Danaher Stock Hits New 52-Week High (DHR)

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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) hit a new 52-week high Monday as it is currently trading at $56.67, above its previous 52-week high of $56.45 with 1.3 million shares traded as of 10:36 a.m. ET. Average volume has been 2.8 million shares over the past 30 days.

Danaher has a market cap of $38.56 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector and industrial industry. Shares are up 17.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday.

Danaher Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets professional, medical, industrial, and commercial products and services primarily in North America, Europe, and Asia/Australia. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.9, above the average industrial industry P/E ratio of 17.1 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Danaher 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. You can view the full Danaher Ratings Report.

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