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DHR Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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DHRDanaher Corporation
Healthcare / Medical - Diagnostics & Research
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DHR Dividend answer
Danaher Corporation (DHR) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 0.69%, or $1.60 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 0.65%, from $1.52 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.40 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Sep 30, 2026. Payment date: Oct 30, 2026. Next dividend status: not announced.
DHR Dividend Snapshot
Yield, annual dividend, latest payment, payout coverage, growth, and dividend history are emphasized for this stock. Yield methodology is labeled separately from payout coverage.
Next DHR Dividend Date
When DHR next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next DHR dividend
DHR's next dividend has not yet been announced. The latest completed dividend was $0.40 per share. Data last checked: Oct 10, 2026.
Latest DHR Dividend Dates
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DHR Dividend History
Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.
Dividend reliability
Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.
DHR Annual Dividend History
DHR Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $0.40, event yield 67.19%.
This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.
Dividend growth
- 5-year regular dividend CAGR
- 12.20%
- Cohort rank
- #60
- Cohort standing
- Top quartile
- Healthcare rank
- #9
- 2020 regular DPS
- $0.720
- 2025 regular DPS
- $1.280
- Absolute change
- $0.560
- Years increased
- 5
- Years reduced
- 0
DHR's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 12.20% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #60 among US dividend-paying corporations that never cut the payout in AlgovestIQ's study.
Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
DHR Dividend Yield
How DHR's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
DHR's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.
Dividend coverage
Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.
Recent DHR dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 67.19% | Quarterly | $1.52 | Sep 15, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 |
| Jun 26, 2026 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 73.40% | Quarterly | $1.44 | May 5, 2026 | Jun 26, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | $0.40 | $0.40 | 74.92% | Quarterly | $1.36 | Feb 24, 2026 | Mar 27, 2026 | Apr 24, 2026 |
| Dec 26, 2025 | $0.32 | $0.32 | 55.57% | Quarterly | $1.28 | Dec 9, 2025 | Dec 26, 2025 | Jan 30, 2026 |
| Sep 26, 2025 | $0.32 | $0.32 | 66.54% | Quarterly | $1.23 | Sep 9, 2025 | Sep 26, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 |
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| Jun 27, 2025 | $0.32 | $0.32 | 59.36% | Quarterly | $1.18 | May 6, 2025 | Jun 27, 2025 | Jul 25, 2025 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | $0.32 | $0.32 | 54.89% | Quarterly | $1.13 | Feb 20, 2025 | Mar 28, 2025 | Apr 25, 2025 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | $0.27 | $0.27 | 46.73% | Quarterly | $1.08 | Dec 10, 2024 | Dec 27, 2024 | Jan 31, 2025 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | $0.27 | $0.27 | 38.12% | Quarterly | $1.05 | Sep 10, 2024 | Sep 27, 2024 | Oct 25, 2024 |
| Jun 28, 2024 | $0.27 | $0.27 | 42.03% | Quarterly | $1.05 | May 7, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | Jul 26, 2024 |
| Mar 27, 2024 | $0.27 | $0.27 | 40.98% | Quarterly | $1.02 | Feb 21, 2024 | Mar 28, 2024 | Apr 26, 2024 |
| Dec 28, 2023 | $0.24 | $0.24 | 42.41% | Quarterly | $0.9887 | Dec 5, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | Jan 26, 2024 |
| Oct 11, 2023 | $0.27 | $0.27 | 44.83% | Quarterly | $0.9704 | Sep 12, 2023 | Oct 12, 2023 | Oct 27, 2023 |
| Jun 29, 2023 | $0.27 | $0.2394 | 43.75% | Quarterly | $0.922 | May 9, 2023 | Jun 30, 2023 | Jul 28, 2023 |
| Mar 30, 2023 | $0.27 | $0.2394 | 40.84% | Quarterly | $0.9043 | Feb 22, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | Apr 28, 2023 |
| Dec 29, 2022 | $0.25 | $0.2216 | 37.48% | Quarterly | $0.8865 | Dec 6, 2022 | Dec 30, 2022 | Jan 27, 2023 |
