DHR's Quality Score rose 3 points on Tue, Nov 10, to 17. Buying reached its highest in 20 days (2 chart checks started).
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Up 12% in a year while the S&P 500 rose 12%.
| The chart | Its calmest 3 weeks in 6 months |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 21 |
Tue Nov 17: Jefferies 17th Annual London Global…Investor conference · date confirmed.
After its last 4 reports it closed -3.0% on average, higher 1 of 4 times.
Excellentfor quality, not price, 10 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
Well above its recent run. DHR scores 17 today, against a median of 12.5 over its last 20 recorded sessions.
DHR is #1 of 11 by Quality Score.
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Sales over four quarters against a year before: DHR +5.5%, AME +14%.
Expected to report Wed Jan 27, before the open (in 78 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
The figures are not read from the release yet.
DHR's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Adjusted diluted net earnings per common share | $8.57 to $8.62 |
Sales grew 2% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $1.60 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2026 | -3.0% | +4.3% | +3.5% |
| Jul 20, 2026 | -16.1% | -11.0% | -2.3% |
| Apr 20, 2026 | +0.8% | -0.5% | -7.6% |
Sales grew in five of the last seven years, to $25B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
RSI 58.6, MACD below signal, above both averages. Not scored.
4 insiders sold $26.1M across 9 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
29 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: DHR is 0.6% of VIG, 0.6% of SCHG, and 0.5% of JEPI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Aug 31, 2026.
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 sciences and diagnostic industries after the late 2023 divestiture of its environmental and applied solutions group, Veralto.
“Although the Company’s businesses generally operate in highly competitive markets, the Company’s competitive position cannot be determined accurately in the aggregate or by segment since none of its competitors offer all of the same product and service lines or serve all of the same markets as the Company or any of its segments.”
DHR scores 17 today, which Breakaway calls Excellent. It is #1 of 11 in Industrial Instruments for Measurement, Display, and Control by Quality Score, with 10 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 12% in a year while the S&P 500 rose 12%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
DHR scores 17 today, which Breakaway calls Excellent (15 to 19). That is #1 of 11 in Industrial Instruments for Measurement, Display, and Control by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind DHR's 17.
4 insiders sold $26.1M across 9 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Matthew McGrew, Executive Vice President, who sold $4.1M on Nov 9. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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