Danaher Corp (NYSE: DHR) is -16.90% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $171.00 and a high of $281.70 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The DHR stock was last observed hovering at around $202.5 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.7%.
Currently trading at $203.2, the stock is 1.92% and 3.77% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.39 million and changing 0.35% at the moment leaves the stock -8.62% off its SMA200. DHR registered -11.48% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -11.52%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $195.8162 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $222.36694.
The stock witnessed a 5.80% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -0.96%, and is 0.86% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.52% over the week and 2.24% over the month.
Danaher Corp (DHR) has around 63000 employees, a market worth around $145.42B and $23.82B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 39.39 and Fwd P/E is 23.71. Profit margin for the company is 15.81%. Distance from 52-week low is 18.83% and -27.87% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.63%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 2.97% this year.
Danaher Corp (DHR) Top Institutional Holders
2937.0 institutions hold shares in Danaher Corp (DHR), with institutional investors hold 92.65% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 715.60M, and float is at 652.19M with Short Float at 1.19%. Institutions hold 82.43% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 60.49 million shares valued at $15.11 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 8.2016% of the DHR Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 50.54 million shares valued at $12.63 billion to account for 6.8518 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 27.67 million shares representing 3.7518% and valued at over $6.92 billion, while WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP holds 3.3186 of the shares totaling 24.48 million with a market value of $6.12 billion.
Danaher Corp (DHR) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by RALES STEVEN M, the company’s Chairman. SEC filings show that RALES STEVEN M sold 1,250,000 shares of the company’s common stock on May 12 ’25 at a price of $196.74 per share for a total of $245.92 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 3.11 million shares.
