---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000313616-24-000106"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DHR"
cik: "0000313616"
company_name: "DANAHER CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-04-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T12:36:45.911953+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Danaher Q1 2024 beats expectations with $5.8B revenue, $1.92 adj EPS

## Summary
- Net earnings $1.1B, diluted EPS $1.45; adjusted diluted EPS $1.92.
- Revenue $5.8B, down 2.5% YoY; core revenue down 4.0%.
- Operating cash flow $1.7B; free cash flow $1.4B.
- CEO reports improving bioprocessing order trends and market share gains in molecular diagnostics at Cepheid.
- Q2 core revenue expected down mid-single digits; full year 2024 core revenue expected down low-single digits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000313616-24-000106
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DHR
- cik: 0000313616
- company_name: DANAHER CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-04-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/313616/000031361624000106/0000313616-24-000106-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313616/000031361624000106/dhr-20240423.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DANAHER CORP /DE/ reported the quarter ended March 29, 2024 results: revenue $5.8 billion, net income $1.1 billion, EPS $1.45 per diluted common share.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 29, 2024
  - Revenue: $5.8 billion
  - Net income: $1.1 billion
  - EPS: $1.45 per diluted common share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: earnings were $1.1 billion, or $1.45 per diluted common share and non-GAAP adjusted diluted net earnings per common share were $1.92. • Revenues decreased 2.5% year-over-year to $5.8 billion and non-GAAP core revenue decreased 4.0%. • Operating cash flow was $1.7 billion and non-GAAP free cash flow was $1.4 billion. Rainer M. Blair, President and Chief Executive
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313616/000031361624000106/0000313616-24-000106-index.htm

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