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Company Profile: Danaher Corporation (DHR)

DHR insider trades (13 months) →

$230.11 +0.94% vs. previous close · Market cap $161.76B

Today's multi-factor rank: 321 of 461 · see the ranking

Momentum
4.6/10
Value
4.4/10
Growth
4.7/10
Quality
5.0/10
Multifactor
4.7/10

Market and Valuation

Price & Market

Prev Close Price:$227.97
Open:$228.70
Day's Low:$227.20
Day's High:$233.20
Bid / Ask:-
Market Cap:161.76B
Enterprise Value:182.50B

52-Week Range

52-Week Low:$160.93
52-Week High:$242.80
Current position in 52-week range
52w Low-52w High
50-Day Avg:$219.03
200-Day Avg:$201.05

Volume

Volume Today:2,592,068
Avg Volume (3m):4,019,871
Avg Volume (10d):4,779,380
52-Week Change:+6.61%
vs S&P 500, 52 weeks:-
Beta:0.80

Valuation Multiples

P/E (trailing):37.66

Diluted EPS for the last 12 months: the four quarters ended Sep 25, 2026, from the accounts filed with the SEC on Oct 21, 2026. The P/E is the price divided by that EPS.

P/E (forward):24.69
PEG Ratio:1.29
Price / Book:3.02
Price / Sales (TTM):6.32
EV / Revenue:7.13
EV / EBITDA:22.11

Dividends

Current yield:0.70%
Annual Dividend Rate:$1.60
Dividend Trailing:$1.52
Yield Trailing:0.67%
5-Year Avg Yield:0.44%
Payout Ratio:25.17%
Last Ex-Dividend Date:-

Valuation Context

P/E vs sector (indicative)

Most Recent Quarter:-
Fiscal Year (Next):-

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Financial Statements TTM (Trailing 12 Months)

Income Statement

Total Revenue (TTM):25.61B
Gross Profit:15.20B
EBITDA:8.26B
Net Income (TTM):4.29B
Rev Growth (YoY):+8.30%
Earnings Growth (YoY):+37.80%
Quarterly earnings growth (YoY):+36.00%

Margins

Gross Margin:-
EBITDA Margin:-
Operating Margin:-
Net Margin:-

Per Share

EPS Trailing (TTM):$6.11

Diluted EPS for the last 12 months: the four quarters ended Sep 25, 2026, from the accounts filed with the SEC on Oct 21, 2026. The P/E is the price divided by that EPS.

EPS Forward (Est.):$9.32
Revenue Per Share:$36.27
Cash Per Share:-
Book Value:$76.23
Last Dividend:-
Ex-Dividend Date:-
Last Split:-

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Total cash:5.68B
Total Debt:27.78B
Net Debt (Debt - Cash):22.10B
Debt / Equity:51.80%
Current Ratio:1.63
Quick Ratio:1.19

Cash Flows

Operating Cash Flow:6.86B
Free Cash Flow (FCF):4.75B
FCF Yield (FCF / Market Cap):-
Enterprise Value:182.50B
EV / Revenue:7.13
EV / EBITDA:22.11

Profitability

ROE (Return on Equity):8.19%
ROA (Return on Assets):4.06%
P/E (trailing):37.66
P/E (forward):24.69
Price / Book:3.02
PEG Ratio:1.29
52-Week Change:+6.61%
S&P 500 change, 52 weeks:+11.37%

Historical Evolution (Last 4 Years)

Income Statement

Balance Sheet

Cash Flow

EPS and Earnings Per Share

Key EPS Metrics

EPS Trailing (TTM):$6.11

Diluted EPS for the last 12 months: the four quarters ended Sep 25, 2026, from the accounts filed with the SEC on Oct 21, 2026. The P/E is the price divided by that EPS.

