NYSE:DHRDanaher Stock Price, Forecast & News

$141.94

+6.79 (+5.02 %)

(As of 04/6/2020 04:00 PM ET)

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Today's Range

$138.63

Now: $141.94▼

$142.75

50-Day Range

$121.39

MA: $145.14▼

$165.95

52-Week Range

$119.60

Now: $141.94▼

$169.19

Volume5.61 million shs

Average Volume3.48 million shs

Market Capitalization$98.92 billion

P/E Ratio35.05

Dividend Yield0.53%

Beta0.85

Danaher Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets professional, medical, industrial, and commercial products and services worldwide. The company operates through three segments; Life Sciences, Diagnostics, and Environmental & Applied Solutions. The Life Sciences segment provides mass spectrometers; cellular analysis, lab automation, and centrifugation instruments; microscopes; and genomics consumables. This segment also offers filtration, separation, and purification technologies to the biopharmaceutical, food and beverage, medical, aerospace, microelectronics, and general industrial sectors. The Diagnostics segment provides chemistry, immunoassay, microbiology, and automation systems, as well as hematology and molecular diagnostics products. This segment offers analytical instruments, reagents, consumables, software, and services for hospitals, physicians' offices, reference laboratories, and other critical care settings. The Environmental & Applied Solutions segment offers instrumentation, consumables, software, services, and disinfection systems to analyze, treat, and manage ultra-pure, potable, industrial, waste, ground, source, and ocean water in residential, commercial, industrial, and natural resource applications. This segment also provides equipment, software, services, and consumables for various color and appearance management, packaging design and quality management, packaging converting, printing, marking, coding, and traceability applications for consumer, pharmaceutical, and industrial products. 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 headquartered in Washington, the District of Columbia. Cepheid, a company which is developing a faster test for COVID-19, is a subsidiary of Danaher.

Beat the Market (BTM) Rank^™

3.3 Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
Danaher has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.64, and is based on 9 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $164.44, Danaher has a potential upside of 15.9% from its current price of $141.94.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
Danaher has been the subject of 10 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

3.1 Community Rank

Outperform Votes
Danaher has received 910 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)
Underperform Votes
Danaher has received 547 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)
Community Sentiment
Danaher has received 62.46% “outperform” votes from our community.

MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Danaher and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe DHR will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe DHR will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days.

3.3 Dividend Strength

Dividend Leadership
Danaher is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 0.53%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.
Dividend Growth
Danaher has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.
Dividend Coverage
The dividend payout ratio of Danaher is 16.29 %. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
Dividend Sustainability
Based on earnings estimates, Danaher will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.31 % next year. This indicates that Danaher will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

1.0 Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, Danaher insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $48,153,397.00 in company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
Only 11.70% of the stock of Danaher is held by insiders.
Percentage Held by Institutions
79.72% of the stock of Danaher is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

0.6 Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for Danaher are expected to grow by 18.42% in the coming year, from $4.94 to $5.85 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of Danaher is 35.05, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 11.85.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of Danaher is 35.05, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Multi-Sector Conglomerates sector average P/E ratio of about 14.46.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
Danaher has a PEG Ratio of 2.76. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
Danaher has a P/B Ratio of 3.55. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Overall Beat the Market Rank^™

2.28 out of 5 stars

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange NYSE

Industry Process control instruments

Sub-IndustryIndustrial Conglomerates

SectorMulti-Sector Conglomerates

Current SymbolNYSE:DHR

Previous Symbol

CUSIP23585110

CIK313616

Webhttp://www.danaher.com/

Phone202-828-0850

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.75

Current Ratio5.19

Quick Ratio4.86

Price-To-Earnings

Trailing P/E Ratio35.05

Forward P/E Ratio28.73

P/E Growth2.76

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales$17.91 billion

Price / Sales5.52

Cash Flow$6.53 per share

Price / Cash Flow21.75

Book Value$39.93 per share

Price / Book3.55

Profitability

EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$4.42

Net Income$3.01 billion

Net Margins15.09%

Return on Equity11.50%

Return on Assets6.08%

Miscellaneous

Employees60,000

Outstanding Shares696,895,000

Market Cap$98.92 billion

Next Earnings Date4/16/2020 (Estimated)

OptionableOptionable

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Danaher (NYSE:DHR) Frequently Asked Questions

How has Danaher's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)?

