Danaher (NYSE:DHR) Shares Unloaded Rep. Julie Johnson

Posted by Micah Haroldson on Dec 19th, 2025

Representative Julie Johnson (D-Texas) recently sold shares of Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR). In a filing disclosed on December 11th, the Representative disclosed that they had sold between $1,001 and $15,000 in Danaher stock on November 13th. The trade occurred in the Representative’s “CHASE BROKERAGE ACCOUNT (3935)” account.

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Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS) on 11/13/2025.

Danaher Trading Up 0.8%

NYSE DHR opened at $224.43 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.52, a quick ratio of 1.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. Danaher Corporation has a 1-year low of $171.00 and a 1-year high of $258.23. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $219.93 and its 200-day simple moving average is $206.66. The company has a market capitalization of $158.53 billion, a PE ratio of 46.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.32 and a beta of 0.89.

Danaher (NYSE:DHR – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 20th. The conglomerate reported $1.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.72 by $0.17. Danaher had a return on equity of 10.92% and a net margin of 14.44%.The firm had revenue of $6.05 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.71 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.4% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Danaher Corporation will post 7.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Danaher Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.32 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 26th. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.6%. Danaher’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 26.39%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

DHR has been the topic of a number of research reports. HSBC increased their price objective on Danaher from $255.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, December 1st. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of Danaher from $230.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday. Evercore ISI increased their price target on shares of Danaher from $226.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 7th. Barclays raised their price target on shares of Danaher from $225.00 to $250.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $247.00 price objective on shares of Danaher in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Twenty-one analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $248.25.

Read Our Latest Report on DHR

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, SVP Brian W. Ellis sold 21,776 shares of Danaher stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.23, for a total transaction of $4,773,952.48. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 14,553 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,190,454.19. The trade was a 59.94% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Teri List sold 3,298 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $226.50, for a total transaction of $746,997.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 20,762 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,702,593. The trade was a 13.71% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 30,248 shares of company stock worth $6,609,663 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 11.10% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Danaher

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Ceredex Value Advisors LLC increased its stake in Danaher by 1.6% during the second quarter. Ceredex Value Advisors LLC now owns 249,377 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $49,262,000 after acquiring an additional 3,862 shares during the period. Chicago Capital LLC grew its holdings in shares of Danaher by 11.6% during the 2nd quarter. Chicago Capital LLC now owns 13,332 shares of the conglomerate’s stock worth $2,634,000 after purchasing an additional 1,391 shares in the last quarter. Weitz Investment Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Danaher by 6.1% during the second quarter. Weitz Investment Management Inc. now owns 526,950 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $104,094,000 after purchasing an additional 30,300 shares during the period. UniSuper Management Pty Ltd raised its stake in shares of Danaher by 1.6% in the first quarter. UniSuper Management Pty Ltd now owns 170,505 shares of the conglomerate’s stock valued at $34,954,000 after purchasing an additional 2,667 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nvwm LLC lifted its position in Danaher by 20.4% in the second quarter. Nvwm LLC now owns 7,093 shares of the conglomerate’s stock worth $1,401,000 after purchasing an additional 1,204 shares during the period. 79.05% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About Representative Johnson

Julie Johnson (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Texas’ 32nd Congressional District. She assumed office on January 3, 2025. Her current term ends on January 3, 2027.

Johnson (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas’ 32nd Congressional District. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Julie Johnson earned a B.A. in history and government from the University of Texas at Austin in 1987 and a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 1991. Johnson’s career experience includes working as an attorney.

Danaher Company Profile

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Danaher Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets professional, medical, industrial, and commercial products and services worldwide. The Biotechnology segments offers bioprocess technologies, consumables, and services that advance, accelerate, and integrate the development and manufacture of therapeutics; cell line and cell culture media development services; cell culture media, process liquids and buffers for manufacturing, chromatography resins, filtration technologies, aseptic fill finish; single-use hardware and consumables and services, such as the design and installation of full manufacturing suites; lab filtration, separation, and purification; lab-scale protein purification and analytical tools; reagents, membranes, and services; and healthcare filtration solutions.