Sunday, September 14, 2014

Danaher Corporation Bullish Article

After an underwhelming set of second-quarter results and some cautious management guidance, investors in Danaher Corporation must have felt the stock was likely to be range-bound for a while. However, a good quality company is rarely without upside potential, and there are three key reasons for optimism over the stock, ranging from the near term to the long term -- suggesting that investors have a significant time frame in which to expect some upside.



Communications and dental consumables to bounce back?
Starting with the near term, Fools already know that Danaher's second-quarter results were adversely affected by the underperformance of two businesses with high variable margin. Communications-based revenue in the test and measurement segment was weak because of spending delays by wireless carriers, and dental consumables in the dental segment were weak, too. You can see the effect on profits and margins in this article.



Danaher's management candidly said that it doesn't expect conditions to get better anytime soon with communications, but the reality is that wireless carrier spending is notoriously lumpy.


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