Danaher Corporation
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Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10.3 | 20.2 | 28.7 | 18.1 | 20.6 | 20.7 | 24.1 | 18.5 | 16.9 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 15.9 | 9.7 | 14.7 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 18.9 | 23.3 | 24.5 | 38.6 | 38.8 | 33.4 | 24.1 | 36.2 | 43.4 | 45.0 | |
| 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.6 | |
| 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.1 | |
| 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.2 | |
| 7.2 | 9.1 | 10.6 | 7.7 | 10.4 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 11.4 | 6.8 | 9.6 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 9.2 | 18.4 | 15.2 | 15.7 | 17.3 | 21.9 | 24.0 | 23.5 | 19.7 | 35.5 | 25.2 | 25.4 | |
| 12.9 | 14.5 | – | 17.8 | 15.8 | 11.7 | 10.9 | 12.7 | 13.8 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 13.1 | 7.7 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 16.5 | 20.0 | 18.9 | 29.8 | 26.1 | 30.4 | 23.5 | 29.7 | 32.0 | 30.9 | |
| 7.8% | 6.9% | -5.4% | 5.6% | 6.3% | 8.6% | 9.2% | 7.8% | 7.3% | 8.8% | 8.9% | 7.6% | 13.0% | 9.5% | 8.6% | 10.3% | 11.0% | 8.3% | 8.0% | 7.4% | 6.1% | 5.0% | 5.3% | 3.4% | 3.8% | 3.3% | 4.2% | 3.4% | 3.1% | 3.2% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 35.4% | 36.3% | 41.2% | 42.6% | 42.7% | 38.2% | 39.0% | 40.4% | 42.0% | 43.1% | 44.2% | 45.7% | 47.0% | 48.3% | 50.2% | 51.2% | 51.7% | 52.2% | 52.7% | 54.8% | 55.6% | 55.8% | 55.8% | 55.7% | 56.0% | 61.0% | 60.8% | 58.7% | 59.5% | 60.9% | |
| 12.5% | 13.0% | 12.6% | 14.3% | 14.6% | 13.3% | 15.3% | 16.0% | 15.9% | 16.0% | 15.7% | 15.7% | 15.4% | 15.5% | 16.9% | 17.0% | 17.5% | 17.6% | 18.1% | 16.8% | 17.7% | 17.2% | 18.0% | 18.8% | 19.4% | 27.3% | 28.3% | 21.8% | 21.7% | 20.9% | |
| 11.5% | 7.5% | 6.3% | 8.2% | 8.6% | 7.9% | 6.3% | 10.1% | 10.8% | 11.2% | 11.7% | 11.1% | 10.4% | 10.3% | 13.6% | 12.2% | 12.6% | 14.1% | 13.0% | 18.0% | 15.1% | 13.6% | 15.5% | 14.3% | 16.4% | 21.8% | 27.1% | 19.9% | 16.3% | 14.7% | |
| 9.2% | 10.5% | -9.8% | 8.3% | 11.2% | 14.0% | 14.1% | 14.8% | 13.3% | 13.6% | 14.7% | 13.5% | 13.1% | 14.4% | 14.1% | 14.2% | 16.2% | 15.9% | 16.5% | 22.8% | 17.4% | 15.9% | 20.2% | 18.5% | 24.3% | 24.0% | 27.7% | 24.2% | 22.2% | 21.4% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26.0% | 16.9% | 13.5% | 15.3% | 16.7% | 13.4% | 9.6% | 14.7% | 16.1% | 17.7% | 16.9% | 13.4% | 13.4% | 9.9% | 13.1% | 11.7% | 12.1% | 12.0% | 11.1% | 11.0% | 11.1% | 9.5% | 9.4% | 8.4% | 9.2% | 14.2% | 14.4% | 8.9% | 7.9% | 6.9% | |
| 11.8% | 8.2% | 6.7% | 8.6% | 8.0% | 6.2% | 4.8% | 7.8% | 8.8% | 9.8% | 8.7% | 7.0% | 7.5% | 5.9% | 8.1% | 6.6% | 7.0% | 7.8% | 7.0% | 5.4% | 5.6% | 5.3% | 5.5% | 4.1% | 4.8% | 7.7% | 8.5% | 5.6% | 5.0% | 4.3% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -9.6 | 2.2 | 18 | -227 | 618 | 485 | 500 | 69 | 741 | 726 | 2,116 | 3,487 | 2,226 | 1,211 | 1,192 | 4,768 | 3,664 | 384 | 468 | 12,080 | 11,305 | 9,892 | 8,953 | 1,975 | 15,358 | 19,797 | 13,849 | 12,718 | 14,100 | 13,803 | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.0 | |
| 45.3% | 48.8% | 49.4% | 56.1% | 48.2% | 46.2% | 49.9% | 52.9% | 54.4% | 55.4% | 51.7% | 52.0% | 56.1% | 59.4% | 61.7% | 56.4% | 57.7% | 64.6% | 63.2% | 49.1% | 50.8% | 56.5% | 59.0% | 48.8% | 52.2% | 54.3% | 59.4% | 63.3% | 63.9% | 62.9% | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.38 | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.45 | 0.56 | 0.49 | 0.46 | 0.83 | 1.14 | 1.37 | 1.72 | 1.85 | 1.96 | 1.72 | 2.62 | 2.81 | 3.22 | 3.79 | 3.63 | 3.67 | 3.65 | 3.53 | 3.73 | 3.52 | 5.07 | 8.73 | 9.78 | 6.38 | 5.29 | 5.08 | |
| 3.33 | 3.48 | 5.05 | 5.47 | 6.49 | 6.23 | 7.22 | 8.19 | 10.51 | 12.17 | 14.75 | 16.73 | 18.90 | 16.66 | 19.32 | 22.95 | 25.61 | 26.89 | 27.81 | 20.37 | 24.12 | 25.96 | 24.01 | 24.69 | 31.01 | 39.97 | 36.15 | 32.15 | 32.39 | 34.55 | |
| 1.47 | 1.56 | 2.35 | 2.92 | 3.34 | 3.67 | 4.75 | 5.64 | 7.05 | 7.74 | 10.21 | 13.79 | 14.60 | 17.32 | 20.07 | 24.11 | 26.67 | 31.48 | 32.65 | 33.44 | 32.87 | 37.33 | 39.73 | 41.72 | 55.33 | 61.30 | 67.94 | 71.98 | 67.20 | 73.89 | |
| 0.30 | 0.37 | -0.49 | 0.45 | 0.73 | 0.87 | 1.02 | 1.21 | 1.40 | 1.65 | 2.17 | 2.25 | 2.48 | 2.40 | 2.73 | 3.27 | 4.15 | 4.29 | 4.60 | 4.64 | 4.19 | 4.12 | 4.84 | 4.57 | 7.54 | 9.59 | 9.99 | 7.78 | 7.18 | 7.40 | |
Data as of: September 25, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.