Danaher Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Danaher in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Danaher stock.
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Danaher saw a decline in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,720,000 shares, a decline of 17.5% from the March 15th total of 5,720,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,590,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.8 days. Currently, 0.8% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Danaher is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 22nd 2021.
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Danaher Co. (NYSE:DHR) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 21st. The conglomerate reported $2.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.67 by $0.85. The conglomerate earned $6.87 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.12 billion. Danaher had a net margin of 18.05% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.94%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 58.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.05 earnings per share.
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Danaher's stock was trading at $139.37 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, DHR shares have increased by 85.9% and is now trading at $259.15.
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Danaher declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 25th will be given a dividend of $0.21 per share on Friday, July 30th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.32%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 24th.
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Danaher pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.33%. Danaher has been increasing its dividend for 4 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Danaher is 19.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Danaher will have a dividend payout ratio of 11.63% next year. This indicates that Danaher will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Danaher updated its first quarter 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of - for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.82 billion-$6.82 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.13 billion.

15 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Danaher's shares. Their forecasts range from $195.00 to $315.00. On average, they expect Danaher's share price to reach $267.27 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.1% from the stock's current price.
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27 employees have rated Danaher CEO Rainer M. Blair on Glassdoor.com. Rainer M. Blair has an approval rating of 98% among Danaher's employees. This puts Rainer M. Blair in the top 20% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Parnassus Investments CA (0.68%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.45%), Swiss National Bank (0.39%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.35%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.33%) and The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (0.31%). Company insiders that own Danaher stock include Angela S Lalor, Brian W Ellis, Daniel L Comas, Daniel Raskas, Donald J Ehrlich, Joakim Weidemanis, 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 Victory Capital Management Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Bank of Nova Scotia, Calamos Advisors LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Rhumbline Advisers, PGGM Investments, and New York State Teachers Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Danaher company stock in the last year include Angela S Lalor, Daniel L Comas, Daniel Raskas, Joakim Weidemanis, John T Schwieters, Linda P Hefner, Matthew Mcgrew, Rainer Blair, Robert S Lutz, Thomas Patrick Joyce Jr, Walter G Lohr, and William King.
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DHR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oak Ridge Investments LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., Flossbach Von Storch AG, Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd, Newport Trust Co, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Intermede Investment Partners Ltd, and Retirement Systems of Alabama.
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One share of DHR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $259.15.

Danaher has a market capitalization of $184.85 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 67,000 workers across the globe.

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Danaher was founded in 1984.

The official website for Danaher is www.danaher.com.

Danaher is headquartered at 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. N.W SUITE 800W, WASHINGTON DC, 20037.

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]