — | — | 159.00M | 148.00M | 172.00M | 170.00M | 167.00M | 163.00M | 162.00M | 139.80M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Income taxes paid | — | 0.00 | 256.00M | 317.00M | 283.00M | 283.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 243.00M | 361.00M | 319.00M | 327.00M | 568.00M | 305.00M | 285.00M | 421.86M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Quarter | Q3 FY2026 30 Sept 2026 | Q2 FY2026 30 Jun 2026 | Q1 FY2026 31 Mar 2026 | Q4 FY2025 31 Dec 2025 | Q3 FY2025 30 Sept 2025 | Q2 FY2025 30 Jun 2025 | Q1 FY2025 31 Mar 2025 | Q4 FY2024 31 Dec 2024 | Q3 FY2024 30 Sept 2024 | Q2 FY2024 30 Jun 2024 | Q1 FY2024 31 Mar 2024 | Q4 FY2023 31 Dec 2023 | Q3 FY2023 30 Sept 2023 | Q2 FY2023 30 Jun 2023 | Q1 FY2023 31 Mar 2023 | Q4 FY2022 31 Dec 2022 | Q3 FY2022 30 Sept 2022 | Q2 FY2022 30 Jun 2022 | Q1 FY2022 31 Mar 2022 | Q4 FY2021 31 Dec 2021 | Q3 FY2021 30 Sept 2021 | Q2 FY2021 30 Jun 2021 | Q1 FY2021 31 Mar 2021 | Q4 FY2020 31 Dec 2020 | Q3 FY2020 30 Sept 2020 | Q2 FY2020 30 Jun 2020 | Q1 FY2020 31 Mar 2020 | Q4 FY2019 31 Dec 2019 | Q3 FY2019 30 Sept 2019 | Q2 FY2019 30 Jun 2019 | Q1 FY2019 31 Mar 2019 | Q4 FY2018 31 Dec 2018 | Q3 FY2018 30 Sept 2018 | Q2 FY2018 30 Jun 2018 | Q1 FY2018 31 Mar 2018 | Q4 FY2017 31 Dec 2017 | Q3 FY2017 30 Sept 2017 | Q2 FY2017 30 Jun 2017 | Q1 FY2017 31 Mar 2017 | Q4 FY2016 31 Dec 2016 |
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Net income | 326.00M | 334.00M | 264.00M | 245.00M | 259.00M | 296.00M | 235.00M | 222.00M | 237.00M | 228.00M | 208.00M | 192.00M | 237.00M | 249.00M | 217.00M | 116.00M | 276.00M | 250.00M | 373.00M | 413.00M | 527.00M | 650.00M | 490.00M | 609.00M | 591.00M | 193.00M | 106.00M | 265.00M | 226.00M | 239.00M | 176.00M | 139.00M | 227.00M | 233.00M | 189.00M | 267.00M | 175.00M | 207.00M | 175.00M | 167.00M |
Depreciation and amortization | 147.00M | 146.00M | 147.00M | 145.00M | 142.00M | 143.00M | 140.00M | 135.00M | 125.00M | 117.00M | 116.00M | 109.00M | 111.00M | 112.00M | 107.00M | 116.00M | 108.00M | 107.00M | 106.00M | 106.00M | 101.00M | 100.00M | 101.00M | 98.00M | 89.00M | 89.00M | 85.00M | 82.00M | 82.00M | 81.00M | 84.00M | 81.00M | 77.00M | 77.00M | 74.00M | 73.00M | 69.00M | 66.00M | 62.00M | 63.00M |
Stock-based compensation | 20.00M | 23.00M | 20.00M | 0.00 | 20.00M | 21.00M | 22.00M | 27.00M | 19.00M | 20.00M | 22.00M | 19.00M | 18.00M | 16.00M | 24.00M | 22.00M | 18.00M | 19.00M | 18.00M | 19.00M | 21.00M | 21.00M | 18.00M | 34.00M | 32.00M | 17.00M | 14.00M | 12.00M | 12.00M | 15.00M | 17.00M | 8.00M | 19.00M | 15.00M | 19.00M | 25.00M | 17.00M | 20.00M | 17.00M | 17.00M |
Change in working capital | -1.00M | 81.00M | -210.00M | 64.00M | 35.00M | 55.00M | -90.00M | 13.00M | -42.00M | -6.00M | -186.00M | 174.00M | -148.00M | 81.00M | -252.00M | 93.00M | 31.00M | -27.00M | 22.00M | -82.00M | -42.00M | 72.00M | 139.00M | -256.00M | 219.00M | 36.00M | 23.00M | 52.00M | -16.00M | -10.00M | 9.00M | 37.00M | 75.00M | -33.00M | -128.00M | -34.00M | 11.00M | -139.00M | -154.00M | -36.00M |
