Courtesy of Benzinga.
BTIG initiated its “top large-cap investment idea” and rated Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) a Buy with a $95 price target.
Analyst Dane Leone claimed that "Danaher is a well?run company with a culture focused on driving shareholders returns." While the stock has recently underperformed, he thinks things are about to change with "additional M&A announcements" and a December analyst day that will "help buoy the share price heading into 2015."
Leone felt the stock is -7 percent undervalued compared to peer companies.
In addition to being undervalued, Leone reported that concerns "regarding capital deployment is overdone, and M&A could become a positive catalyst in 2015, DHR management has indicated that the company" has over $8 billion in M&A capacity.
The $95 target price "assigns a Fair Value multiple of ~12x EV to our 2016 EBITDA estimate, or ~1.4x on an 2016 EBITDA? to?Growth ratio basis (EBITDAg)."
Danaher Corporation closed at $74.43 on Thursday, down 0.20 percent.
Latest Ratings for DHR
Date | Firm | Action | From | To |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 2014 | BTIG Research | Initiates Coverage on | Buy | |
Jul 2014 | Barclays | Maintains | Overweight | |
Apr 2014 | ISI Group | Upgrades | Buy | Strong Buy |
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