NYSE:DHR - Danaher Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Danaher announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, December 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 27th will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share on Friday, January 31st. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 26th. View Danaher's Dividend History.

Danaher Co. (NYSE:DHR) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The conglomerate reported $1.16 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.15 by $0.01. The conglomerate had revenue of $5.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.02 billion. Danaher had a return on equity of 11.42% and a net margin of 12.13%. The business's revenue was up 3.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.10 EPS. View Danaher's Earnings History.

Danaher is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Danaher.

Danaher will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Danaher issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 24th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.74-4.77 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.79.

15 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Danaher's stock. Their forecasts range from $130.00 to $180.00. On average, they anticipate Danaher's share price to reach $159.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for Danaher.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Danaher in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Danaher.

Media headlines about DHR stock have been trending extremely negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Danaher earned a news sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the conglomerate a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Danaher.

Danaher saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 11,210,000 shares, a decrease of 91.6% from the December 15th total of 132,830,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 10,950,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.0 days. Currently, 1.8% of the company's stock are sold short. View Danaher's Current Options Chain.

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Danaher's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include PGGM Investments (0.04%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.04%), Arthur M. Cohen & Associates LLC (0.04%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.04%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%) and Capital Investment Services of America Inc. (0.02%). Company insiders that own Danaher stock include Alan G Spoon, Angela S Lalor, Brian W Ellis, Daniel L Comas, 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. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Danaher.

DHR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, PGGM Investments, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, OLD National Bancorp IN, Northstar Asset Management LLC, Endurance Wealth Management Inc. and Nexus Investment Management 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, Rainer Blair, Robert S Lutz, Thomas Patrick Joyce Jr, Walter G Lohr, William K Daniel and William King. View Insider Buying and Selling for Danaher.

DHR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Arthur M. Cohen & Associates LLC, Riverbridge Partners LLC, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Polianta Ltd, DNB Asset Management AS, Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC, Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. and AE Wealth Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $163.06.

Danaher has a market capitalization of $117.12 billion and generates $19.89 billion in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $2.65 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.52 on an earnings per share basis. Danaher employs 71,000 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]