NYSE:DHR - Danaher Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Danaher declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, December 10th. Investors of record on Friday, December 27th will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share on Friday, January 31st. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.42%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 26th. View Danaher's Dividend History.

Danaher Co. (NYSE:DHR) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 24th. The conglomerate reported $1.16 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.15 by $0.01. The conglomerate earned $5.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.02 billion. Danaher had a net margin of 12.13% and a return on equity of 11.42%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.10 earnings per share. View Danaher's Earnings History.

Danaher is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Danaher.

Danaher will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Danaher updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 24th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.74-4.77 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.79.

15 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Danaher's stock. Their forecasts range from $130.00 to $180.00. On average, they expect Danaher's stock price to reach $159.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for Danaher.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Danaher in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 11 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 positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Danaher earned a daily sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the conglomerate a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Danaher.

Danaher saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 11,210,000 shares, a drop of 91.6% from the December 15th total of 132,830,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 10,950,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days. Currently, 1.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Danaher's Current Options Chain.

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Danaher's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include PGGM Investments (0.04%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.04%), Arthur M. Cohen & Associates LLC (0.04%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.04%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%) and Capital Investment Services of America Inc. (0.02%). Company insiders that own Danaher stock include Alan G Spoon, Angela S Lalor, Brian W Ellis, Daniel L Comas, Donald J Ehrlich, John T Schwieters, Linda P Hefner, Matthew Mcgrew, 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 Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, PGGM Investments, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, OLD National Bancorp IN, Northstar Asset Management LLC, Endurance Wealth Management Inc. and Nexus Investment Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Danaher company stock in the last year include Alan G Spoon, Angela S Lalor, Brian W Ellis, Daniel L Comas, Donald J Ehrlich, Linda P Hefner, Matthew Mcgrew, 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 Arthur M. Cohen & Associates LLC, Riverbridge Partners LLC, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Polianta Ltd, DNB Asset Management AS, Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC, Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. and AE Wealth Management LLC. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DHR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $163.06.

Danaher has a market capitalization of $117.12 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 71,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Danaher.

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]