Quest Diagnostics Inc. | DGX

Daily Technical Analysis of Quest Diagnostics Inc.

Quest Diagnostics hasn't moved too much today but is slightly down, it has lost -0.18% since yesterday.

The Medical Diagnostics & Research company isn't at an immediate support or resistance level that might be predictive. Quest Diagnostics has been drifting up over the last few months, we'll see if it has the energy to keep moving in the right direction. DGX might find some support at the 159.84 level, buyers might push the price back up from here. But it's not very clear what will happen.

Last analyzed on 2024-11-13

Analyst Ratings for Quest Diagnostics By Price Target And Rating

The analysts are pretty neutral on Quest Diagnostics right now, so not much useful information here. The current Analysts Sentiment Score is 4.42. Most companies range between (-200 to 200).

Here's a break down of the latest rating changes. On 2024-02-26 SVB Leerink started covering Quest Diagnostics with a rating of Market Perform and they set their price target at $135.00.Jefferies Financial Group upgraded from Hold to Buy on 2024-02-07 and also increased their price target by 10.71% to $155.00. Truist Financial decided to move down their price target on 2024-02-02 to $145.00 which is a -3.33% decrease. Barclays initiated a rating of Equal Weight on 2024-01-03 and provided a price target of $145.00. Bank of America announced an upgrade on 2023-12-12 from Neutral to Buy and moved up their price target to $160.00 which is a 14.29% increase. On 2023-12-11 Citigroup increased their price target by 11.54% to $145.00. On 2023-12-07 UBS Group increased their price target by 1.48% to $137.00. JPMorgan Chase & Co. provided a price target boost of 0.68% to $149.00 from $148.00 on 2023-11-17. Piper Sandler gave a boost to their price target and moved to $140.00 from $130.00 on 2023-11-06. Evercore ISI provided a price target decease of -4.41% to $130.00 from $136.00 on 2023-10-11.

Company	Ratings Score ? Composite analyst sentiment score	Positive Ratings	Negative Ratings	Boost Price Target	Lower Price Target
DGX	4.42	6.18	0	3.1	-0.45

Earnings Per Share (EPS) Estimates By Year and Quarter

(updated 2024-04-11)

Company	YOY Growth Score (typical -20 to +20)	Revision Directions (-6 to +6)
DGX	0.00	0.00

Short interest for Quest Diagnostics

We take into account several different measures of short interest to create a composite score. These measures are shown in the chart below. Short selling is when investors are betting against a stock. We compile these factors to create a dynamic Short Score - this can indicate poor sentiment, internal problems with a company or industry and the anticipation of future price declines. We look at the short interest percent, days to cover, the rate of change and total shares sold short.

Company	Short Score (typical 1-15) ? We take into account several different measures and attributes of short interest to create a composite sentiment score. typical range (0 - 30)	Short Interest	Days to Cover	Rate of Change	Shares Short
DGX	3.25	%2.7	3.6	5.346	2970000

How Quest Diagnostics compares to the broader Healthcare sector and the more specific Medical Diagnostics & Research industry

