CEO total pay
$15,498,479
James E. Davis · 2025
Say on pay
Not disclosed
Latest disclosed shareholder vote
CEO pay ratio
Not in CD&A
Item 402(u) section may live outside the CD&A
Compensation committee
CD&ACompensation and Leadership Development Committee
Per the latest proxy
Filings indexed: 2 · 2026 · 2025
Executive pay
What did they pay them?
From the Summary Compensation Table. Pay mix and YoY are computed from these rows.
| Executive | Role | TotalYoY | Pay mix | Salary | Stock | Cash incentive | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
James E. Davis2025 compensation | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President | $15,498,479↑ 8% | 90% at-risk | $1,250,000 | $8,762,861 | $2,205,844 | $279,901 |
Sam A. Samad2025 compensation | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | $4,427,141↑ 9% | 82% at-risk | $693,269 | $2,190,967 | $710,358 | $82,805 |
Catherine T. Doherty2025 compensation | Executive Vice President, Regional Businesses | $3,562,946↑ 8% | 81% at-risk | $643,269 | $1,679,674 | $615,184 | $49,943 |
Karthik Kuppusamy2025 compensation | Senior Vice President, Clinical Solutions | $2,579,823↑ 13% | 75% at-risk | $568,269 | $1,095,483 | $475,526 | $65,652 |
Michael E. Prevoznik2025 compensation | Senior Vice President and General Counsel | $2,563,593↑ 6% | 76% at-risk | $550,000 | $1,132,015 | $438,323 | $55,912 |
Pay mix: base cash incentive equity other
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Peer comparison
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2025 Peer Group
13 members · 8 in ProxyMiner
DSGR · Distribution Solutions Group, Inc.A · AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.ILMN · ILLUMINA, INC.BAX · BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INCBAC · BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/BDX · BECTON DICKINSON & COBSX · BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPRVTY · REVVITY, INC.DVA · DAVITA INC.SYK · STRYKER CORPHSIC · HENRY SCHEIN INCTHC · TENET HEALTHCARE CORPZBH · ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Governance
Policy guardrails
hedging
prohibited
“Our directors and executive officers are prohibited from hedging the economic risk of owning our Common Stock”
pledging
prohibited
“Our directors and executive officers are prohibited from hedging the economic risk of owning our Common Stock. For information regarding our policies relating to directors, executive officers and other employees hedging …”
clawback
present
“Recoupment Policy (the “Policy”)”
stock ownership guidelines
present
“share ownership requirements in our guidelines, the Committee monitors future equity awards to that person to assure that the interests of the named executive officer and stockholders continue to be significantly aligned…”
change in control
A “change in control” occurs if and when
“A “change in control” occurs if and when”
compensation consultant
independent
“Independent Compensation Consultant”
compensation committee
Compensation and Leadership Development Committee
“Compensation and Leadership Development Committee”
Performance markers
Metric facts
revenue
$100
“performance measures that we use to link the compensation paid to our named executive officers for fiscal year 2025 to Company performance. See “Compensation Discussion and Analysis”, beginning on page 25 for more inform…”
operating income
$9.85
“offerings. We also maintained disciplined capital allocation and increased returns to stockholders. 2025 Financial Highlights Results Reported: Net revenues $11.04BB Operating income as a percentage of net revenues 14.1%…”
say on pay
—
“s) ✓ Utilize an independent compensation consultant ✓ Conduct annual risk assessment of compensation plans ✓ Maintain an investor outreach program to incorporate feedback in our program ✓ Provide stockholders an annual “…”
median employee compensation
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“set forth in parentheses following the country): India (333); Mexico (485); Finland (217); Canada (48); Brazil (6); Ireland (17); Germany (22); and China (2). Also excluded were nearly 180 employees from businesses Quest…”
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