QUEST DIAGNOSTICS (Germany) Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

QDI Stock  EUR 119.35  0.95  0.79%   
Assuming the 90 days trading horizon and your complete indifference towards market risk, our recommendation regarding QUEST DIAGNOSTICS is 'Strong Hold'. Macroaxis provides QUEST DIAGNOSTICS buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding QDI positions. The advice algorithm takes into account all of QUEST DIAGNOSTICS's available fundamental, technical, and predictive indicators you will find on this site. Key drivers impacting QUEST DIAGNOSTICS's buy or sell advice are summarized below:
Real Value
119.8
Hype Value
120.3
Market Value
119.35
Naive Value
118.52
A buy or sell recommendation provided by Macroaxis is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell QUEST DIAGNOSTICS given historical horizon and risk tolerance towards QUEST DIAGNOSTICS. When Macroaxis issues a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for QUEST DIAGNOSTICS, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
  
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In addition, we conduct extensive research on individual companies such as QUEST and provide practical buy, sell, or hold advice based on investors' investing horizon and their risk tolerance towards QUEST DIAGNOSTICS. Also, note that the market value of any company could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in board of governors.

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The QUEST recommendation should be used to complement the buy-or-sell advice compiled from the current analysts' consensus on QUEST DIAGNOSTICS. Macroaxis does not own or have any residual interests in QUEST DIAGNOSTICS or other equities on which the buy-or-sell advice is provided. Please provide your input below to execute QUEST DIAGNOSTICS's advice using the current market data and latest reported fundamentals.

Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

Execute Advice
Sell QUEST DIAGNOSTICSBuy QUEST DIAGNOSTICS
Strong Hold

Market Performance

Very WeakDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

StaleDetails

Current Valuation

Fairly ValuedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Barely shadows the marketDetails

Analyst Consensus

Not AvailableDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

InapplicableDetails
For the selected time horizon QUEST DIAGNOSTICS has a Risk Adjusted Performance of (0.01), Jensen Alpha of (0.02), Total Risk Alpha of (0.11) and Treynor Ratio of 0.1427
Macroaxis provides advice on QUEST DIAGNOSTICS to complement and cross-verify current analyst consensus on QUEST DIAGNOSTICS. Our recommendation engine determines the firm's potential to grow exclusively from the perspective of an investor's current risk tolerance and investing horizon. Use QUEST DIAGNOSTICS net income, market capitalization, net asset, as well as the relationship between the cash flow from operations and z score to ensure your buy or sell decision on QUEST DIAGNOSTICS is adequate.

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of QUEST DIAGNOSTICS's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of QUEST DIAGNOSTICS's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of QUEST DIAGNOSTICS daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use QUEST DIAGNOSTICS price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of QUEST DIAGNOSTICS returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for QUEST DIAGNOSTICS.
Mean Return
-0.02
Value At Risk
-1.58
Potential Upside
2.00
Standard Deviation
1.07
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of QUEST DIAGNOSTICS historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to QUEST DIAGNOSTICS or Other sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that QUEST DIAGNOSTICS's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a QUEST stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over NYSE Composite
-0.02
β
Beta against NYSE Composite-0.21
σ
Overall volatility
1.09
Ir
Information ratio -0.07

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS Volatility Alert

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS exhibits very low volatility with skewness of 1.08 and kurtosis of 1.99. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure QUEST DIAGNOSTICS's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact QUEST DIAGNOSTICS's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing QUEST DIAGNOSTICS's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze QUEST DIAGNOSTICS's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between QUEST DIAGNOSTICS and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as QUEST DIAGNOSTICS or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of QUEST DIAGNOSTICS's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing QUEST DIAGNOSTICS by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare QUEST DIAGNOSTICS to competition
FundamentalsQUEST DIAGNOSTICSPeer Average
Current Valuation20.07 B16.62 B
Price To Book2.72 X9.51 X
Price To Sales3.60 X11.42 X
Revenue9.88 B9.43 B
EBITDA1.82 B3.9 B
Net Income946 M570.98 M
Total Debt3.98 B5.32 B
Cash Flow From Operations1.72 B971.22 M
Price To Earnings To Growth1.23 X4.89 X
Market Capitalization17.39 B19.03 B
Total Asset12.84 B29.47 B
Z Score2.48.72
Annual Yield0.01 %
Net Asset12.84 B
Last Dividend Paid0.53

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as QUEST . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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Please note, there is a significant difference between QUEST DIAGNOSTICS's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if QUEST DIAGNOSTICS is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, QUEST DIAGNOSTICS's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.