Free Trial

Compare Stocks

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Stocks - Price & Volume

CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Danaher Co. stock logo
DHR
Danaher
$267.33
+0.3%
$249.54
$182.09
$268.98
$198.01B0.832.70 million shs2.53 million shs
General Electric stock logo
GE
General Electric
$160.80
-0.1%
$162.43
$79.76
$170.80
$176.01B1.257.62 million shs4.43 million shs
7 Stocks to Buy And Hold Forever Cover

Click the link below and we'll send you MarketBeat's list of seven stocks and why their long-term outlooks are very promising.

Get This Free Report

Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Danaher Co. stock logo
DHR
Danaher
+0.29%+1.54%+13.24%+5.81%+16.23%
General Electric stock logo
GE
General Electric
-0.15%-1.63%+7.06%+6.02%+58.11%

MarketRank™

CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Danaher Co. stock logo
DHR
Danaher
4.7487 of 5 stars
2.35.01.74.03.03.31.9
General Electric stock logo
GE
General Electric
4.5891 of 5 stars
2.54.01.72.82.51.73.1

Analyst Ratings

CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Danaher Co. stock logo
DHR
Danaher
2.64
Moderate Buy$267.31-0.01% Downside
General Electric stock logo
GE
General Electric
2.93
Moderate Buy$174.218.34% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest GE and DHR Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
5/13/2024
General Electric stock logo
GE
General Electric
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating
Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$148.00 ➝ $175.00
4/29/2024
General Electric stock logo
GE
General Electric
Wells Fargo & Company
Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating
Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$165.00 ➝ $192.00
4/29/2024
General Electric stock logo
GE
General Electric
Jefferies Financial Group
Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating
Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$180.00 ➝ $185.00
4/25/2024
General Electric stock logo
GE
General Electric
Citigroup
Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating
Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$120.43 ➝ $186.00
4/24/2024
Danaher Co. stock logo
DHR
Danaher
Citigroup
Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating
Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$280.00 ➝ $290.00
4/24/2024
Danaher Co. stock logo
DHR
Danaher
Bank of America
Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating
Boost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$258.00 ➝ $270.00
4/24/2024
Danaher Co. stock logo
DHR
Danaher
TD Cowen
Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating
Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$280.00 ➝ $290.00
4/24/2024
Danaher Co. stock logo
DHR
Danaher
Barclays
Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating
Boost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$260.00 ➝ $270.00
4/24/2024
Danaher Co. stock logo
DHR
Danaher
Robert W. Baird
Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating
Boost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$259.00 ➝ $271.00
4/24/2024
General Electric stock logo
GE
General Electric
Argus
Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating
Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$170.00 ➝ $180.00
4/24/2024
General Electric stock logo
GE
General Electric
Bank of America
Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating
Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$165.00 ➝ $180.00
(Data available from 5/23/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Danaher Co. stock logo
DHR
Danaher
$23.89B8.29$10.60 per share25.21$72.16 per share3.70
General Electric stock logo
GE
General Electric
$67.95B2.59$5.07 per share31.74$28.42 per share5.66

Profitability & Earnings

CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Danaher Co. stock logo
DHR
Danaher
$4.76B$5.9045.3130.694.1116.78%11.43%7.09%7/23/2024 (Estimated)
General Electric stock logo
GE
General Electric
$9.48B$3.0552.7232.952.815.05%12.54%2.36%7/23/2024 (Estimated)

Latest GE and DHR Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
4/23/2024Q1 2024
Danaher Co. stock logo
DHR
Danaher
$1.72$1.92+$0.20$2.39$5.62 billion$5.80 billion    
4/23/2024Q1 24
General Electric stock logo
GE
General Electric
$0.65$0.82+$0.17$0.25$15.25 billion$16.10 billion      

Dividends

CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Danaher Co. stock logo
DHR
Danaher
$1.080.40%+13.40%18.31%1 Years
General Electric stock logo
GE
General Electric
$1.120.70%N/A36.72%1 Years

Latest GE and DHR Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
5/7/2024
Danaher Co. stock logo
DHR
Danaher
quarterly$0.270.43%6/28/20246/28/20247/26/2024
4/5/2024
General Electric stock logo
GE
General Electric
quarterly$0.280.73%4/12/20244/15/20244/25/2024
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Danaher Co. stock logo
DHR
Danaher
0.31
1.85
1.51
General Electric stock logo
GE
General Electric
0.63
1.17
0.82

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Danaher Co. stock logo
DHR
Danaher
79.05%
General Electric stock logo
GE
General Electric
74.77%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Danaher Co. stock logo
DHR
Danaher
10.90%
General Electric stock logo
GE
General Electric
0.66%

Miscellaneous

CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Danaher Co. stock logo
DHR
Danaher
63,000740.69 million659.95 millionOptionable
General Electric stock logo
GE
General Electric
125,0001.09 billion1.09 billionOptionable

GE and DHR Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

General Electric (NYSE:GE) Trading Down 0.4%
General Electric Co
General Electric (NYSE:GE) Trading Up 0.7%
GE Aerospace hiring 900 engineers this year
General Electric (NYSE:GE) Trading Up 0.1%
General Electric (NYSE:GE) Stock Price Down 0.6%
General Electric (NYSE:GE) Shares Down 0.6%
General Electric (NYSE:GE) Trading Down 0.2%

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

Media Sentiment Over Time

Company Descriptions

Danaher logo

Danaher

NYSE:DHR
Danaher Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets professional, medical, industrial, and commercial products and services worldwide. The Biotechnology segments offers bioprocess technologies, consumables, and services that advance, accelerate, and integrate the development and manufacture of therapeutics; cell line and cell culture media development services; cell culture media, process liquids and buffers for manufacturing, chromatography resins, filtration technologies, aseptic fill finish; single-use hardware and consumables and services, such as the design and installation of full manufacturing suites; lab filtration, separation, and purification; lab-scale protein purification and analytical tools; reagents, membranes, and services; and healthcare filtration solutions. The Life Sciences segment provides mass spectrometers; flow cytometry, genomics, lab automation, centrifugation, liquid handling automation instruments, antibodies and reagents, and particle counting and characterization; microscopes; protein consumables; industrial filtration products; and genomic medicines, such as custom nucleic acid products, plasmid DNA, RNA, and proteins under the ABCAM, ALDEVRON, BECKMAN COULTER, IDT, LEICA MICROSYSTEMS, MOLECULAR DEVICES, PALL, PHENOMENEX and SCIEX brands. The Diagnostics segment offers chemistry, immunoassay, microbiology, and automation systems; and molecular, acute care, and pathology diagnostics products. This segment also provides clinical instruments, reagents, consumables, software, and services for hospitals, physicians' offices, reference laboratories, and other critical care settings. The company was formerly known as Diversified Mortgage Investors, Inc. and changed its name to Danaher Corporation in 1984. Danaher Corporation was founded in 1969 and is based in Washington, the District of Columbia.
General Electric logo

General Electric

NYSE:GE
General Electric Company, doing business as GE Aerospace, designs and produces commercial and defense aircraft engines, integrated engine components, electric power, and mechanical aircraft systems. It also offers aftermarket services to support its products. The company operates in the United States, Europe, China, Asia, the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa. General Electric Company was incorporated in 1892 and is based in Evendale, Ohio.