Danaher Corp Dividend yield

Danaher Corp is part of General Industrials business, which is part of Industrials industry. Danaher Corp is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Danaher Corp paid a total dividend of 713 million USD last year, for a market value of 209,144 millions (Market Cap 185,768 millions). Dividend per share of Danaher Corp is 1.00 USD, and his stock market price 293.33 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Danaher Corp has a dividend yield of 0.34%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Industrials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Danaher Corp dividend yield with other General Industrials companies or firms from USA.

Danaher Corp Dividend Payout

About the ability of Danaher Corp to maintain his current dividend of USD 1.00 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.34%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Danaher Corp payout on ernings is currently 9.13%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Industrials industry, which are 38.25% and 34.62% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Danaher Corpcan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Danaher Corp is USD 11.73 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 1.00, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Danaher Corp, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Industrials industry and General Industrials sector companies.

Danaher Corp Dividend History

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	0.34%	1.00	9.13%	713
2021	0.26%	0.86	13.19%	713
2020	0.32%	0.71	14.03%	705
2019	0.44%	0.68	14.05%	693
2018	0.62%	0.64	14.16%	699
2017	0.60%	0.56	12.36%	694
2016	0.64%	0.50	8.90%	684
2015	0.56%	0.54	12.39%	684

*In millions

Danaher Corp Stock performance

Finally, last moth Danaher Corp showed a return of 6.90% compared to a worldwide 1.12% average, and a 1.26% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 30.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 5.73%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and General Industrials firms.