Change in receivables | -49.00M | -79.00M | -180.00M | 47.00M | -38.00M | -14.00M | -101.00M | 69.00M | -27.00M | 1.00M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in inventory | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in payables | 114.00M | 142.00M | -12.00M | 16.00M | 124.00M | 42.00M | -53.00M | 0.00 | 9.00M | 41.00M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in other working capital | -66.00M | 18.00M | -18.00M | 1.00M | -51.00M | 27.00M | 64.00M | -56.00M | -24.00M | -48.00M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non-cash items | 139.00M | -114.00M | 9.00M | 24.00M | -3.00M | 28.00M | 0.00 | 67.00M | 2.00M | 19.00M | 12.00M | 43.00M | 12.00M | -2.00M | 2.00M | 31.00M | 4.00M | 30.00M | 4.00M | -5.00M | -48.00M | -311.00M | -2.00M | -17.00M | -58.00M | 11.00M | 5.00M | 5.00M | -7.00M | -14.00M | -14.00M | 9.00M | -9.00M | 16.00M | 2.00M | 73.00M | 79.00M | 72.00M | 85.00M | 75.00M |
Operating cash flowWhat is a cash flow statement? The cash flow statement shows the cash that came into a company and went out over a period, split into operating, investing and financing activities. | 740.00M | 468.00M | 278.00M | 465.00M | 563.00M | 544.00M | 314.00M | 464.00M | 356.00M | 360.00M | 154.00M | 527.00M | 207.00M | 444.00M | 94.00M | 334.00M | 502.00M | 402.00M | 480.00M | 481.00M | 561.00M | 460.00M | 731.00M | 541.00M | 862.00M | 355.00M | 247.00M | 348.00M | 299.00M | 321.00M | 275.00M | 295.00M | 402.00M | 323.00M | 180.00M | 323.00M | 362.00M | 294.00M | 196.00M | 304.00M |
Operating cash flow growth | +31.44% | -13.97% | -11.47% | +0.22% | +58.15% | +51.11% | +103.90% | -11.95% | +71.98% | -18.92% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditure | -166.00M | -138.00M | -114.00M | -158.00M | -144.00M | -108.00M | -117.00M | -123.00M | -106.00M | -92.00M | -104.00M | -72.00M | -105.00M | -104.00M | -127.00M | -147.00M | -118.00M | -76.00M | -63.00M | -144.00M | -89.00M | -84.00M | -86.00M | -162.00M | -91.00M | -82.00M | -83.00M | -172.00M | -96.00M | -85.00M | -47.00M | -151.00M | -81.00M | -78.00M | -73.00M | -82.00M | -63.00M | -65.00M | -42.00M | -128.00M |
Acquisitions | -1.00M | 0.00 | -38.00M | -50.00M | -34.00M | -17.00M | 0.00 | -383.00M | -1.53B | -106.00M | -142.00M | 0.00 | -2.00M | -578.00M | -31.00M | -38.00M | 0.00 | -1.00M | -105.00M | -80.00M | 735.00M | -231.00M | 0.00 | -1.00M | -101.00M | -120.00M | -108.00M | -2.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | -56.00M | -200.00M | -54.00M | -35.00M | -130.00M | -282.00M | -187.00M | -110.00M | 24.00M | 0.00 |
Purchases of investments | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -5.00M | -1.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | -3.00M | -7.00M | -8.00M | -1.00M | -3.00M | -15.00M | -17.00M | -13.00M | -7.00M | -7.00M | 0.00 | 10.00M | -13.00M | -1.00M | 82.00M | 63.00M | 0.00 | -4.00M | 0.00 |
Sales and maturities of investments | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00M | 1.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 84.00M | 0.00 | 162.00M | 91.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 172.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 47.00M | 0.00 | 81.00M | 78.00M | 73.00M | -2.00M | 3.00M | 0.00 | 42.00M | 0.00 |
