Whales with a lot of money to spend have taken a noticeably bullish stance on Danaher.
Looking at options history for Danaher DHR we detected 8 trades.
If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 37% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 25% with bearish.
From the overall spotted trades, 2 are puts, for a total amount of $108,275 and 6, calls, for a total amount of $242,410.
Predicted Price Range
Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $175.0 to $210.0 for Danaher over the last 3 months.
Volume & Open Interest Development
In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Danaher options trades today is 314.57 with a total volume of 375.00.
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 $175.0 to $210.0 over the last 30 days.
Danaher Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days
Biggest Options Spotted:
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DHR | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/16/26 | $23.9 | $23.0 | $23.2 | $195.00 | $67.2K | 71 | 44 |
| DHR | PUT | SWEEP | BULLISH | 05/16/25 | $4.0 | $3.5 | $3.4 | $175.00 | $61.8K | 434 | 200 |
| DHR | CALL | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 01/16/26 | $33.0 | $30.1 | $31.7 | $180.00 | $47.5K | 12 | 0 |
| DHR | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 01/16/26 | $29.0 | $28.7 | $29.0 | $210.00 | $46.3K | 1.2K | 16 |
| DHR | CALL | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 01/16/26 | $27.6 | $24.5 | $25.8 | $190.00 | $38.7K | 25 | 15 |
About Danaher
In 1984, Danaher's founders transformed a real estate organization into an industrial-focused manufacturing company. Then, through a series of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, Danaher now focuses primarily on manufacturing scientific instruments and consumables in the life science and diagnostic industries after the late 2023 divestiture of its environmental and applied solutions group, Veralto.
Where Is Danaher Standing Right Now?
- Currently trading with a volume of 2,343,628, the DHR's price is up by 1.67%, now at $191.89.
- RSI readings suggest the stock is currently is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
- Anticipated earnings release is in 8 days.
Professional Analyst Ratings for Danaher
In the last month, 1 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $205.0.
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