Q1 Earnings Estimate for Danaher Issued By Zacks Research

Danaher Co. (NYSE:DHR) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Danaher in a report issued on Wednesday, February 19th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the conglomerate will post earnings of $1.62 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $2.00. The consensus estimate for Danaher’s current full-year earnings is $7.63 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Danaher’s Q4 2025 earnings at $2.36 EPS.

Other analysts have also issued reports about the company. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $250.00 price target on Danaher in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on Danaher from $310.00 to $300.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 28th. Raymond James reaffirmed a “market perform” rating on shares of Danaher in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. Scotiabank started coverage on shares of Danaher in a research report on Monday, December 23rd. They issued a “sector perform” rating and a $265.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Guggenheim began coverage on shares of Danaher in a research report on Thursday, December 19th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $275.00 target price for the company. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fifteen have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $278.00.

Danaher Trading Up 0.9 %

DHR opened at $209.86 on Monday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $226.71 and its 200 day simple moving average is $246.84. The stock has a market capitalization of $151.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.75, a P/E/G ratio of 2.66 and a beta of 0.83. The company has a current ratio of 1.40, a quick ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31. Danaher has a 12 month low of $196.80 and a 12 month high of $281.70.

Danaher (NYSE:DHR) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The conglomerate reported $2.14 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.14. Danaher had a net margin of 16.33% and a return on equity of 10.82%. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.09 EPS.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Danaher

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in DHR. Heck Capital Advisors LLC bought a new position in Danaher during the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Decker Retirement Planning Inc. bought a new position in Danaher during the fourth quarter worth about $31,000. Golden State Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Danaher in the 4th quarter worth about $31,000. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC acquired a new position in shares of Danaher during the 4th quarter worth approximately $31,000. Finally, Pineridge Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Danaher by 63.3% during the fourth quarter. Pineridge Advisors LLC now owns 147 shares of the conglomerate’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 57 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 79.05% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Danaher news, SVP Brian W. Ellis sold 5,700 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $224.13, for a total transaction of $1,277,541.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 20,230 shares in the company, valued at $4,534,149.90. This trade represents a 21.98 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Company insiders own 11.10% of the company’s stock.

Danaher Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 28th will be issued a dividend of $0.32 per share. This is an increase from Danaher’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.27. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.61%. Danaher’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 20.45%.

About Danaher

Danaher Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets professional, medical, industrial, and commercial products and services worldwide. The Biotechnology segments offers bioprocess technologies, consumables, and services 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, aseptic fill finish; single-use hardware and 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; and healthcare filtration solutions.