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Danaher DHR Return on assets

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$6.0B+3.7%
Gross profit$3.6B+2.3%
Operating income$1.3B+5.5%
Net income$1.0B+7.9%
EPS (diluted)$1.45+9.9%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$5.7B+186%
Total debt$19.7B+12.0%
Total equity$52.9B+4.1%
Total assets$83.5B+5.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.3B+1.8%
CapEx$237.0M-3.3%
Free cash flow$1.1B+2.9%

Valuation

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Market cap$125.81B-8.5%
Enterprise value$139.8B-8.7%
P/E34.1×-2.4×
P/S5.1×-0.7×

Profitability

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Gross margin58.9%-0.8pp
Operating margin19.2%-1.0pp
Net margin14.9%-0.9pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity7.1%-0.1pp
Debt / equity0.4×0.0×
Current ratio1.9×+0.4×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Danaher’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Danaher’s 10-Q, filed April 21, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Danaher's return on assets?
Danaher (DHR) reported return on assets of 4.5% in Q1 2026.
How has Danaher's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Danaher's return on assets decreased by 2.1% year-over-year, from 4.6% to 4.5%.
What is the long-term trend for Danaher's return on assets?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Danaher's return on assets has grown at a -12.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 29.8% to 17.7%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.