Danaher Corporation

DHR Healthcare Diagnostics & Research

Danaher Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $24.6 billion, up 2.90% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+8.28%
EPS
+36.7%
Free cash flow
+19.1%
Total debt
+44.9%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

229.65 3.31 +1.46%
Market cap
$159.2B
P/E
37.5×
Fwd P/E
36.9×
Dividend yield
0.66%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
4.52
Beneish M
−2.57
Dividend safety
69/100

Danaher Corporation (DHR) Net margin

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Danaher Corporation's net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 16.9%, up 2.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (14.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 14.7% (fiscal 2025) to 26.7% (fiscal 2022) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Diagnostics & Research industry median of −4.10% and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 14.7% (1.62)
FY2024 16.3% (3.52)
FY2023 19.9% (6.81)
FY2022 26.7% 1.38
FY2021 25.3% 9.53
FY2020 15.8% (0.66)
FY2019 16.4% 0.86
FY2018 15.6% (0.51)
FY2017 16.1% 0.93
FY2016 15.1% (8.13)

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 18.8% 4.95
Jun 2026 13.9% (3.40)
Mar 2026 17.3% (0.22)
Dec 2025 17.5% 2.51
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 14.7% High 26.7%
Ten-year median 16.3%
Current reading's percentile 53

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. compare 25.4%
MTD Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. compare 21.9%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. compare 19.7%
A Agilent Technologies, Inc. compare 19.5%
DHR Danaher Corporation 16.9%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. compare 14.9%
IQV IQVIA Holdings Inc. compare 8.05%
WAT Waters Corporation compare 1.76%
NTRA Natera, Inc. compare −5.66%
Diagnostics & Research industry median −4.10%
Healthcare sector median 0.00%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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