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Danaher Corporation (DHR) 10-Year Financial Performance & Capital Metrics

DHR • • Industrial / General
HealthcareDiagnostics & ResearchLife Sciences Instrumentation & ToolsLaboratory Equipment & Consumables
AboutDanaher Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets professional, medical, industrial, and commercial products and services worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Life Sciences, Diagnostics, and Environmental & Applied Solutions. The Life Sciences segment provides mass spectrometers; flow cytometry, genomics, lab automation, centrifugation, particle counting and characterization; microscopes; genomics consumables; and Gene and Cell Therapy. This segment also offers bioprocess technologies, consumables, and services; and filtration, separation, and purification technologies to the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical, food and beverage, medical, and life sciences companies, as well as universities, medical schools and research institutions, and various industrial manufacturers. The Diagnostics segment provides chemistry, immunoassay, microbiology, and automation systems, as well as hematology, molecular, acute care, and pathology diagnostics products. This segment offers clinical instruments, reagents, consumables, software, and services for hospitals, physicians' offices, reference laboratories, and other critical care settings. The Environmental & Applied Solutions segment offers instrumentation, consumables, software, services, and disinfection systems to analyze, treat, and manage ultra-pure, potable, industrial, waste, ground, source, and ocean water in residential, commercial, industrial, and natural resource applications. This segment also provides instruments, software, services, and consumables for various color and appearance management, packaging design and quality management, packaging converting, printing, marking, coding, and traceability applications for consumer, pharmaceutical, and industrial products. The company was formerly known as Diversified Mortgage Investors, Inc. and changed its name to Danaher Corporation in 1984. Danaher Corporation was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Washington, the District of Columbia.Show more
  • Revenue $23.88B
  • EBITDA $7.54B +1.2%
  • Net Income $3.9B -18.2%
  • EPS (Diluted) 5.29 -17.1%
  • Gross Margin 59.5% +1.3%
  • EBITDA Margin 31.56% +1.3%
  • Operating Margin 21.71% -1.7%
  • Net Margin 16.33% -18.1%
  • ROE 7.57% -17.7%
  • ROIC 5.9% -1.7%
  • Debt/Equity 0.35 -5.3%
  • Interest Coverage 18.65 +2.1%
Technical Analysis

Key Insights

Based on financial data analysis

✓Strengths

  • ✓Strong Piotroski F-Score: 7/9
  • ✓FCF machine: 22.2% free cash flow margin
  • ✓High quality earnings: Operating CF exceeds net income
  • ✓Healthy 5Y average net margin of 20.3%

✗Weaknesses

No significant weaknesses identified

* These insights are generated automatically based on available financial data. Please conduct your own research before making investment decisions.

Price & Volume

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Growth Metrics

Revenue CAGR

10Y1.83%
5Y5.92%
3Y-6.76%
TTM2.22%

Profit (Net Income) CAGR

10Y4.14%
5Y8.8%
3Y-15.37%
TTM-9.99%

EPS CAGR

10Y3.84%
5Y9.05%
3Y-14.99%
TTM-7.44%

ROCE

10Y Avg7.78%
5Y Avg8.4%
3Y Avg7.99%
Latest7.06%

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DHRDanaher Corporation169.45B239.8945.35-0.06%14.43%6.86%3.13%0.35
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MTDMettler-Toledo International Inc.30.57B1496.6136.802.22%21.2%2.83%
AAgilent Technologies, Inc.41.06B144.8331.696.73%18.75%19.33%2.81%0.50
TWSTTwist Bioscience Corporation2.53B41.27-31.7520.32%-23.51%-17.81%0.16