Segment	Count	1 Day%	5 Day	1 Month	3 Month	6 Month	1 Year	RSI	3mo S-momo ? Smooth Momentum is our proprietary technical indicator that looks for momentum with the greatest consistency and steady velocity. We have penalized dramatic swings and fluctuations. If the momentum is too high and an asset spikes upward, this is often unreliable and collapses back down. But the smoothed momentum provides the highest probability of continuing into the near future with the same directional rate of change. Several complex factors are weighted by neural nets to maximize probabilistic accuracy. It works the same with positive or negative directions.	6mo S-momo	1yr S-momo	Resistance ? Support and Resistance levels are determined by previous high and low points. You may be familiar with traders drawing lines across charts where several peaks or valleys occur in the same range. This helps us understand the trading range of an asset where the market doesn't perceive it to be worth more or less than a certain price level. When it nears the boundaries of this range the probability of reversal can increase. Our neural nets create scores for this measure based on many factors such as the frequency, recency, size, consistency, etc of previous reversal points.	Support	Demark Sell ? Demark 9 indicators are designed to look for exhaustion in the selling or buying trend which can often be predictive of a reversal point. This indicator is triggered when there are 9 consecutive days where the closing price is higher/lower than the closing price 4 days ago. Like all indicators, it is best used in combinations with other factors.	Demark Buy	Short Interest	Analysts Ratings ? We track several different measures of analyst sentiment including ratings and price targets. To create a composite Analyst Sentiment Score, we weight several factors such as the recent rate of change which can be more predictive than the absolute level. We also weight each analyst's opinion based on their historic accuracy. We built in a time decay function to ensure that the rating reflects the current sentiment levels. Typical range (-80 to +80)
Medical Diagnostics & Research Show Me Companies With: S-Momentum: Highest \| Lowest At Bottom Support At Top Resistance RSI Highest \| Lowest 1 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 5 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 1 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest 6 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest List All Stocks	29	1.66	5.79	1.27	-4.96	2.10	15.28	52.21	4.66	2.51	5.61	-10446.09	-8630.68	12.07	3.45	5.16	4.03
Healthcare Show Me Companies With: S-Momentum: Highest \| Lowest At Bottom Support At Top Resistance RSI Highest \| Lowest 1 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 5 Day Growth: Highest \| Lowest 1 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest 6 Month Growth: Highest \| Lowest List All Stocks	230	1.49	3.97	1.20	-0.96	8.20	27.92	53.66	8.86	8.57	8.32	-12704.99	-11984.82	18.91	4.24	6.74	5.43

Social Sentiment for Quest Diagnostics

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Ticker	Social Sentiment(1-10)
DGX

Companies with the highest correlation to Quest Diagnostics

Company	Score	1 Day%	5 Day	1 Month	3 Month	6 Month	1 Year	RSI	3mo S-momo ? Smooth Momentum is our proprietary technical indicator that looks for momentum with the greatest consistency and steady velocity. We have penalized dramatic swings and fluctuations. If the momentum is too high and an asset spikes upward, this is often unreliable and collapses back down. But the smoothed momentum provides the highest probability of continuing into the near future with the same directional rate of change. Several complex factors are weighted by neural nets to maximize probabilistic accuracy. It works the same with positive or negative directions.	6mo S-momo	1yr S-momo	Resistance ? Support and Resistance levels are determined by previous high and low points. You may be familiar with traders drawing lines across charts where several peaks or valleys occur in the same range. This helps us understand the trading range of an asset where the market doesn't perceive it to be worth more or less than a certain price level. When it nears the boundaries of this range the probability of reversal can increase. Our neural nets create scores for this measure based on many factors such as the frequency, recency, size, consistency, etc of previous reversal points.	Support	Short Interest Score
LH \| Laboratory Corporation of	1.52	-0.21	0.43	5.41	4.25	22.16	12.67	95	13.68	11.83	6.54	-217.41	-17093.84	4.18796
TMO \| Thermo Fisher Scientific,	0.8	-0.55	2.39	-7.11	-16.55	-10.36	4.58	23	-2.80	-1.82	0.22	-9080.22	-3188.79	1.38078
WAT \| Waters Corp	0.73	1.35	5.06	14.73	7.83	12.55	33.20	75	38.06	15.27	22.11	-1225.00	-18330.70	7.13972
HOLX \| Hologic Inc	0.67	0.32	0.23	-1.85	-2.79	7.65	10.08	40	3.80	11.96	23.00	-1664.32	-6989.83	3.89674
ABT \| Abbott Laboratories	0.66	0.43	0.34	3.23	3.96	15.51	14.47	49	37.05	11.47	14.67	-1486.89	-12444.91	1.24525
CTLT \| CATALENT, INC.	0.64	2.21	3.74	3.69	0.03	12.93	52.49	50	4.26	26.39	43.41	-2002.89	-54.01	4.97129
DHR \| Danaher Corporation	0.64	0.34	2.51	-3.39	-12.43	-8.84	6.52	26	-1.80	-0.65	4.21	-11383.50	-3425.96	1.46363

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