DanaherDHR
About: In 1984, Danaher's founders transformed a real estate organization into an industrial-focused manufacturing company. Then, through a series of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, Danaher now focuses primarily on manufacturing scientific instruments and consumables in the life science and diagnostic industries after the late 2023 divestiture of its environmental and applied solutions group, Veralto.
Employees: 63,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
120% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $1.53B | Put options by funds: $697M
4% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 57 [Q4 2024] → 59 (+2) [Q1 2025]
0.32% less ownership
Funds ownership: 79.06% [Q4 2024] → 78.74% (-0.32%) [Q1 2025]
5% less funds holding
Funds holding: 2,280 [Q4 2024] → 2,174 (-106) [Q1 2025]
12% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $131B [Q4 2024] → $115B (-$16B) [Q1 2025]
18% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 785 | Existing positions reduced: 953
28% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 152 | Existing positions closed: 210
Research analyst outlook
10 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
10 analyst ratings
Scotiabank Sung Ji Nam | 39%upside $275 | Sector Outperform Upgraded | 11 Jul 2025 |
Evercore ISI Group Vijay Kumar | 14%upside $226 | Outperform Maintained | 8 Jul 2025 |
Barclays Luke Sergott | 14%upside $225 | Overweight Maintained | 24 Jun 2025 |
RBC Capital Conor McNamara | 26%upside $250 | Outperform Reiterated | 23 Apr 2025 |
Goldman Sachs Matthew Sykes | 21%upside $240 | Buy Maintained | 23 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 7 articles about DHR published over the past 30 days









