The first quarter of the year was reported by Investing.com (NYSE: Danaher) on Thursday. It beat analyst forecasts, and generated revenue above expectations.

Danaher reported earnings per share at $2.76 for revenue $7.69B. Investing.com polled analyst to predict EPS of 2.66 on revenues of $7.55B.

Danaher shares have fallen 14.78% since the start of the year. However, they are still 16.04% below their 52-week high of $333.96 on September 10, 2021. They are under-performing the S&P 500 which is down 6.44% from the start of the year.

Danaher also follows major Healthcare sector earnings in this month

Danaher’s earnings report comes after UnitedHealth reported an earnings beat on April 14th, reporting EPS at $5.49 per share on revenue $80.15B. This compares to the forecasts of EPS at $5.38 for revenue $78,786M.

J&J had beat expectations on Tuesday with first quarter EPS of $2.67 on revenue of $23.43B, compared to forecast for EPS of $2.59 on revenue of $23.69B.

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