---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000313616-23-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DHR"
cik: "0000313616"
company_name: "DANAHER CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-01-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T11:05:59.492347+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Danaher Q4 2022 EPS $2.99, revenue $8.4B; full-year core growth 9.5%

## Summary
- Q4 2022 net earnings $2.2B ($2.99 diluted EPS); adjusted EPS $2.87, up 6.5% YoY.
- Q4 revenue $8.4B (+2.5% YoY); non-GAAP core revenue growth 7.5% (base business core 7.5%).
- Full year 2022 net earnings $7.1B ($9.66 EPS); adjusted EPS $10.95 (+9.0% YoY); revenue $31.5B (+7.0%).
- Full year operating cash flow $8.5B; free cash flow $7.4B.
- Guidance: Q1 2023 base business core revenue growth mid-single digits; full-year 2023 high-single digits. Revises base business definition to exclude COVID-19 testing/vaccines/therapeutics.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000313616-23-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DHR
- cik: 0000313616
- company_name: DANAHER CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-01-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313616/000031361623000006/0000313616-23-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313616/000031361623000006/dhr-20230124.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DANAHER CORP /DE/ reported the full year 2022 results: revenue $31.5 billion, net income $7.1 billion, EPS $9.66 per diluted common share. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: the full year 2022
  - Revenue: $31.5 billion
  - Net income: $7.1 billion
  - EPS: $9.66 per diluted common share
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: For the full year 2022, net earnings were $7.1 billion, or $9.66 per diluted common share which represents a 13.5% year-over-year increase. Non-GAAP adjusted diluted net earnings per common share for the year were $10.95, which represents a 9.0% increase over the comparable 2021 amount. Revenues for the full year 2022 increased 7.0% to $31.5 billion.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313616/000031361623000006/0000313616-23-000006-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  DANAHER CORP /DE/ reported the quarter ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $8.4 billion, net income $2.2 billion, EPS $2.99 per diluted common share. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: the quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $8.4 billion
  - Net income: $2.2 billion
  - EPS: $2.99 per diluted common share
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: For the quarter ended December 31, 2022, net earnings were $2.2 billion, or $2.99 per diluted common share which represents a 25.0% year-over-year increase from the comparable 2021 period. Non-GAAP adjusted diluted net earnings per common share were $2.87 which represents a 6.5% increase over the comparable 2021 period. Revenues increased 2.5% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2022 to $8.4 billion.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313616/000031361623000006/0000313616-23-000006-index.htm

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