NYSE:DHRDanaher Stock Price, Forecast & News

Danaher's stock was trading at $139.37 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, DHR stock has increased by 3.3% and is now trading at $143.96. 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 5 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, April 16th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Danaher.

Danaher Co. (NYSE:DHR) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 30th. The conglomerate reported $1.28 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.25 by $0.03. The conglomerate had revenue of $4.87 billion for 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 quarterly revenue was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.28 EPS. View Danaher's earnings history.

Danaher declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 20th. Investors 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 dividend yield of 0.50%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 26th. This is a boost 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 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives 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 twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Danaher.

Headlines about DHR stock have been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Danaher earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the conglomerate a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutDanaher.

Danaher saw a increase in short interest in 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 trading volume of 10,000,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.7 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Park National Corp OH (0.02%), Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.01%), Bath Savings Trust Co (0.01%) and Burns J W & Co. Inc. NY (0.01%). 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.

DHR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH, Callahan Advisors LLC, Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID, Enterprise Bank & Trust Co, Polianta Ltd, Boltwood Capital Management, Burns J W & Co. Inc. NY, and Neville Rodie & Shaw 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, 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, IBM Retirement Fund, Private Trust Co. NA, Sound Income Strategies LLC, Fulton Bank N.A., Thomasville National Bank, Bank of Stockton, and Hotaling Investment Management LLC. 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 $143.96.

Danaher has a market capitalization of $100.33 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]