NYSE:DHR - Danaher Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Danaher trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DHR."

Danaher declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 3rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.16 per share on Friday, January 25th. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.64%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 27th. View Danaher's Dividend History.

Danaher Co. (NYSE:DHR) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 18th. The conglomerate reported $1.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.07 by $0.03. The conglomerate earned $4.85 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.80 billion. Danaher had a net margin of 14.07% and a return on equity of 11.59%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.00 EPS. View Danaher's Earnings History.

Danaher is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Danaher.

Danaher updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 13th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.75-4.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.83.

13 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Danaher's stock. Their predictions range from $99.97 to $126.00. On average, they expect Danaher's stock price to reach $111.9975 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Danaher.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Danaher in the last year. There are currently 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Danaher.

News articles about DHR stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Danaher earned a news impact score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the conglomerate a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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Danaher's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc (6.38%), BlackRock Inc. (6.20%), FMR LLC (3.10%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.00%), Putnam Investments LLC (0.92%) and Flossbach Von Storch AG (0.82%). Company insiders that own Danaher stock include Angela S Lalor, Brian W Ellis, Brijender (Binny) Jass Jassal, Daniel L Comas, Daniel Raskas, Donald J Ehrlich, John T Schwieters, Linda P Hefner, Mitchell P Rales, Rainer Blair, Robert S Lutz, Thomas Patrick Joyce Jr, Walter G Lohr, William K Daniel and William King. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Danaher.

DHR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital Research Global Investors, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Bessemer Group Inc., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, CIBC World Markets Inc., AXA and HealthCor Management L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Danaher company stock in the last year include Angela S Lalor, Daniel L Comas, Donald J Ehrlich, John T Schwieters, Linda P Hefner, Rainer Blair, Robert S Lutz, Thomas Patrick Joyce Jr, Walter G Lohr, William K Daniel and William King. View Insider Buying and Selling for Danaher.

DHR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, FMR LLC, Vanguard Group Inc, Bank of Montreal Can, Capital International Investors, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and BlackRock Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Danaher stock in the last two years include Donald J Ehrlich and Mitchell P Rales. View Insider Buying and Selling for Danaher.

Shares of DHR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DHR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $100.40.

Danaher has a market capitalization of $70.37 billion and generates $18.33 billion in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $2.49 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.03 on an earnings per share basis. Danaher employs 67,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Danaher is http://www.danaher.com.

Danaher's mailing address is 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. N.W SUITE 800W, WASHINGTON DC, 20037. The conglomerate can be reached via phone at 202-828-0850 or via email at [email protected]