Financial giants have made a conspicuous bearish move on Danaher. Our analysis of options history for Danaher (NYSE:DHR) revealed 9 unusual trades.

Delving into the details, we found 11% of traders were bullish, while 66% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all the trades we spotted, 7 were puts, with a value of $476,882, and 2 were calls, valued at $68,240.

Projected Price Targets

After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $195.0 and $250.0 for Danaher, spanning the last three months.

Volume & Open Interest Trends

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Danaher options trades today is 1173.5 with a total volume of 442.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Danaher's big money trades within a strike price range of $195.0 to $250.0 over the last 30 days.

Danaher Call and Put Volume: 30-Day Overview

Noteworthy Options Activity:

About Danaher

In 1984, Danaher's founders transformed a real estate organization into an industrial-focused manufacturing company. Through a series of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, Danaher now focuses primarily on manufacturing scientific instruments and consumables in two segments--life sciences and diagnostics--after the late 2023 divesititure of its environmental and applied solutions group, Veralto.

Having examined the options trading patterns of Danaher, our attention now turns directly to the company. This shift allows us to delve into its present market position and performance

Danaher's Current Market Status

• Currently trading with a volume of 831,348, the DHR's price is up by 0.18%, now at $235.93.
• RSI readings suggest the stock is currently may be approaching oversold.
• Anticipated earnings release is in 1 days.

What The Experts Say On Danaher

Over the past month, 2 industry analysts have shared their insights on this stock, proposing an average target price of $270.0.

• An analyst from Barclays has decided to maintain their Equal-Weight rating on Danaher, which currently sits at a price target of $260.
• In a positive move, an analyst from HSBC has upgraded their rating to Buy and adjusted the price target to $280.

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