Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
−Removed: Our common stock is listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “DGX.” As of January 31, 2025, we had approximately 1,991 record holders of our common stock;
+Added: Our common stock is listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “DGX.” As of February 2, 2026, we had approximately 1,881 record holders of our common stock;
we believe that the number of beneficial holders of our common stock exceeds the number of record holders.
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October 1, 2025 – October 31, 2025
−Removed: Share Repurchase Program (A) 96,210 $ 155.90 96,210 $ 1,020,914
+Added: Share Repurchase Program (A)(C) 450,702 $ 179.58 450,702 $ 654,985
Employee Transactions (B) — $ — N/A N/A
November 1, 2025 – November 30, 2025
−Removed: Share Repurchase Program (A) 556,579 $ 159.62 556,579 $ 932,073
+Added: Share Repurchase Program (A)(C) 940,277 $ 185.12 940,277 $ 480,920
Employee Transactions (B) 8,938 $ 177.74 N/A N/A
December 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025
−Removed: Share Repurchase Program (A) 290,587 $ 158.85 290,587 $ 885,914
+Added: Share Repurchase Program (A)(C) 246,212 $ 182.77 246,212 $ 435,921
Employee Transactions (B) 695 $ 183.04 N/A N/A
−Removed: Share Repurchase Program (A) 943,376 $ 159.00 943,376 $ 885,914
+Added: Share Repurchase Program (A)(C) 1,637,191 $ 183.24 1,637,191 $ 435,921
Employee Transactions (B) 9,633 $ 178.12 N/A N/A
−Removed: (A) Since the share repurchase program's inception in May 2003, our Board of Directors has authorized $13 billion of share repurchases of our common stock.
+Added: (A) As of December 31, 2025, $0.4 billion remained available under our share repurchase authorization.
+Added: In February 2026, our Board of Directors increased the size of our share repurchase program by $1 billion to $1.4 billion.
The share repurchase authorization has no set expiration or termination date.
+Added: Since the share repurchase program's inception in May 2003, our Board of Directors has authorized $14 billion of share repurchases of our common stock.
(B) Includes:
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and (2) shares withheld (under the terms of grants under the Amended and Restated Employee Long-Term Incentive Plan) to offset tax withholding obligations that occur upon the delivery of outstanding common shares underlying restricted share units and performance share units.
+Added: (C) Excludes excise taxes on share repurchases of $2 million in aggregate, which will be paid in 2026.
Performance Graph
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