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Danaher vs Waters (DHR vs WAT)
The two stocks side by side, as of the latest close. Performance is rebased to 100 at the start of the window.
Over the past year Danaher (DHR) returned +8.5% and Waters (WAT) +23.0%; so far this year the figures are +0.6% and +20.5%.
Danaher is the larger company by market value, about 3.6 times the size of Waters.
On trailing earnings, DHR trades at 37.7 times and WAT at 114.1 times.
Revenue grew +5.5% at DHR and +54.6% at WAT over the last year.
DHR yields 0.66%. WAT pays no dividend.
Data as of the latest close. Not investment advice.
Relative performance
| DHR | WAT | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $230.25 | $457.60 |
| 1-day | +1.73% | +1.00% |
| YTD | +0.58% | +20.47% |
| 1 year | +8.50% | +23.02% |
| 3 years | +21.18% | +90.00% |
| Market cap | $162.0B | $45.0B |
| P/E | 37.7 | 114.1 |
| P/S | 6.33 | 9.68 |
| P/B | 3.02 | 2.96 |
| Revenue growth | +5.50% | +54.60% |
| EPS growth | +26.00% | -57.70% |
| Gross margin % | 58.6 | 40.4 |
| Net margin % | 16.9 | 3.6 |
| ROE % | 8.1 | 1.1 |
| Debt / equity | 0.49 | 0.32 |
| FCF yield % | 3.5 | 1.0 |
| Dividend yield % | 0.66 | — |
| Beta | 0.53 | 0.96 |
| RSI (14) | 53.5 | 54.1 |
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