| Sep 29, 2022 | $0.25 | $0.2216 | 36.63% | Quarterly | $0.8511 | Sep 13, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Oct 28, 2022 |
| Jun 23, 2022 | $0.25 | $0.2216 | 36.06% | Quarterly | $0.8156 | May 10, 2022 | Jun 24, 2022 | Jul 29, 2022 |
| Mar 24, 2022 | $0.25 | $0.2216 | 30.72% | Quarterly | $0.7801 | Feb 23, 2022 | Mar 25, 2022 | Apr 29, 2022 |
| Dec 29, 2021 | $0.21 | $0.1862 | 25.72% | Quarterly | $0.7447 | Dec 7, 2021 | Dec 30, 2021 | Jan 28, 2022 |
| Sep 29, 2021 | $0.21 | $0.1862 | 26.42% | Quarterly | $0.7181 | Sep 14, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | Oct 29, 2021 |
| Jun 24, 2021 | $0.21 | $0.1862 | 29.18% | Quarterly | $0.6915 | May 5, 2021 | Jun 25, 2021 | Jul 30, 2021 |
| Mar 25, 2021 | $0.21 | $0.1862 | 34.30% | Quarterly | $0.6649 | Feb 23, 2021 | Mar 26, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 |
| Dec 24, 2020 | $0.18 | $0.1596 | 32.51% | Quarterly | $0.6383 | Dec 8, 2020 | Dec 28, 2020 | Jan 29, 2021 |
| Sep 25, 2020 | $0.18 | $0.1596 | 34.28% | Quarterly | $0.6294 | Sep 15, 2020 | Sep 28, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 |
| Jun 25, 2020 | $0.18 | $0.1596 | 40.67% | Quarterly | $0.6206 | May 5, 2020 | Jun 26, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 |
| Mar 26, 2020 | $0.18 | $0.1596 | 49.77% | Quarterly | $0.6117 | Feb 20, 2020 | Mar 27, 2020 | Apr 24, 2020 |
| Dec 26, 2019 | $0.17 | $0.1507 | 44.50% | Quarterly | $0.6028 | Dec 10, 2019 | Dec 27, 2019 | Jan 31, 2020 |
| Sep 26, 2019 | $0.17 | $0.1507 | 46.94% | Quarterly | $0.594 | Sep 10, 2019 | Sep 27, 2019 | Oct 25, 2019 |
| Jun 27, 2019 | $0.17 | $0.1507 | 46.49% | Quarterly | $0.5851 | May 7, 2019 | Jun 28, 2019 | Jul 26, 2019 |
| Mar 28, 2019 | $0.17 | $0.1507 | 50.07% | Quarterly | $0.5762 | Mar 8, 2019 | Mar 29, 2019 | Apr 26, 2019 |
| Dec 27, 2018 | $0.16 | $0.1418 | 63.06% | Quarterly | $0.5674 | Dec 3, 2018 | Dec 28, 2018 | Jan 25, 2019 |
| Sep 27, 2018 | $0.16 | $0.1418 | 57.32% | Quarterly | $0.5496 | Sep 11, 2018 | Sep 28, 2018 | Oct 26, 2018 |
| Jun 28, 2018 | $0.16 | $0.1418 | 60.84% | Quarterly | $0.5319 | May 8, 2018 | Jun 29, 2018 | Jul 27, 2018 |
| Mar 28, 2018 | $0.16 | $0.1418 | 60.09% | Quarterly | $0.5142 | Feb 20, 2018 | Mar 29, 2018 | Apr 27, 2018 |
| Dec 28, 2017 | $0.14 | $0.1241 | 59.86% | Quarterly | $0.4964 | Dec 5, 2017 | Dec 29, 2017 | Jan 26, 2018 |
| Sep 28, 2017 | $0.14 | $0.1241 | 64.10% | Quarterly | $0.4831 | Sep 12, 2017 | Sep 29, 2017 | Oct 27, 2017 |
| Jun 28, 2017 | $0.14 | $0.1241 | 62.56% | Quarterly | — | May 10, 2017 | Jun 30, 2017 | Jul 28, 2017 |
| Mar 29, 2017 | $0.14 | $0.1241 | 32.96% | Quarterly | — | Feb 21, 2017 | Mar 31, 2017 | Apr 28, 2017 |
| Dec 28, 2016 | $0.125 | $0.1108 | 36.10% | Quarterly | — | Dec 6, 2016 | Dec 30, 2016 | Jan 27, 2017 |
| Sep 28, 2016 | $0.125 | $0.1108 | 36.30% | Quarterly | — | Sep 13, 2016 | Sep 30, 2016 | Oct 28, 2016 |
Dividend yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with payout ratio, free cash flow coverage, balance-sheet risk, and the history of actual payments before treating income as durable.
A higher yield is more useful when earnings and free cash flow cover the distribution. A yield caused by a falling stock price can be a warning, not a bargain.
Stable or rising payments can indicate capital return discipline. Flat, skipped, or missing payments should be read with earnings and cash flow before drawing conclusions.
A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.
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DHR Dividends FAQ
Does DHR pay a dividend?
Danaher Corporation (DHR) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.40 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is DHR's dividend yield?
DHR's trailing dividend yield is 0.65%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is DHR's next dividend?
DHR's next dividend has not been announced in the current AlgovestIQ snapshot. The latest completed dividend row remains available in the history table when covered data exists.
When is DHR's ex-dividend date?
DHR's latest covered ex-dividend date is Sep 30, 2026. Future ex-dividend dates are shown only when announced or explicitly projected.
How has DHR's dividend changed?
DHR's one-year dividend growth is 23.58% based on comparable covered dividend history.