Danaher's stock was trading at $139.37 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, DHR shares have increased by 1.8% and is now trading at $141.94. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Danaher?

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Danaher in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Danaher.

When is Danaher's next earnings date?

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

How were Danaher's earnings last quarter?

Danaher Co. (NYSE:DHR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 30th. The conglomerate reported $1.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.25 by $0.03. The conglomerate had revenue of $4.87 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.80 billion. Danaher had a return on equity of 11.50% and a net margin of 15.09%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.28 earnings per share. View Danaher's earnings history.

How often does Danaher pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Danaher?

Danaher declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 20th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 27th will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Friday, April 24th. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 26th. This is a boost from Danaher's previous quarterly dividend of $0.17. View Danaher's dividend history.

What guidance has Danaher issued on next quarter's earnings?

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

What price target have analysts set for DHR?

14 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Danaher's stock. Their forecasts range from $136.00 to $188.00. On average, they anticipate Danaher's share price to reach $164.44 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Danaher.

Has Danaher been receiving favorable news coverage?

Media coverage about DHR stock has trended very negative on Monday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Danaher earned a daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the conglomerate a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutDanaher.

Are investors shorting Danaher?

Danaher saw a increase in short interest during the month of 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 daily trading volume, of 10,000,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.7 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Danaher's Current Options Chain.

Who are some of Danaher's key competitors?

Some companies that are related to Danaher include Roper Technologies (ROP), Fortive (FTV), Keysight Technologies (KEYS), Cognex (CGNX), Sensata Technologies (ST), MKS Instruments (MKSI), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), Hurco Companies (HURC), Crawford United (CRAWA), Hickok (HICKA), International Isotopes (INIS), Clearsign Combustion (CLIR), Sypris Solutions (SYPR), Schmitt Industries (SMIT) and Electro-Sensors (ELSE).

What other stocks do shareholders of Danaher own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Danaher investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Home Depot (HD), Walt Disney (DIS), Alphabet (GOOG), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Alibaba Group (BABA), Intel (INTC), CVS Health (CVS), Honeywell International (HON) and Adobe (ADBE).

Who are Danaher's key executives?

Danaher's management team includes the following people:

Mr. Thomas P. Joyce Jr., CEO, Pres & Director (Age 59)
Mr. Daniel L. Comas, Exec. VP (Age 56)
Mr. William K. Daniel II, Exec. VP (Age 55)
Mr. Rainer M. Blair, Exec. VP (Age 56)
Mr. Joakim Weidemanis, Exec. VP (Age 50)

What is Danaher's stock symbol?

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

Who are Danaher's major shareholders?

Danaher's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Park National Corp OH (0.02%), Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.01%), Bath Savings Trust Co (0.01%), McGuire Investment Group LLC (0.01%), Fulton Bank N.A. (0.00%) and M&R Capital Management Inc. (0.00%). Company insiders that own Danaher stock include Alan G Spoon, Angela S Lalor, Brian W Ellis, Daniel L Comas, Donald J Ehrlich, 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.

Which major investors are selling Danaher stock?

DHR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH, Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc., M&R Capital Management Inc., and McGuire Investment Group LLC. 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, Robert S Lutz, Thomas Patrick Joyce Jr, William K Daniel, and William King. View insider buying and selling activity for Danaher.

Which major investors are buying Danaher stock?

DHR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fulton Bank N.A., Thomasville National Bank, Bath Savings Trust Co, and Bangor Savings Bank. View insider buying and selling activity for Danaher.

How do I buy shares of 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.

What is Danaher's stock price today?

One share of DHR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $141.94.

How big of a company is Danaher?

Danaher has a market capitalization of $98.92 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.

What is Danaher's official website?

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

How can I contact Danaher?

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]

This page was last updated on 4/6/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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