Other investing | -2.00M | 4.00M | 0.00 | 17.00M | -23.00M | 1.00M | 2.00M | 4.00M | 6.00M | -2.00M | 33.00M | -42.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00M | 0.00 | -5.00M | -1.00M | -3.00M | -742.00M | 671.00M | 0.00 | -159.00M | -91.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | -81.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | -47.00M | 5.00M | -81.00M | -78.00M | -73.00M | -82.00M | -63.00M | 5.00M | -42.00M | 21.00M |
Investing cash flow | -169.00M | -134.00M | -152.00M | -191.00M | -201.00M | -124.00M | -115.00M | -502.00M | -1.63B | -200.00M | -213.00M | -114.00M | -107.00M | -682.00M | -158.00M | -174.00M | -118.00M | -82.00M | -169.00M | -227.00M | -96.00M | 437.00M | -93.00M | -168.00M | -193.00M | -205.00M | -206.00M | -100.00M | -109.00M | -92.00M | -110.00M | -346.00M | -125.00M | -126.00M | -204.00M | -366.00M | -247.00M | -170.00M | -22.00M | -107.00M |
Debt issued (repaid) | 491.00M | 0.00 | -1.00M | -1.00M | 0.00 | -216.00M | -385.00M | -1.00M | 1.85B | -301.00M | 0.00 | 471.00M | -42.00M | 319.00M | 0.00 | -1.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | -1.00M | 0.00 | -1.00M | 0.00 | -1.00M | -552.00M | -1.00M | 549.00M | -801.00M | 796.00M | 0.00 | -301.00M | 337.00M | 159.00M | -2.00M | -136.00M | 103.00M | 28.00M | -2.00M | -1.00M | -2.00M | -2.00M |
Shares issued | 27.00M | -65.00M | 65.00M | 18.00M | 19.00M | 13.00M | 29.00M | 0.00 | 24.00M | 16.00M | 12.00M | 0.00 | 13.00M | 22.00M | 25.00M | 0.00 | 28.00M | 58.00M | 0.00 | 21.00M | 40.00M | 51.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Share buybacksWhat are stock buybacks? A stock buyback is a company buying its own shares on the market. With fewer shares left, each remaining share owns a bigger part of the company. | -150.00M | -102.00M | 0.00 | -300.00M | -150.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | -151.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -275.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | -461.00M | -374.00M | -200.00M | -373.00M | -289.00M | 0.00 | -1.50B | -410.00M | -250.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | -75.00M | -200.00M | -50.00M | -50.00M | -53.00M | -172.00M | -100.00M | 0.00 | -50.00M | -115.00M | -50.00M | -150.00M | -150.00M | -150.00M |
Dividends paid | -95.00M | -96.00M | -88.00M | -90.00M | -89.00M | -90.00M | -84.00M | -84.00M | -84.00M | -84.00M | -79.00M | -80.00M | -80.00M | -80.00M | -74.00M | -75.00M | -78.00M | -78.00M | -74.00M | -77.00M | -76.00M | -81.00M | -75.00M | -75.00M | -76.00M | -75.00M | -71.00M | -71.00M | -72.00M | -71.00M | -72.00M | -68.00M | -69.00M | -68.00M | -61.00M | -61.00M | -62.00M | -62.00M | -62.00M | -55.00M |
Other financing | -377.00M | -133.00M | -128.00M | 86.00M | -27.00M | 0.00 | -121.00M | 66.00M | -15.00M | 6.00M | -86.00M | 14.00M | 26.00M | -72.00M | -27.00M | -8.00M | -50.00M | -22.00M | -23.00M | -24.00M | -1.00M | -37.00M | -80.00M | 57.00M | 25.00M | 22.00M | -24.00M | -15.00M | 93.00M | 2.00M | -68.00M | 4.00M | 1.00M | 15.00M | 19.00M | -22.00M | 7.00M | -15.00M | 48.00M | -37.00M |