EPS Forward (Est.):$9.32
P/E (forward):24.69
PEG Ratio:1.29

Growth and Margins

Earnings Growth YoY:-
Quarterly Earnings Growth YoY:-
Rev Growth YoY:-
Net Margin:-
Gross Margin:-
EBITDA Margin:-

Per Share

Revenue Per Share:$36.27
Cash Per Share:-
Book Value:$76.23

Cash Flows (TTM)

Free Cash Flow:4.75B
Operating Cash Flow:6.86B
EBITDA:8.26B
Total Revenue (TTM):25.61B
Net Income (TTM):4.29B
Fiscal Year (Last):-

EPS Surprise History - Last 4 Quarters

Actual vs. Analyst Estimates · Green = beat expectations · Red = missed

Quarter Period Actual EPS Estimated EPS Difference Surprise % Currency

Ownership Structure

Ownership Distribution

% Insiders:-
% Institutional:-
% Inst. (of Float):-
No. of Institutions:-
Visual distribution
InsidersInstitutionalFree Float

Shares & Short Interest

Shares Outstanding:702,986,054
Float (free shares):626,346,449
Short interest (shares):8,143,543
Short % of float:-
Short Ratio (days to cover):1.76
Short interest, prior month:-
Short Interest Date:-

Governance Score (1=Best, 10=Worst)

Overall risk:-
Audit Risk:-
Board risk:-
Compensation Risk:-
Shareholder rights risk:-

Top Institutional Holders

Position Change: ▲ Increased · ▼ Reduced · = Unchanged

Organization Report Date % Shares No. Shares Value (USD) Change %

Top Mutual Funds

Position Change: ▲ Increased ▼ Decreased = Unchanged

Fund Report Date % Shares No. Shares Value (USD) Change %

Recent Insider Trades

Executive / Insider Title Date Action Shares

Options Chain

CALLS

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PUTS

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Danaher Corporation (DHR) SEC filings: 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K

Direct links to financial reports filed with the SEC.

Type Date Official link
8-K2026-10-21View filing ↗
8-K2026-10-13View filing ↗
25-NSE2026-09-30View filing ↗
8-K2026-08-03View filing ↗
8-K2026-07-21View filing ↗
11-K2026-06-16View filing ↗
S-82026-06-09View filing ↗
8-K2026-06-03View filing ↗
SD2026-05-12View filing ↗
8-K2026-05-07View filing ↗

Company and Executive Profile

Danaher Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets professional, medical, research, and industrial products and services in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates through Biotechnology, Life Sciences, and Diagnostics segments. The Biotechnology segment provides technologies, consumables, services, and solutions that advance, accelerate, and integrate the development and manufacture of therapeutics; cell line and cell culture media development services; cell culture media, process liquids and buffers for manufacturing, chromatography resins, filtration technologies, and aseptic fill finish; single-use hardware, consumables, and services, such as the design and installation of full manufacturing suites; lab filtration, separation, and purification; lab-scale protein purification and analytical tools; reagents, membranes, and services for diagnostic and assay development; and healthcare filtration solutions. The Life Sciences segment provides mass spectrometers; bioanalytical measurement systems; flow cytometry, genomics, lab automation, centrifugation, liquid handling automation instruments, antibodies and reagents, and particle counting and characterization; genome sample preparation; microscopes; protein consumables; filtration products; and genomic medicines, such as custom nucleic acid products, and plasmid DNA, RNA, and proteins under the ABCAM, ALDEVRON, BECKMAN COULTER, GENEDATA, IDT, LEICA MICROSYSTEMS, MOLECULAR DEVICES, PALL, PHENOMENEX, and SCIEX brands. The Diagnostics segment offers clinical instruments, consumables, software, and services that hospitals, physicians' offices, reference laboratories and other critical care settings use to diagnose disease and make treatment decisions. The company was formerly known as Diversified Mortgage Investors, Inc. and changed its name to Danaher Corporation in 1984. Danaher Corporation was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Washington, the District Of Columbia.

General Information

Headquarters:United States
City:Washington
Employees:58,000
Sector:Healthcare
Industry:Diagnostics & Research
Website:-

Key Executives

NameTitleAgeTotal pay
Mr. Steven M. RalesCo-Founder & Chairman74-
Ms. Julie Sawyer MontgomeryPresident, CEO & Director532.58M
Mr. Mitchell P. RalesCo-Founder & Director68-
Dr. Jose-Carlos Gutierrez-Ramos Ph.D.Senior VP & Chief Science Officer632.52M
Mr. Matthew R. McGrewExecutive Vice President533.17M
Mr. Rainer M. BlairSenior Advisor616.12M
Mr. Christopher Paul RileyExecutive VP of Biotechnology Group & CEO of Cytiva512.54M
Mr. Matthew E. Gugino C.F.A., CPAExecutive VP & CFO42-

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Danaher Corporation (DHR): Quantitative Analysis

Danaher Corporation (DHR) — Healthcare — Diagnostics & Research. DHR is in the S&P 500 today. Model factor scores and market data, recalculated every trading day.

