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DHR (Danaher) Profitability Rank : 8 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Danaher Profitability Rank?

Danaher has the Profitability Rank of 8. It has a higher profitability and may stay that way.

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is rated on a scale of 1 to 10 and is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank

A higher score indicates superior profitability, with companies rated 7 or above considered to have more robust and sustainable profit generation. Conversely, a score of 3 or lower suggests challenges in generating consistent profits.

Danaher's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 22.19%. As of today, Danaher's Piotroski F-Score is 6.


Competitive Comparison of Danaher's Profitability Rank

For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Danaher's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Danaher's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry

For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Danaher's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Danaher's Profitability Rank falls into.


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Danaher Profitability Rank Calculation

GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.

The rank is rated on a scale of 1 to 10. A higher score indicates superior profitability, with companies rated 7 or above considered to have more robust and sustainable profit generation. Conversely, a score of 3 or lower suggests challenges in generating consistent profits.

Danaher has the Profitability Rank of 8. It has a higher profitability and may stay that way.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability Rank is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin %

Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

Danaher's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 ) / Revenue (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=1274 / 5741
=22.19 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

2. Piotroski F-Score

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1

Danaher has an F-score of 6 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.

Good Sign:

Danaher Corp operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

4. Consistency of the profitability

5. Predictability Rank


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Danaher Business Description

Address
2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, North West, Suite 800W, Washington, DC, USA, 20037-1701
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.
Executives
Steven M Rales director, officer: Chairman 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW, SUITE 800W, WASHINGTON DC 20037
Alan G Spoon director 1150 15TH ST NW, WASHINGTON DC 20071
Brian W Ellis officer: Senior Vice President - GC 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW, WASHINGTON DC 20037
Daniel Raskas officer: VP-Corporate Development 2099 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NORTHWEST, WASHINGTON DC 20006
Georgeann Couchara officer: SVP, Human Resources 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW, SUITE 800W, WASHINGTON DC 20037
Linda Filler director 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW, SUITE 800W, WASHINGTON DC 20037
Matthew Mcgrew officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW, SUITE 800 W, WASHINGTON DC 20010
Rainer Blair officer: Executive Vice President 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW, SUITE 800W, WASHINGTON DC 20037
Joakim Weidemanis officer: Executive Vice President 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, SUITE 800W, WASHINGTON DC 20037
Walter G Lohr director DANAHER CORP, 2099 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW 12TH FL, WASHINGTON DC 20006
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Jennifer Honeycutt officer: Executive Vice President 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, SUITE 800W, WASHINGTON DC 20037
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