Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US74834L1008

SecurityDGX / Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
InstitutionUbs Ag
Latest Disclosed Ownership78,680 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 4,774,000
Ubs Ag ownership in DGX / Quest Diagnostics Incorporated

On November 12, 2014 - Ubs Ag filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 78,680 shares of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (US:DGX) valued at $4,774,302 USD as of September 30, 2014. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on August 14, 2014 disclosing 118,480 shares of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated. This represents a change in shares of -33.59% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $15,237,956 USD.

Ubs Ag has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (DGX) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 2,600 of underlying shares valued at $158,000 USD and put options representing 400 of underlying shares valued at $24,000 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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Institutional Put/Call Ratios
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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

DGX / Quest Diagnostics Incorporated Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM 74834L100 78,680 -39,800 -33.59 4,774 -31.34 0.0035
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM 74834L100 118,480 -31,796 -21.16 6,953 -20.13 0.0054
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A-1 QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM 74834L100 150,276 -89,370 -37.29 8,705 -32.16 0.0077
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM 74834L100 150,276 8,705
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A-1 QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM 74834L100 239,646 -126,886 -34.62 12,831 -43.34 0.0120
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM 74834L100 239,646 12,831
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM 74834L100 366,532 102,904 39.03 22,647 41.69 0.0232
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM 74834L100 263,628 263,628 15,984 0.0189
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM Call 2,600 -81.29 158 -80.64 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM Call 13,900 892.86 816 907.41 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM Call 1,400 -69.57 81 -67.07 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM Call 1,400 81 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM Call 4,600 283.33 246 232.43 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM Call 4,600 246 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM Call 1,200 -76.92 74 -76.51 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM Call 5,200 315 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM Put 400 0.00 24 4.35 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM Put 400 -80.95 23 -81.15 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM Put 2,100 -87.35 122 -86.28 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM Put 2,100 122 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM Put 16,600 0.00 889 -13.35 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM Put 16,600 889 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM Put 16,600 654.55 1,026 671.43 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F QUEST DIAGNOSTICS COM Put 2,200 133 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.