So far in 2026, DHR has returned +1.0% against +11.4% for the S&P 500 (SPY): total return, dividends included on both sides, from Dec 31, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026.

DHR ranks 321 of 461 on today's multifactor score, and 43 of the 55 Healthcare companies that score. Its strongest factor is quality (Z 0.01, ranked 204 of 468); its weakest is value (Z -0.35, ranked 310 of 489). Each factor ranks only the companies with data for it, and the multifactor score only those with all four: that is why the totals differ.

Factor scores

The Z-Score is how many standard deviations the company sits from the index average: 0 is average, positive is better than average, negative is worse.

FactorZ-ScoreRank
Multifactor-0.195321 of 461
Momentum-0.236269 of 494 ↑21
Value-0.347310 of 489
Quality0.011204 of 468
Growth-0.207276 of 489

Market data

MetricValue
Price$230.11
Market Cap161.76B
P/E37.66
Revenue (last 12 months)25.61B
Price / book3.02
Book value per share$76.23
52-week range$160.93 – $242.80
Dividend yield0.70%
Beta0.80
Average volume4,019,871
Shares outstanding702.99M
Short interest (% of float)1.30% (as of Oct 15, 2026)

When does DHR report earnings? 11 of its last 12, after the close →

What are DHR insiders doing? 85 transactions filed with the SEC, of them 13 sells, the last one on Oct 28, 2026 →

DHR latest SEC filings

Filing dates on EDGAR, the SEC's public registry. All DHR filings on EDGAR.

Guides: How to read a Quant500 company page · What the S&P 500 is · P/E ratio explained · 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K · all guides

Frequently asked questions about Danaher (DHR)

When does Danaher report earnings?

Danaher has no announced date in the Nasdaq public calendar checked (Nov 3, 2026 to Dec 7, 2026). Of its last 12 earnings announcements: 11 after the close and 1 before the open (SEC filings through Oct 20, 2026). DHR earnings dates and times, quarter by quarter →

What is Danaher's P/E ratio?

Danaher's P/E (price over earnings per share for the last twelve months) is 37.7 at the Nov 3, 2026 close. That EPS is the 12-month diluted figure from the SEC, the four quarters ended Sep 25, 2026. The median of the 54 Healthcare companies with a P/E is 30.5, and the S&P 500's, 23.5: Danaher is above its sector median. Healthcare stocks, company by company →

Where does Danaher rank on Quant500?

In the Nov 3, 2026 multi-factor ranking, Danaher ranks 321 of 461, and 43 of the 55 Healthcare companies that score. The ranking orders S&P 500 companies by the average of four factors (momentum, value, quality and growth) and is recalculated every trading day. It is a model output, not investment advice. The full ranking → How it is calculated →

Have Danaher insiders bought or sold shares?

SEC Form 4 shows no open-market purchase of Danaher shares from August 2025 through Nov 3, 2026. The latest sale was on Oct 28, 2026, by an officer, for $7.0M. In total, from August 2025 through Nov 3, 2026: 0 purchases and 13 sales by directors, officers and large shareholders. All DHR insider trades →

Does Danaher pay a dividend?

Yes. Its dividend yield is 0.70% at the Nov 3, 2026 close (annual dividend of $1.60 per share). The latest recorded ex-dividend date is Sep 30, 2026.

What sector is Danaher in, and which index?

Danaher is classified in the Healthcare sector (industry: Diagnostics & Research), per the data provider's classification (similar to GICS, not identical). It is in the S&P 500 today. It is one of the 59 S&P 500 companies in that sector. Healthcare stocks →

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Data as of Nov 3, 2026. Source: point-in-time SEC fundamentals and closing prices. Method and formulas are on the home page.

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