DGX - Latest News

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (DGX), operates in Healthcare / Medical - Diagnostics & Research, trades on NYSE.

Market capitalization stands near $21.13B. Trailing twelve-month P/E ratio is 20.50. Beta to the broader market is 0.59.

The article list below shows the most recent DGX headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.

Recent DGX Headlines

Quest Diagnostics, Altria, and 12 More Stocks That Are Coming Back to Life After a Rough Patch

barrons.com - May 14, 2026

Almost half of S&P 500 stocks are down for the year, but a bunch show signs they are reviving. Our screen spotlights the most promising.

Bullish Quarterly Results: 3 Companies Raising Guidance

zacks.com - May 7, 2026

Guidance upgrades are generally among the most bullish announcements a company can make, signaling that the outlook is even better than previously exp

Quest Diagnostics: Updating Levels After Q1 Earnings

seekingalpha.com - May 7, 2026

Quest Diagnostics delivered strong Q1 results with 9. 2% revenue growth and 13% EPS growth, driving management to raise 2026 guidance.

Why Quest Diagnostics (DGX) is a Top Value Stock for the Long-Term

zacks.com - May 6, 2026

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Quest Diagnostics Prices $500 Million of Senior Notes

prnewswire.com - Apr 27, 2026

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How News Affects DGX Options Pricing

Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track DGX's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.

Frequently asked DGX news questions

What is the latest DGX news headline?

The most recent DGX headline (May 14, 2026) is "Quest Diagnostics, Altria, and 12 More Stocks That Are Coming Back to Life After a Rough Patch". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.

How fresh is the DGX news on this page?

News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.

What DGX news moves options pricing?

Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.

How can I track unusual DGX options activity related to news?

Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.