Danaher Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

DHR Stock  USD 230.40  1.48  0.65%   
Considering the 90-day investment horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Danaher is 'Buy'. A buy or sell recommendation provided by Macroaxis is an automated analysis based on historical performance and your stated risk tolerance. It serves as guidance on whether to purchase or sell Danaher within the specified time frame.Check out Danaher Analyst Recommendation to compare Macroaxis Buy or Sell Recommendation with the current analyst consensus. To check ratings for multiple equity instruments, please use the Instant Ratings tool.
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

Execute Advice
Sell DanaherBuy Danaher
Buy

Market Performance

FairDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

Low keyDetails

Current Valuation

UndervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

TinyDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Follows the market closelyDetails

Investor Sentiment

InterestedDetails

Analyst Consensus

Strong BuyDetails

Financial Strenth (F Score)

HealthyDetails

Financial Leverage

Not RatedDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

Unlikely ManipulatorDetails
For the selected time horizon Danaher has a Risk Adjusted Performance of 0.1092, Jensen Alpha of 0.1942, Total Risk Alpha of 0.1017, Sortino Ratio of 0.1664 and Treynor Ratio of 0.3335
Macroaxis provides advice on Danaher to complement and cross-verify current analyst consensus on Danaher. Our investment recommendation engine determines the company's potential to grow exclusively from the perspective of an investor's current risk tolerance and investing horizon. To make sure Danaher is not overpriced, please confirm all Danaher fundamentals, including its current ratio, total asset, and the relationship between the net income and price to earnings to growth . Given that Danaher has a price to earning of 29.97 X, we urge you to verify Danaher market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself in the current economic cycle given your prevailing risk tolerance and investing horizon.

Danaher Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

Danaher is unlikely to experience financial distress in the next 2 years
Over 83.0% of the company shares are held by institutions such as insurance companies
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Danaher Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Danaher's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Danaher's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Danaher daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Danaher price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Danaher returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Danaher.
Mean Return
0.24
Value At Risk
-1.67
Potential Upside
2.35
Standard Deviation
1.67
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Danaher historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Danaher Stock Institutional Investors

The Danaher's institutional investors refer to entities that pool money to purchase Danaher's securities or originate loans. These institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds.
Shares
Northern Trust Corp2025-06-30
7.5 M
Jpmorgan Chase & Co2025-06-30
7.4 M
T. Rowe Price Investment Management,inc.2025-06-30
M
Hhg Plc2025-06-30
6.5 M
Ubs Asset Mgmt Americas Inc2025-06-30
6.4 M
Parnassus Investments Llc2025-06-30
6.3 M
Bank Of America Corp2025-06-30
6.1 M
Goldman Sachs Group Inc2025-06-30
5.4 M
Generation Investment Management Llp2025-06-30
M
Vanguard Group Inc2025-06-30
60.8 M
Blackrock Inc2025-06-30
52.2 M
Note, although Danaher's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Danaher Cash Flow Accounts

202120222023202420252026 (projected)
Change To Inventory(502M)(486M)185M147M132.3M138.9M
Change In Cash(3.4B)3.4B(131M)(3.8B)(3.4B)(3.2B)
Free Cash Flow7.1B7.4B5.8B5.3B6.1B6.4B
Depreciation2.2B2.2B2.2B2.4B2.7B2.8B
Capital Expenditures1.3B1.2B1.4B1.4B1.6B1.7B
Net Income6.3B7.2B4.2B3.9B4.5B4.7B
End Period Cash Flow2.6B6.0B5.9B2.1B2.4B2.0B
Other Non Cash Items601M830M864M(117M)(134.6M)(141.3M)
Dividends Paid742M818M(821M)(768M)(883.2M)(839.0M)
Investments(808M)(2.2B)(1.9B)(2.0B)(1.8B)(1.7B)
Change Receivables(156.4M)(264M)(611M)(477M)(429.3M)(407.8M)
Net Borrowings2.1B(1.7B)(1.6B)(1.7B)(1.5B)(1.4B)
Change To Netincome37.8M243M415M(223M)(200.7M)(190.7M)