Profit & Loss

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Sales/Revenue+14.43B16.88B18.33B17.05B17.91B22.28B29.45B26.64B23.89B23.88B
Revenue Growth %-0.28%0.17%0.09%-0.07%0.05%0.24%0.32%-0.1%-0.1%-0%
Cost of Goods Sold+6.52B7.5B8.1B7.54B7.93B9.81B11.5B10.46B9.86B9.67B
COGS % of Revenue0.45%0.44%0.44%0.44%0.44%0.44%0.39%0.39%0.41%0.4%
Gross Profit+7.91B9.38B10.23B9.51B9.98B12.47B17.95B16.19B14.03B14.21B
Gross Margin %0.55%0.56%0.56%0.56%0.56%0.56%0.61%0.61%0.59%0.6%
Gross Profit Growth %-0.25%0.19%0.09%-0.07%0.05%0.25%0.44%-0.1%-0.13%0.01%
Operating Expenses+5.5B6.4B7.08B6.44B6.62B8.16B9.9B8.65B8.76B9.02B
OpEx % of Revenue0.38%0.38%0.39%0.38%0.37%0.37%0.34%0.32%0.37%0.38%
Selling, General & Admin4.63B5.42B5.95B5.38B5.5B6.82B8.16B7.12B7.25B7.44B
SG&A % of Revenue0.32%0.32%0.32%0.32%0.31%0.31%0.28%0.27%0.3%0.31%
Research & Development861.4M975.1M1.13B1.06B1.13B1.35B1.74B1.53B1.5B1.58B
R&D % of Revenue0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.07%
Other Operating Expenses0000000000
Operating Income+2.42B2.99B3.15B3.07B3.36B4.31B8.05B7.54B5.28B5.18B
Operating Margin %0.17%0.18%0.17%0.18%0.19%0.19%0.27%0.28%0.22%0.22%
Operating Income Growth %-0.33%0.24%0.05%-0.03%0.1%0.28%0.87%-0.06%-0.3%-0.02%
EBITDA+3.3B4.12B4.39B4.25B4.55B6.09B10.22B9.67B7.45B7.54B
EBITDA Margin %0.23%0.24%0.24%0.25%0.25%0.27%0.35%0.36%0.31%0.32%
EBITDA Growth %-0.27%0.25%0.07%-0.03%0.07%0.34%0.68%-0.05%-0.23%0.01%
D&A (Non-Cash Add-back)880.8M1.13B1.24B1.18B1.19B1.77B2.17B2.13B2.17B2.35B
EBIT2.18B2.8B3.1B3.1B3.41B4.77B7.84B7.35B5.33B4.92B
Net Interest Income+-135.2M-184.2M-155.2M-127.7M30.4M-202M-230M-166M14M-161M
Interest Income4.6M200K7.5M9.2M139M71M11M41M303M117M
Interest Expense139.8M184.4M162.7M136.9M108.6M273M241M207M289M278M
Other Income/Expense-378.3M-376M-210.7M-108.2M-57.1M183M-452M-390M-235M-538M
Pretax Income+2.04B2.61B2.94B2.96B3.31B4.5B7.6B7.15B5.04B4.65B
Pretax Margin %0.14%0.15%0.16%0.17%0.18%0.2%0.26%0.27%0.21%0.19%
Income Tax+292.7M457.9M469M555.6M873M849M1.25B818M823M747M
Effective Tax Rate %1.27%0.98%0.85%0.9%0.77%0.81%0.85%1.01%0.94%0.84%
Net Income+2.6B2.55B2.49B2.65B2.56B3.65B6.43B7.21B4.76B3.9B
Net Margin %0.18%0.15%0.14%0.16%0.14%0.16%0.22%0.27%0.2%0.16%
Net Income Growth %-0%-0.02%-0.02%0.06%-0.04%0.43%0.76%0.12%-0.34%-0.18%
Net Income (Continuing)1.75B2.15B2.47B2.41B2.43B3.65B6.35B6.33B4.22B3.9B
Discontinued Operations850.2M400.3M22.3M244.6M124.9M086M881M543M0
Minority Interest73.7M74M9.6M12.3M11.3M11M10M8M4M7M
EPS (Diluted)+4.743.653.533.733.434.898.619.646.385.29
EPS Growth %0.31%-0.23%-0.03%0.06%-0.08%0.43%0.76%0.12%-0.34%-0.17%
EPS (Basic)4.813.693.583.783.484.978.779.806.445.33
Diluted Shares Outstanding708.5M699.8M706.1M710.2M725.5M718.7M736.8M737.1M743.1M737.2M
Basic Shares Outstanding698.1M691.2M695.8M700.6M715M706.2M714.6M725.1M736.5M731M
Dividend Payout Ratio0.14%0.16%0.15%0.16%0.21%0.17%0.12%0.11%0.17%0.2%

