Danaher (DHR) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Danaher (DHR) recorded quarterly Operating Margin of 22.58% in Q1 2026, up 2.82% quarter-over-quarter from 21.97% in Q4 2025, and up 39.0% on a YoY basis from 16.25% in Q1 2025.

Danaher (DHR) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Danaher's Operating Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 22.58% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 39.0% year-over-year to 22.58%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 19.21% (down 105.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 19.09%, down 128.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 22.58% for Q1 2026 at Danaher, up from 21.97% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 29.59% in Q2 2022 to a low of 12.8% in Q2 2025.
  • Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 22.36% across 5 years, with a median of 21.97% in 2025.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Margin jumped 849 bps in 2022, then sank 930 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 27.99% in 2022, then retreated by 25 bps to 20.87% in 2023, then grew by 4 bps to 21.8% in 2024, then grew by 1 bps to 21.97% in 2025, then gained by 3 bps to 22.58% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 22.58% (Q1 2026), 21.97% (Q4 2025), and 19.06% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Waters 29,902.70 Bn 29,902.24 Bn 1.11 Bn -3.71%
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 175.99 Bn 172.74 Bn 7.74 Bn 16.93%
3 Danaher 129.87 Bn 124.18 Bn 3.59 Bn 22.58%
4 Idexx Laboratories 44.75 Bn 44.55 Bn 722.74 Mn 31.78%
5 Agilent Technologies 37.52 Bn 35.72 Bn 990.00 Mn 21.74%
6 Iqvia Holdings 30.91 Bn 28.94 Bn 1.36 Bn 12.38%
7 Natera 30.21 Bn 29.11 Bn 696.04 Mn -13.42%
8 Illumina 24.19 Bn 23.04 Bn 721.00 Mn 19.16%
9 Mettler Toledo International 23.12 Bn 23.06 Bn 555.82 Mn 25.23%
10 Quest Diagnostics 21.68 Bn 21.59 Bn 942.00 Mn 13.78%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 27, 2026 22.58%
Dec 31, 2025 21.97%
Sep 26, 2025 19.06%
Jun 27, 2025 12.80%
Mar 28, 2025 22.19%
Dec 31, 2024 21.80%
Sep 27, 2024 16.52%
Jun 28, 2024 20.34%
Mar 29, 2024 22.64%
Dec 31, 2023 20.87%
Sep 29, 2023 21.07%
Jun 30, 2023 19.67%
Mar 31, 2023 25.50%
Dec 31, 2022 27.99%
Sep 30, 2022 26.60%
Jul 1, 2022 28.97%
Apr 1, 2022 29.59%
Dec 31, 2021 30.48%
Oct 1, 2021 18.11%
Jul 2, 2021 27.78%