In the latest trading session, 1.29 million Danaher Corp (NYSE:DHR) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 0.85. With the company’s most recent per share price at $211.47 changed hands at -$1.31 or -0.62% at last look, the market valuation stands at $151.14B. DHR’s current price is a discount, trading about -33.21% off its 52-week high of $281.70. The share price had its 52-week low at $196.80, which suggests the last value was 6.94% up since then. When we look at Danaher Corp’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 4.26 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 4.29 million.

Analysts gave the Danaher Corp (DHR) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 1.52. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 1 out of 20 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 5 recommended DHR as a Hold, 14 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Danaher Corp’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 1.64.

Danaher Corp (NYSE:DHR) trade information

Instantly DHR was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action 3.18%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -7.88%, with the 5-day performance at 3.18% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Danaher Corp (NYSE:DHR) is 3.39% up. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 8.17 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 1.42 days.

The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 275, meaning bulls need an upside of 23.1% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, DHR’s forecast low is 250 with 310 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -46.59% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -18.22% for it to hit the projected low.

Danaher Corp (DHR) estimates and forecasts

Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 1.08% up from the last financial year.

Consensus estimates given by 21 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 5.58B. 21 analysts are of the opinion that Danaher Corp’s revenue for the current quarter will be 5.81B. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 5.8B and 5.74B respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at -3.80%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at 1.10%.

Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 9.03%. The 2025 estimates are for Danaher Corp earnings to increase by 2.06%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 8.34% per year.

DHR Dividends

Danaher Corp is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on 2025-Jan-28. The 0.51% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 1.08. It is important to note, however, that the 0.51% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision. During the past 5 years, the average dividend yield was 0.37 per year.

Danaher Corp (NYSE:DHR)’s Major holders

If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 11.13% of Danaher Corp shares while 82.25% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 92.56%. There are 82.25% institutions holding the Danaher Corp stock share, with VANGUARD GROUP INC the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 8.1684% of the shares, roughly 60.49 million DHR shares worth $15.11 billion.

BLACKROCK INC. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 6.8241% or 50.54 million shares worth $12.63 billion as of 2024-06-30.

Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Dec 31, 2024 were Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund. With 20.36 shares estimated at $4.3 billion under it, the former controlled 2.85% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard 500 Index Fund held about 2.43% of the shares, roughly 17.4 shares worth around $3.68 billion.