Balance Sheet

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Total Current Assets+7.84B6.67B6.85B7.09B25.6B13.8B11.65B15.88B13.94B9.5B
Cash & Short-Term Investments790.8M963.7M630.3M787.8M19.91B6.04B2.59B6B5.86B2.08B
Cash Only790.8M963.7M630.3M787.8M19.91B6.04B2.59B6B5.86B2.08B
Short-Term Investments0000000000
Accounts Receivable2.99B3.19B3.52B3.11B3.27B4.81B5.44B5.06B4.64B4.39B
Days Sales Outstanding75.4968.8870.1366.6266.678.7967.4569.3870.8567.11
Inventory1.57B1.71B1.84B1.63B1.63B2.29B2.77B2.77B2.59B2.33B
Days Inventory Outstanding88.0783.282.9678.9474.9785.2987.8196.5396.0687.96
Other Current Assets2.49B805.9M857.1M1.56B787.6M665M82M1.36B71M79M
Total Non-Current Assets+40.39B38.63B39.8B40.74B36.48B62.36B71.54B68.47B70.55B68.05B
Property, Plant & Equipment2.3B2.35B2.45B2.25B3.07B4.2B4.83B4.59B5.61B6.07B
Fixed Asset Turnover6.27x7.17x7.47x7.58x5.84x5.30x6.10x5.80x4.26x3.93x
Goodwill21.01B23.83B25.14B22.58B22.71B35.42B41.18B37.28B41.61B40.5B
Intangible Assets10.55B11.82B11.67B10.28B9.75B21.28B22.84B19.82B20.75B18.57B
Long-Term Investments401.4M170.1M45.4M38.3M33.7M27M1.32B2.16B1.7B1.81B
Other Non-Current Assets6.12B461.2M492.9M5.59B923.4M1.43B1.36B4.61B896M1.09B
Total Assets+48.22B45.3B46.65B47.83B62.08B76.16B83.18B84.35B84.49B77.54B
Asset Turnover0.30x0.37x0.39x0.36x0.29x0.29x0.35x0.32x0.28x0.31x
Asset Growth %0.3%-0.06%0.03%0.03%0.3%0.23%0.09%0.01%0%-0.08%
Total Current Liabilities+6.17B6.87B4.79B4.84B4.93B7.4B8.14B8.39B8.27B6.8B
Accounts Payable1.39B1.49B1.51B1.5B1.51B2.05B2.57B1.86B1.77B1.75B
Days Payables Outstanding77.9272.2868.0572.3669.7376.2481.5364.865.466.17
Short-Term Debt845.2M2.59B194.7M51.8M370.2M200M215M758M1.88B505M
Deferred Revenue (Current)1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K
Other Current Liabilities2.22B954.7M978.5M1.41B921.1M1.93B1.59B2.48B1.4B1.34B
Current Ratio1.27x0.97x1.43x1.47x5.19x1.86x1.43x1.89x1.68x1.40x
Quick Ratio1.02x0.72x1.05x1.13x4.86x1.55x1.09x1.56x1.37x1.05x
Cash Conversion Cycle85.6379.8185.0473.271.8587.8373.74101.11101.5188.9
Total Non-Current Liabilities+18.29B15.34B15.49B14.76B26.87B28.98B29.87B25.87B22.72B21.19B
Long-Term Debt12.03B9.67B10.33B9.69B21.52B21.19B22.17B19.09B16.71B15.5B
Capital Lease Obligations015.2M00652.2M785M889M772M954M968M
Deferred Tax Liabilities0000000000
Other Non-Current Liabilities6.19B5.58B5.06B4.97B4.59B6.8B6.6B5.79B4.81B4.49B
Total Liabilities24.46B22.22B20.28B19.61B31.8B36.38B38.01B34.26B31B27.99B
Total Debt+12.87B12.27B10.52B9.74B22.53B22.18B23.27B20.62B19.54B17.15B
Net Debt12.08B11.31B9.89B8.95B2.61B16.14B20.69B14.62B13.67B15.07B
Debt / Equity0.54x0.53x0.40x0.35x0.74x0.56x0.52x0.41x0.37x0.35x
Debt / EBITDA3.90x2.98x2.40x2.29x4.95x3.64x2.28x2.13x2.62x2.28x
Net Debt / EBITDA3.66x2.75x2.25x2.11x0.57x2.65x2.02x1.51x1.84x2.00x
Interest Coverage17.29x16.20x19.36x22.43x30.96x15.79x33.40x36.41x18.27x18.65x
Total Equity+23.76B23.08B26.37B28.23B30.28B39.78B45.18B50.09B53.49B49.55B
Equity Growth %0.01%-0.03%0.14%0.07%0.07%0.31%0.14%0.11%0.07%-0.07%
Book Value per Share33.5432.9837.3439.7441.7455.3561.3267.9671.9867.21
Total Shareholders' Equity23.69B23B26.36B28.21B30.27B39.77B45.17B50.08B53.49B49.54B
Common Stock8M8.1M8.1M8.2M8.4M9M9M9M9M9M
Retained Earnings21.01B20.7B22.81B25.16B24.17B27.16B32.83B39.2B41.07B44.19B
Treasury Stock000000000-8.16B
Accumulated OCI-2.31B-3.02B-1.99B-2.79B-3.07B-368M-1.03B-2.87B-1.75B-3.22B
Minority Interest73.7M74M9.6M12.3M11.3M11M10M8M4M7M

