---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000313616-24-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DHR"
cik: "0000313616"
company_name: "DANAHER CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T15:19:11.753256+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Danaher Q4 net earnings $1.1B, EPS $1.50; core revenue down 11.5% YoY

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $6.4B, down 10.0% YoY; non-GAAP core revenue down 11.5%.
- GAAP diluted EPS $1.50; non-GAAP adjusted diluted EPS $2.09.
- Full year 2023 revenue $23.9B, down 10.5%; GAAP EPS $5.65, adjusted $7.58.
- Q4 operating cash flow $1.6B; free cash flow $1.2B; FY free cash flow $5.1B.
- Closed Abcam acquisition; guides Q1 2024 core revenue down high-single digits, FY 2024 down low-single digits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000313616-24-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DHR
- cik: 0000313616
- company_name: DANAHER CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-01-30T23:59:59+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/313616/000031361624000006/0000313616-24-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313616/000031361624000006/dhr-20240130.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DANAHER CORP /DE/ reported the fourth quarter and full year 2023 results: revenue $6.4 billion, net income $1.1 billion, EPS $1.50 per diluted common share.
  - Period: the fourth quarter and full year 2023
  - Revenue: $6.4 billion
  - Net income: $1.1 billion
  - EPS: $1.50 per diluted common share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: were $1.1 billion, or $1.50 per diluted common share and non-GAAP adjusted diluted net earnings per common share were $2.09. • Revenues decreased 10.0% year-over-year to $6.4 billion. • Non-GAAP core revenue decreased 11.5%, including a 4.5% non-GAAP base business core revenue decline. • Operating cash flow was $1.6 billion and non-GAAP free cash flow was
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313616/000031361624000006/0000313616-24-000006-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.