DGXQuest Diagnostics

Pharma & Healthcare · US · Quest Diagnostics Incorporated

5 of 6 ratios computed · receipts verified server-side

Idiot Index

out of 100 · 5/6 ratios · FY 2023

The full receipt

Latest published value for each ratio, with the sector median for context and year-over-year change where the prior year is available.

Markup →
How much revenue per dollar of cost.
1.6398× revenue / costverified
$1 of cost becomes $1.64 of revenue
Sector median: 3.1882Bottom 23% for extraction in sector
FY 2023v1.0.0
Operational Markup →
Revenue per dollar of cost + operating expenses. The multiplier after legitimate operations.
1.2832× revenue / (cost + opex)verified
$1 of cost+opex becomes $1.28 of revenue
Sector median: 1.2871Median range for extraction in sector
FY 2023v1.0.0
Labor Share →
How much of every revenue dollar reaches workers.
0.3861of revenue → workersapprox.verified
39¢ of every $1 of revenue reaches workers
Sector median: 0.1761Bottom 15% for extraction in sector
FY 2023v1.0.0
Executive Extraction →
How many times a CEO out-earns the median employee.
186.0× CEO / median workerverified
CEO earns 186× the median worker
Sector median: 263.0Bottom 25% for extraction in sector
FY 2023v1.0.0
Shareholder Extraction →
Dollars sent to shareholders for every dollar invested in R&D.
Not computed: missing input.
Needed but not in this company's XBRL filings: R&D Expense.
What this company did disclose: Stock Buybacks, CEO Total Compensation, Cost of Goods Sold, Dividends Paid, Total Employee Count, Median Employee Compensation, Net Income, Operating Expenses…
Capital Extraction →
How much of net profit goes to shareholders rather than back into the business.
1.2571× buybacks+dividends / net incomeverified
126% of net profit returned to shareholders — funded beyond current-year earnings
Sector median: 0.5294Top 15% for extraction in sector
FY 2023v1.0.0