Financing cash flow | -104.00M | -396.00M | -152.00M | -287.00M | -247.00M | -293.00M | -561.00M | -170.00M | 1.77B | -363.00M | -153.00M | 130.00M | -83.00M | 189.00M | -76.00M | -545.00M | -474.00M | -242.00M | -471.00M | -369.00M | -38.00M | -1.57B | -566.00M | -820.00M | -52.00M | 496.00M | -891.00M | 510.00M | -29.00M | -420.00M | 164.00M | -77.00M | -146.00M | -189.00M | 11.00M | -170.00M | -79.00M | -177.00M | -166.00M | -244.00M |
Net change in cash | 467.00M | -63.00M | -27.00M | -12.00M | 113.00M | 131.00M | -361.00M | -215.00M | 493.00M | -203.00M | -212.00M | 543.00M | 17.00M | -49.00M | -140.00M | -385.00M | -90.00M | 78.00M | -160.00M | -115.00M | 427.00M | -670.00M | 72.00M | -447.00M | 617.00M | 646.00M | -850.00M | 758.00M | 161.00M | -191.00M | 329.00M | -128.00M | 131.00M | 8.00M | -13.00M | -213.00M | 36.00M | -53.00M | 8.00M | -47.00M |
Free cash flowWhat is free cash flow (FCF)? Free cash flow is the cash a company's operations bring in minus what it spends on long-term assets (capex): cash left for debt, dividends and buybacks. | 574.00M | 330.00M | 164.00M | 307.00M | 419.00M | 436.00M | 197.00M | 341.00M | 250.00M | 268.00M | 50.00M | 455.00M | 102.00M | 340.00M | -33.00M | 187.00M | 384.00M | 326.00M | 417.00M | 337.00M | 472.00M | 376.00M | 645.00M | 379.00M | 771.00M | 273.00M | 164.00M | 176.00M | 203.00M | 236.00M | 228.00M | 144.00M | 321.00M | 245.00M | 107.00M | 241.00M | 299.00M | 229.00M | 154.00M | 176.00M |
Free cash flow growth | +36.99% | -24.31% | -16.75% | -9.97% | +67.60% | +62.69% | +294.00% | -25.05% | +145.10% | -21.18% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow margin | 18.53% | 10.84% | 5.66% | 10.94% | 14.88% | 15.79% | 7.43% | 13.01% | 10.05% | 11.18% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free cash flow per share | 5.13 | 2.95 | 1.46 | 2.74 | 3.71 | 3.86 | 1.74 | 3.02 | 2.21 | 2.39 | 0.45 | 4.03 | 0.89 | 2.98 | -0.29 | 1.63 | 3.25 | 2.74 | 3.45 | 2.70 | 3.78 | 2.96 | 4.78 | 2.77 | 5.63 | 2.01 | 1.21 | 1.29 | 1.48 | 1.74 | 1.68 | 1.05 | 2.31 | 1.76 | 0.77 | 1.73 | 2.14 | 1.64 | 1.09 | 1.25 |
Free cash flow per share growth | +38.22% | -23.64% | -16.01% | -9.17% | +67.60% | +61.25% | +290.51% | -25.05% | +147.27% | -19.77% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest paid | — | — | 22.00M | — | 22.00M | 113.00M | 32.00M | 95.00M | 62.00M | 61.00M | 44.00M | 37.00M | 17.00M | 48.00M | 32.00M | — | 32.00M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49.00M | 132.00M | -50.00M | 31.00M | 46.00M | 32.00M |
Income taxes paid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00M | 0.00 | 2.00M | 106.00M | 4.00M | 77.00M | 61.00M | 115.00M | 3.00M | 84.00M | 99.00M | 101.00M | 33.00M | 0.00 | 5.00M | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00M | 179.00M | -49.00M | 105.00M | 8.00M | 99.00M |
Figures in USD. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure. Quarterly growth is on the same quarter a year before; TTM is the last four quarters.
Common questions about Quest Diagnostics's cash flow
Source: Financial Modeling Prep