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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 5.54%, EPS grew 59.7%, free cash flow grew 15.6% and total debt rose 49.2%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500.

228.97 2.53 −1.09%
Market cap
$162.7B
P/E
40.5×
Fwd P/E
29.2×
Dividend yield
0.66%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
4.52
Beneish M
−2.57
Dividend safety
69/100

Danaher Corporation (DHR) Return on assets

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Danaher Corporation's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 4.60%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.49%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.49% (fiscal 2025) to 8.48% (fiscal 2022) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Diagnostics & Research industry median of −6.71% and above the Healthcare sector median of −30.9%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 4.49% (0.32)
FY2024 4.81% (0.81)
FY2023 5.62% (2.86)
FY2022 8.48% 0.61
FY2021 7.87% 2.79
FY2020 5.08% (0.27)
FY2019 5.35% (0.26)
FY2018 5.61% 0.19
FY2017 5.42% (0.04)
FY2016 5.46% (2.42)

Against its own ten years

Low 4.49% High 8.48%
Ten-year median 5.46%
Current reading's percentile 9

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. compare 33.7%
MTD Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. compare 25.6%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. compare 13.0%
A Agilent Technologies, Inc. compare 11.0%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. compare 6.50%
IQV IQVIA Holdings Inc. compare 4.70%
DHR Danaher Corporation 4.60%
WAT Waters Corporation compare 1.13%
NTRA Natera, Inc. compare −8.71%
Diagnostics & Research industry median −6.71%
Healthcare sector median −30.9%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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