Cash Flow

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Cash from Operations+3.8B3.52B3.48B4.02B3.95B6.21B8.36B8.52B7.16B6.69B
Operating CF Margin %0.26%0.21%0.19%0.24%0.22%0.28%0.28%0.32%0.3%0.28%
Operating CF Growth %0.01%-0.07%-0.01%0.16%-0.02%0.57%0.35%0.02%-0.16%-0.07%
Net Income2.6B2.15B2.47B2.65B2.43B3.65B6.35B7.21B4.22B3.9B
Depreciation & Amortization1.05B1.13B1.24B1.31B1.19B1.77B2.17B2.22B2.17B2.35B
Stock-Based Compensation139M129.8M139.4M151.4M158.8M187M184M295M306M288M
Deferred Taxes-151.3M-383.9M-426.9M-195.1M-415.2M-462M-318M-559M00
Other Non-Cash Items112.7M773.6M410.2M197.2M709.4M457M601M830M864M-117M
Working Capital Changes51.4M-279.2M-353M-90.1M-123.2M605M-658M-1.52B-393M266M
Change in Receivables-52.1M-183.1M-161.4M-58.3M-156.4M-264M-611M-477M322M331M
Change in Inventory119.7M9.4M-27.4M-143.3M-21.9M-123M-502M-486M185M147M
Change in Payables103.9M78.1M-54.4M225.8M18.1M227M549M5M-149M19M
Cash from Investing+-14.95B-5.24B-843.4M-2.95B-1.24B-21.24B-12.99B-2.23B-7.08B-1.98B
Capital Expenditures-512.9M-589.6M-570.7M-584M-635.5M-791M-1.29B-1.15B-1.38B-1.39B
CapEx % of Revenue0.04%0.03%0.03%0.03%0.04%0.04%0.04%0.04%0.06%0.06%
Acquisitions----------
Investments----------
Other Investing-89M-4.65B-272.7M-65M28.9M26M50M60M23M-511M
Cash from Financing+9.05B2.04B-3.1B-797M16.37B1.01B1.29B-2.57B-273M-8.38B
Debt Issued (Net)----------
Equity Issued (Net)----------
Dividends Paid-354.1M-399.8M-378.3M-433.4M-526.7M-615M-742M-818M-821M-768M
Share Repurchases----------
Other Financing-3.3M-512.3M-124.2M-17.6M-274.7M-29M-16M-95M2.11B-131M
Net Change in Cash----------
Free Cash Flow+3.29B2.93B2.91B3.44B3.32B5.42B7.06B7.37B5.78B5.3B
FCF Margin %0.23%0.17%0.16%0.2%0.19%0.24%0.24%0.28%0.24%0.22%
FCF Growth %-0%-0.11%-0.01%0.18%-0.04%0.63%0.3%0.04%-0.22%-0.08%
FCF per Share4.644.194.124.844.577.549.599.997.787.18
FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income)1.46x1.38x1.40x1.52x1.55x1.70x1.30x1.18x1.50x1.72x
Interest Paid0000000000
Taxes Paid0000000000

