NYSE:DHR - Danaher Stock Price, Forecast & News

Danaher's stock was trading at $139.37 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, DHR shares have decreased by 0.7% and is now trading at $138.41. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Danaher in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Danaher.

Danaher is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 16th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Danaher.

Danaher Co. (NYSE:DHR) released its earnings results on Thursday, January, 30th. The conglomerate reported $1.28 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.25 by $0.03. The conglomerate earned $4.87 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.80 billion. Danaher had a net margin of 15.09% and a return on equity of 11.50%. The firm's revenue was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.28 EPS. View Danaher's earnings history.

Danaher declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.18 per share on Friday, April 24th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 26th. This is an increase from Danaher's previous quarterly dividend of $0.17. View Danaher's dividend history.

Danaher issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 30th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.80 to $4.90 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.38.

14 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Danaher's stock. Their forecasts range from $136.00 to $188.00. On average, they expect Danaher's share price to reach $165.38 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Danaher.

Press coverage about DHR stock has trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Danaher earned a coverage optimism score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the conglomerate a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutDanaher.

Danaher saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 6,786,500 shares, an increase of 23.4% from the February 27th total of 5,500,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 10,000,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Danaher's Current Options Chain.

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

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One share of DHR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $138.41.

Danaher has a market capitalization of $96.37 billion and generates $17.91 billion in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $3.01 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.42 on an earnings per share basis. Danaher employs 60,000 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]