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 Friday, March 8th. Investors of record on Friday, March 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.17 per share on Friday, April 26th. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.53%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 28th. This is a positive change from Danaher's previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. View Danaher's Dividend History.

Danaher Co. (NYSE:DHR) released its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 29th. The conglomerate reported $1.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.27 by $0.01. The conglomerate earned $5.40 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.33 billion. Danaher had a return on equity of 11.64% and a net margin of 13.33%. Danaher's revenue for the quarter was up 6.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.19 earnings per share. View Danaher's Earnings History.

Danaher is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 18th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Danaher.

Danaher issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.75-$4.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.82. Danaher also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $4.75-4.85 EPS.

13 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Danaher's stock. Their forecasts range from $102.00 to $144.00. On average, they expect Danaher's stock price to reach $123.6667 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.9%. 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 1 hold rating and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Danaher.

News headlines about DHR stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Danaher earned a news sentiment score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the conglomerate a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

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Danaher's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.23%), FMR LLC (3.14%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.96%), Northern Trust Corp (1.26%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.07%) and Norges Bank (1.03%). Company insiders that own Danaher stock include Angela S Lalor, 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 D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Two Sigma Advisers LP, Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Flossbach Von Storch AG, Principal Financial Group Inc., Bessemer Group Inc., Allen Investment Management LLC and Acadian Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Danaher company stock in the last year include Angela S Lalor, Daniel L Comas, Donald J Ehrlich, 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Findlay Park Partners LLP, 1832 Asset Management L.P., Polar Capital LLP, Geode Capital Management LLC, American Century Companies Inc. and Bank of Nova Scotia. 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 $128.69.

Danaher has a market capitalization of $90.32 billion and generates $19.89 billion in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $2.65 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.52 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]