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

Danaher Corporation was a winner within the industrial industry, rising $1.18 (1.8%) to $67.80 on heavy volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

Danaher Corporation

(

DHR

) pushed the Industrial industry higher today making it today's featured industrial winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.3%. By the end of trading, Danaher Corporation rose $1.18 (1.8%) to $67.80 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 4,654,051 shares of Danaher Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3,070,800 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $66.60-$67.94 after having opened the day at $66.60 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $66.62. Other companies within the Industrial industry that increased today were:

Chase Corporation

(

CCF

), up 9.1%,

Enpro Industries

(

NPO

), up 7.2%,

Intellicheck Mobilisa

(

IDN

), up 6.6% and

Metalico

(

MEA

), up 6.5%.

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 $44.6 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 19.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 14 analysts that rate Danaher Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Danaher Corporation

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.

On the negative front,

China Recycling Energy Corporation

(

CREG

), down 8.9%,

Zoltek Companies

(

ZOLT

), down 5.4%,

Ballard Power Systems

(

BLDP

), down 4.3% and

ExOne

(

XONE

), down 3.9% , were all laggards within the industrial industry with

Terex

(

TEX

) being today's industrial industry laggard.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the industrial industry could consider

SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average

(

DIA

) while those bearish on the industrial industry could consider

ProShares UltraShort Industrials

(

SIJ

).

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