Danaher Corporation
—- Market cap
- —
- Debt
- +$18.42B
- Cash
- —
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Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: DHR stock price vs GILD: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at GILD's multiple
Needs GILD P/E.
Implied fair value · at DHR's multiple
Needs DHR P/E.
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Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth edge
Reported gross margin
Operating income + D&A
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
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Trendline
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Price framework
USD market cap plus reported borrowing debt, less cash and equivalents. This EV proxy excludes investments, preferred stock and noncontrolling-interest adjustments.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
DANAHER CORPORATION · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
Balance sheet health
Inspect reported liquidity and leverage alongside historical financial-health checks.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Cash excludes investments. EBITDA is an operating-income-plus-D&A proxy. Missing borrowing categories remain unavailable; select a value to inspect its inputs.
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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LLM-powered synthesis
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If you believe DHR deserves a premium for its much stronger balance sheet and you expect its margin gap versus GILD to narrow, then hold or accumulate selectively; otherwise, the current valuation looks stretched because DHR trades at 38.6x P/E versus GILD’s 19.2x while also sitting above GILD-implied valuation range.
On a P/E basis, DHR trades at 38.6x versus GILD at 19.2x, yet the provided implied price of $96.99 versus the current price of $194.98 indicates a 50.3% downside in this relative framework. However, the market is also valuing DHR and GILD similarly on P/S at 5.6x and 5.5x, which suggests the earnings multiple gap is doing most of the work.
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