Danaher Stock Forecast, Price & 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 stock has increased by 60.2% and is now trading at $223.34.
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14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Danaher in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Danaher is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 4th 2021.
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Danaher Co. (NYSE:DHR) released its earnings results on Thursday, October, 22nd. The conglomerate reported $1.72 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.36 by $0.36. The conglomerate had revenue of $5.90 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.51 billion. Danaher had a return on equity of 12.94% and a net margin of 18.05%. Danaher's quarterly revenue was up 17.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.06 earnings per share.
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Danaher declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 28th will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Friday, October 30th. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.32%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 25th.
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14 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Danaher's shares. Their forecasts range from $169.00 to $280.00. On average, they expect Danaher's share price to reach $217.69 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.5%.
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Danaher saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 6,020,000 shares, an increase of 13.6% from the October 15th total of 5,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,170,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.8 days. Currently, 1.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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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 investors include UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (0.60%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.48%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.42%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.41%), Swiss National Bank (0.40%) and CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.38%). Company insiders that own Danaher stock include Alan G Spoon, Angela S Lalor, Brian W Ellis, Daniel L Comas, Daniel Raskas, 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.
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DHR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Findlay Park Partners LLP, Epoch Investment Partners Inc., TD Asset Management Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, PGGM Investments, AQR Capital Management LLC, and KBC Group NV. Company insiders that have sold Danaher company stock in the last year include Angela S Lalor, Daniel L Comas, Daniel Raskas, Donald J Ehrlich, John T Schwieters, Linda P Hefner, Matthew Mcgrew, Rainer Blair, Robert S Lutz, Thomas Patrick Joyce Jr, Walter G Lohr, William K Daniel, and William King.
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DHR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alps Advisors Inc., CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., AXA S.A., Teacher Retirement System of Texas, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, and BP PLC.
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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 $223.34.

Danaher has a market capitalization of $158.66 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]