Leerink Partnrs Brokers Raise Earnings Estimates for Danaher

Danaher Co. (NYSE:DHR) – Stock analysts at Leerink Partnrs boosted their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Danaher in a research report issued on Tuesday, January 21st. Leerink Partnrs analyst P. Souda now forecasts that the conglomerate will post earnings of $8.26 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $8.22. The consensus estimate for Danaher’s current full-year earnings is $7.50 per share. Leerink Partnrs also issued estimates for Danaher’s Q4 2025 earnings at $2.50 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.26 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Robert W. Baird lowered their price objective on Danaher from $278.00 to $277.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Bank of America raised Danaher from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $290.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Friday, December 13th. Evercore ISI upped their target price on shares of Danaher from $275.00 to $278.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 1st. Guggenheim started coverage on shares of Danaher in a research note on Thursday, December 19th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $275.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Raymond James dropped their price objective on shares of Danaher from $300.00 to $275.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fifteen have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Danaher presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $285.55.

Danaher Price Performance

Shares of NYSE DHR opened at $244.19 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a current ratio of 1.37. The firm has a market cap of $176.38 billion, a PE ratio of 46.60, a PEG ratio of 4.43 and a beta of 0.83. Danaher has a one year low of $225.42 and a one year high of $281.70. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $234.90 and a 200 day moving average of $253.47.

Danaher (NYSE:DHR) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 22nd. The conglomerate reported $1.71 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.57 by $0.14. Danaher had a return on equity of 10.62% and a net margin of 16.39%. The business had revenue of $5.80 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.59 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $2.02 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Danaher

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. FMR LLC grew its position in shares of Danaher by 15.8% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 23,617,424 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $6,566,116,000 after purchasing an additional 3,217,631 shares during the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA increased its position in Danaher by 17.6% during the third quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 3,582,982 shares of the conglomerate’s stock worth $996,141,000 after buying an additional 535,254 shares in the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Danaher by 40,196.5% in the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 429,964 shares of the conglomerate’s stock worth $119,539,000 after acquiring an additional 428,897 shares during the last quarter. Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Danaher by 30.4% during the third quarter. Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc. now owns 1,705,884 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $465,617,000 after acquiring an additional 397,671 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA purchased a new stake in Danaher during the 4th quarter worth about $74,551,000. 79.05% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Danaher Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 31st. Investors of record on Friday, December 27th will be issued a $0.27 dividend. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.44%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 27th. Danaher’s dividend payout ratio is currently 20.61%.

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.