Danaher Corporation (DHR): Today's Featured Industrial Laggard

Danaher Corporation (DHR) pushed the Industrial industry lower today making it today's featured Industrial laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.6%. By the end of trading, Danaher Corporation fell 40 cents (-0.8%) to $52.96 on light volume. Throughout the day, two million shares of Danaher Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.2 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $52.93-$53.70 after having opened the day at $53.64 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $53.36. Other company's within the Industrial industry that declined today were: China Development Group Corporation (CTDC), down 10.8%, CVD Equipment Corporation (CVV), down 8.2%, A123 Systems (AONE), down 7.7%, and Highway Holdings (HIHO), down 5.8%.

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Danaher Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets professional, medical, industrial, and commercial products and services primarily in North America, Europe, and Asia/Australia. Danaher Corporation has a market cap of $36.74 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 17, above the average industrial industry P/E ratio of 16.3 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 13.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 13 analysts that rate Danaher Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and one rates it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Danaher Corporation as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, growth in earnings per share, expanding profit margins and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

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On the positive front, Tower International (TOWR), up 11%, JinkoSolar (JKS), up 9.9%, WSI Industries (WSCI), up 8.3%, and H&E Equipment Services (HEES), up 7.2%, were all gainers within the industrial industry with Mohawk Industries (MHK) being today's featured industrial industry leader.

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