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FY 2025 · Mkt cap
Decision snapshot: DUK stock price vs DGX: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at DGX's multiple
Needs DGX P/E.
Implied fair value · at DUK's multiple
Needs DUK P/E.
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM ET
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Multiple premium
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: DUK FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025) · DGX FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025).
Trendline
Ten fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 51% equity / 49% debt · EV / Revenue 5.78x · EV / EBITDA 14.28x
Capital structure 81% equity / 19% debt · EV / Revenue 2.89x · EV / EBITDA 14.81x
DUK carries the larger enterprise value at $183.31B against $31.93B; DGX trades on the lower EV / Revenue multiple (2.89x vs 5.78x); DUK on the lower EV / EBITDA (14.28x vs 14.81x).
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
Duke Energy CORP · implied price per share
Latest annual free cash flow must be positive to qualify the filing-backed baseline.
Quest Diagnostics Inc · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
1.73x
0.86x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
6.98x
2.67x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$245.00M
$420.00M
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
$89.84B
$6.18B
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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