Key Ratios

Metric2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Return on Equity (ROE)11%10.9%10.08%9.71%8.74%10.41%15.14%15.13%9.2%7.57%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)6.07%6.38%6.69%6.27%7.2%7.28%9.92%8.66%6%5.9%
Gross Margin54.83%55.58%55.81%55.75%55.74%55.98%60.95%60.76%58.74%59.5%
Net Margin17.99%15.13%13.6%15.55%14.28%16.36%21.84%27.06%19.94%16.33%
Debt / Equity0.54x0.53x0.40x0.35x0.74x0.56x0.52x0.41x0.37x0.35x
Interest Coverage17.29x16.20x19.36x22.43x30.96x15.79x33.40x36.41x18.27x18.65x
FCF Conversion1.46x1.38x1.40x1.52x1.55x1.70x1.30x1.18x1.50x1.72x
Revenue Growth-27.52%16.97%8.57%-6.99%5.06%24.41%32.17%-9.54%-10.33%-0.06%

Revenue by Segment

2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Measurement, Recurring---13.72B12.31B15.98B21.8B23.72B18.68B19.37B
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Measurement, Recurring Growth-----10.32%29.82%36.41%8.82%-21.23%3.66%
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Measurement, Nonrecurring---6.17B5.6B6.31B7.66B7.75B5.21B4.51B
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Measurement, Nonrecurring Growth-----9.17%12.53%21.44%1.25%-32.83%-13.42%
Diagnostics--5.84B-------
Diagnostics Growth----------
Life Sciences--5.71B-------
Life Sciences Growth----------
Environmental & Applied Solutions--3.97B-------
Environmental & Applied Solutions Growth----------
Dental2.74B-2.81B-------
Dental Growth----------
Research and medical products-10.37B--------
Research and medical products Growth----------
Dental products-2.79B--------
Dental products Growth----------
Analytical And Physical Instrumentation-2.09B--------
Analytical And Physical Instrumentation Growth----------
Product Identification-1.64B--------
Product Identification Growth----------
Life Sciences And Diagnostics8.21B---------
Life Sciences And Diagnostics Growth----------
Environmental3.64B---------
Environmental Growth----------
Industrial Technologies3.32B---------
Industrial Technologies Growth----------
Test And Measurement2.65B---------
Test And Measurement Growth----------

Revenue by Geography

2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Other developed markets8.38B6.76B7.45B8B7.93B9.74B12.71B12.64B1.27B11.14B
Other developed markets Growth--19.34%10.21%7.37%-0.81%22.84%30.50%-0.55%-89.95%777.40%
North America9.07B6.38B6.84B7.37B6.66B8.62B11.28B13.37B9.96B9.93B
North America Growth--29.71%7.22%7.85%-9.69%29.38%30.95%18.45%-25.47%-0.34%
CHINA1.99B1.8B2.01B2.36B2.31B2.69B3.98B4B-2.81B
CHINA Growth--9.58%11.81%17.19%-2.10%16.47%47.88%0.68%--
High-growth markets--------7.19B-
High-growth markets Growth----------
Western Europe--------5.47B-
Western Europe Growth----------
GERMANY1.12B1.08B1.16B1.25B1.01B1.24B1.48B1.46B--
GERMANY Growth--3.46%7.10%7.35%-18.77%22.21%19.71%-1.42%--
JAPAN-864.7M872.1M918.7M------
JAPAN Growth--0.86%5.34%------

Frequently Asked Questions

Valuation & Price

Danaher Corporation (DHR) has a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 45.3x. This suggests investors expect higher future growth.

Growth & Financials

Danaher Corporation (DHR) reported $24.27B in revenue for fiscal year 2024. This represents a 51% increase from $16.09B in 2011.

Danaher Corporation (DHR) saw revenue decline by 0.1% over the past year.

Yes, Danaher Corporation (DHR) is profitable, generating $3.50B in net income for fiscal year 2024 (16.3% net margin).

Dividend & Returns

Yes, Danaher Corporation (DHR) pays a dividend with a yield of 0.43%. This makes it attractive for income-focused investors.

Danaher Corporation (DHR) has a return on equity (ROE) of 7.6%. This is below average, suggesting room for improvement.

Danaher Corporation (DHR) generated $5.02B in free cash flow for fiscal year 2024. Positive FCF indicates the company can fund dividends, buybacks, or reinvestment.

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