Danaher Valuation

Is DHR undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of DHR when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: DHR ($250.5) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($298.87)

Significantly Below Fair Value: DHR is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for DHR?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

DHR key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue8.9x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA28.1x
PEG Ratio3.4x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does DHR's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for DHR vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average41.9x
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific
37.5x10.6%US$231.3b
IQV IQVIA Holdings
31.8x13.3%US$45.2b
A Agilent Technologies
28.7x3.7%US$40.4b
LONN Lonza Group
69.5x24.7%CHF 39.8b
DHR Danaher
47.9x14.3%US$193.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: DHR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (47.9x) compared to the peer average (41.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does DHR's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Life Sciences Industry?

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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: DHR is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (47.9x) compared to the Global Life Sciences industry average (34x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is DHR's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

DHR PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio47.9x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate DHR's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst DHR forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$250.50
US$285.87
+14.1%
6.4%US$310.00US$250.00n/a22
Aug ’25US$250.50
US$286.15
+14.2%
6.5%US$310.00US$250.00n/a21
Jul ’25US$250.50
US$273.39
+9.1%
7.6%US$300.00US$220.00n/a23
Jun ’25US$250.50
US$272.78
+8.9%
7.5%US$300.00US$220.00n/a23
May ’25US$250.50
US$270.08
+7.8%
8.8%US$300.00US$208.00n/a24
Apr ’25US$250.50
US$262.17
+4.7%
9.1%US$300.00US$208.00n/a24
Mar ’25n/a
US$260.75
0%
9.3%US$300.00US$208.00n/a24
Feb ’25n/a
US$260.33
0%
9.3%US$300.00US$208.00n/a24
Jan ’25n/a
US$247.16
0%
10.3%US$306.00US$205.00n/a25
Dec ’24n/a
US$241.52
0%
10.3%US$306.00US$208.00n/a23
Nov ’24n/a
US$242.39
0%
10.6%US$306.00US$208.00n/a23
Oct ’24n/a
US$283.58
0%
5.4%US$306.00US$240.00n/a23
Sep ’24n/a
US$283.97
0%
6.2%US$325.00US$240.00n/a24
Aug ’24n/a
US$285.04
0%
6.8%US$328.00US$240.00US$250.5022
Jul ’24n/a
US$278.59
0%
9.0%US$356.00US$250.00US$250.5022
Jun ’24n/a
US$279.50
0%
8.8%US$356.00US$250.00US$250.5022
May ’24n/a
US$282.86
0%
9.7%US$356.00US$242.00US$250.5021
Apr ’24n/a
US$302.35
0%
8.2%US$365.00US$242.00US$250.5020
Mar ’24n/a
US$302.85
0%
8.2%US$365.00US$242.00n/a20
Feb ’24n/a
US$302.85
0%
8.2%US$365.00US$242.00n/a20
Jan ’24n/a
US$304.71
0%
8.0%US$342.00US$242.00n/a21
Dec ’23n/a
US$305.63
0%
8.2%US$342.00US$242.00n/a19
Nov ’23n/a
US$306.40
0%
9.5%US$342.00US$215.00n/a20
Oct ’23n/a
US$320.65
0%
9.3%US$350.00US$215.00n/a20
Sep ’23n/a
US$321.60
0%
9.4%US$350.00US$215.00n/a20
Aug ’23n/a
US$319.56
0%
9.8%US$350.00US$215.00n/a18

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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