---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000313616-23-000129"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DHR"
cik: "0000313616"
company_name: "DANAHER CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T17:08:19.467699+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Danaher Q1 2023 EPS $1.94 adj $2.36; revenue $7.2B down 7%; base business +6%

## Summary
- Net earnings $1.4B; diluted EPS $1.94; adjusted diluted EPS $2.36.
- Revenue $7.2B (-7% YoY); core revenue -4% from lower COVID; base business core +6%.
- Operating cash flow $1.9B; free cash flow $1.7B.
- Guidance: Q2/FY base business core revenue growth expected mid-single digits.
- CEO: 'better-than-expected revenue, earnings and cash flow' in challenging environment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000313616-23-000129
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DHR
- cik: 0000313616
- company_name: DANAHER CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313616/000031361623000129/0000313616-23-000129-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313616/000031361623000129/dhr-20230425.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DANAHER CORP /DE/ reported the quarter ended March 31, 2023 results: revenue $7.2 billion, net income $1.4 billion, EPS $1.94 per diluted common share. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $7.2 billion
  - Net income: $1.4 billion
  - EPS: $1.94 per diluted common share
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: For the quarter ended March 31, 2023 net earnings were $1.4 billion, or $1.94 per diluted common share and non-GAAP adjusted diluted net earnings per common share were $2.36. Revenues decreased 7.0% year-over-year to $7.2 billion,
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313616/000031361623000129/0000313616-23-000129-index.htm

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