NYSE:DHRDanaher Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 stock has increased by 13.6% and is now trading at $158.26. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Danaher in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 9 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, July 16th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Danaher.

Danaher Co. (NYSE:DHR) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The conglomerate reported $1.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.00 by $0.05. The conglomerate earned $4.34 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.32 billion. Danaher had a net margin of 16.85% and a return on equity of 11.52%. Danaher's revenue for the quarter was up 2.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.07 EPS. View Danaher's earnings history.

Danaher announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 5th. Investors of record on Friday, June 26th will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Friday, July 31st. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.45%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 25th. View Danaher's dividend history.

Danaher issued an update on its first quarter 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Monday, April, 13th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.026-5.026 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.28 billion.

13 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Danaher's shares. Their forecasts range from $136.00 to $190.00. On average, they expect Danaher's stock price to reach $169.27 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Danaher.

News stories about DHR stock have been trending very positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing 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 positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Danaher earned a media sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the conglomerate a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutDanaher.

Danaher saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 6,600,000 shares, an increase of 5.4% from the April 15th total of 6,260,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,740,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.8 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Danaher's Current Options Chain.

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

Danaher's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Geode Capital Management LLC (1.34%), Aristotle Capital Management LLC (1.03%), Capital International Investors (0.98%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.75%), Parnassus Investments CA (0.70%) and Legal & General Group Plc (0.60%). Company insiders that own Danaher stock include Alan G Spoon, Angela S Lalor, Brian W Ellis, Daniel L Comas, Daniel Raskas, 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.

DHR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Eaton Vance Management, Prudential PLC, Aviva PLC, and Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec. Company insiders that have sold Danaher company stock in the last year include Angela S Lalor, Brian W Ellis, Daniel L Comas, Daniel Raskas, 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.

DHR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fisher Asset Management LLC, Swedbank, Capital International Investors, Swiss National Bank, Two Sigma Advisers LP, APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., and Pictet Asset Management Ltd.. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $158.26.

Danaher has a market capitalization of $110.39 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.

The official website for Danaher is 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]