NYSE:DHR - Danaher Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Danaher declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 3rd. Investors of record on Friday, December 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.16 per share on Friday, January 25th. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 27th. View Danaher's Dividend History.

Danaher Co. (NYSE:DHR) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 18th. The conglomerate reported $1.10 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.03. The conglomerate earned $4.85 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.80 billion. Danaher had a return on equity of 11.59% and a net margin of 14.07%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.00 earnings per share. View Danaher's Earnings History.

Danaher is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Danaher.

Danaher issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, December, 13th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.75-4.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.83.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Danaher's shares. Their forecasts range from $99.97 to $126.00. On average, they expect Danaher's stock price to reach $111.6131 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Danaher.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Danaher in the last year. There are currently 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Danaher.

News stories about DHR stock have trended somewhat negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Danaher earned a news sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the conglomerate a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

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Danaher's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc (6.38%), BlackRock Inc. (6.20%), FMR LLC (3.10%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.00%), Putnam Investments LLC (0.92%) and Flossbach Von Storch AG (0.82%). Company insiders that own Danaher stock include Angela S Lalor, Brian W Ellis, Brijender (Binny) Jass Jassal, Daniel L Comas, Daniel Raskas, Donald J Ehrlich, John T Schwieters, Linda P Hefner, 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 Capital Research Global Investors, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Bessemer Group Inc., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, CIBC World Markets Inc., AXA and HealthCor Management L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Danaher company stock in the last year include Angela S Lalor, Daniel L Comas, Donald J Ehrlich, John T Schwieters, Linda P Hefner, 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 Renaissance Technologies LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, FMR LLC, Vanguard Group Inc, Bank of Montreal Can, Capital International Investors, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and BlackRock Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Danaher stock in the last two years include Donald J Ehrlich and Mitchell P Rales. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DHR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $100.40.

Danaher has a market capitalization of $71.51 billion and generates $18.33 billion in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $2.49 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.03 on an earnings per share basis. Danaher employs 67,000 workers across the globe.

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]