Danaher Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Danaher or Health Care Equipment & Supplies sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Danaher's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Danaher stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
0.19
β
Beta against Dow Jones0.70
σ
Overall volatility
1.41
Ir
Information ratio 0.11

Danaher Volatility Alert

Danaher has relatively low volatility with skewness of 1.85 and kurtosis of 5.56. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Danaher's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Danaher's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Danaher Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Danaher's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Danaher's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Danaher and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Danaher or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Danaher's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Danaher by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare Danaher to competition
FundamentalsDanaherPeer Average
Return On Equity0.0684-0.31
Return On Asset0.0406-0.14
Profit Margin0.14 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.21 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation177.03 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding706.35 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders11.06 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions83.30 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted8.69 M4.71 M
Price To Earning29.97 X28.72 X
Price To Book3.17 X9.51 X
Price To Sales6.75 X11.42 X
Revenue23.88 B9.43 B
Gross Profit14.46 B27.38 B
EBITDA7.28 B3.9 B
Net Income3.9 B570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents2.08 B2.7 B
Cash Per Share7.07 X5.01 X
Total Debt17.15 B5.32 B
Debt To Equity0.43 %48.70 %
Current Ratio1.78 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share72.31 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations6.69 B971.22 M
Short Ratio2.28 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share4.85 X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth1.98 X4.89 X
Target Price258.09
Number Of Employees61 K18.84 K
Beta0.92-0.15
Market Capitalization163.92 B19.03 B
Total Asset77.54 B29.47 B
Retained Earnings44.19 B9.33 B
Working Capital2.7 B1.48 B
Note: Acquisition by Mitchell Rales of 1543 shares of Danaher subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]

Danaher Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as Danaher . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

Danaher Target Price Consensus

Danaher target price is determined by taking all analyst projections and averaging them out. There is no one specific way to measure analysts' performance other than comparing it to past results via a very sophisticated attribution analysis. Danaher's target price projections below should be used in combination with other traditional price prediction techniques such as stock price forecasting, investor sentiment analysis, technical analysis, earnings estimate, and various momentum models.
   26  Strong Buy
Most Danaher analysts issue ratings four times a year, at intervals of three months. Ratings are usually accompanied by a target price to help potential investors understand Danaher stock's fair price compared to its market value. Analysts arrive at stock ratings after researching the public financial statements of Danaher, talking to its executives and customers, or listening to those companies' conference calls.
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Danaher Target Price Projection

Danaher's current and average target prices are 230.40 and 258.09, respectively. The current price of Danaher is the price at which Danaher is currently trading. On the other hand, Danaher's target price is what analysts think the stock is worth or could sell for in the future. The more significant the discrepancy between the two prices, the more it stimulates investors to act.

Current Price

Danaher Market Quote on 3rd of January 2026

Low Price227.23Odds
High Price232.1Odds

230.4

Target Price

Analyst Consensus On Danaher Target Price

Low Estimate234.86Odds
High Estimate286.48Odds

258.0909

Historical Lowest Forecast  234.86 Target Price  258.09 Highest Forecast  286.48
Note that most analysts generally publish their price targets in research reports on specific companies, along with recommendations for the company's stock.Although price targets are often quoted in the financial news media, there could be a delay between the publication of the latest analyst outlook on Danaher and the information provided on this page.

Danaher Analyst Ratings

Danaher's analyst stock recommendations are determined by taking an average estimate of all analysts we track and classifying them as Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Strong Sell, or Sell. Ratings generally communicate what analysts sense about Danaher stock, and they use a lot of effort and time to analyze it and arrive at a rating. That suggests that analyst recommendations are the outcome of an objective and thorough examination of Danaher's financials, market performance, and future outlook by experienced professionals. Danaher's historical ratings below, therefore, can serve as a valuable tool for investors.

Analyst Consensus Breakdown

Average Consensus Estimates

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