For the quarter ended September 2025, Danaher (DHR) reported revenue of $6.05 billion, up 4.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.89, compared to $1.71 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $6 billion, representing a surprise of +0.94%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +10.53%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.71.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Danaher performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Total Growth - Organic sales (Core): 3% compared to the 2.6% average estimate based on five analysts.
- Total sales- Diagnostics: $2.46 billion versus $2.39 billion estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +4.2% change.
- Total sales- Life Sciences: $1.79 billion compared to the $1.81 billion average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +0.6% year over year.
- Total sales- Biotechnology: $1.8 billion compared to the $1.78 billion average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +8.8% year over year.
- Operating profit- Life Sciences: $222 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $165 million.
- Operating profit- Biotechnology: $352 million compared to the $443.32 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Operating profit- Other: $-85 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $-79.8 million.
- Operating profit- Diagnostics: $665 million compared to the $546.66 million average estimate based on two analysts.
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Shares of Danaher have returned +9.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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