DHR

Danaher Corporation
Life Sciences Tools & Services · Health Care · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$221.21
+3.3% on the session
1-year return
+6.0%
+15.6% over six months
Volatility
30.3%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-33.0%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Danaher Corporation is a life sciences tools & services name in the health care sector. Over the past year it returned +6.0%, against +14.1% over three months and +5.0% over one. It trades 10.2% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 30.3% is above the market's typical range.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -33.0%, and it has traded a median $765M a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.17 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Health Care#34 of 59
Stronger than 43% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#126 of 496

How DHR scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound, plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 7 others in Life Sciences Tools & Services.

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Full metrics
1 day+3.3%
1 week-2.5%
1 month+5.0%
3 months+14.1%
6 months+15.6%
1 year+6.0%
12-1 momentum+0.9%
Volatility (1y, annualized)30.3%
Max drawdown (1y)-33.0%
Distance vs 200-day average+10.2%
Return per unit of risk0.20
Median daily dollar volume$765M
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