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DHR vs QS
Side-by-side comparison of Danaher Corporation (DHR) and QuantumScape Corporation (QS): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- DHR operates in Industrials, while QS operates in Miscellaneous - the two are in different parts of the market.
- DHR is the larger of the two at $145.10B, about 23.8x QS ($6.09B).
- Over the past year, DHR is up 6.0% and QS is down 47.9% - DHR leads by 53.9 points.
- DHR has been more active in the news (7 items in the past 4 weeks vs 4 for QS).
- DHR has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 22 for QS).
- Company
- Danaher Corporation
- QuantumScape Corporation
- Price
- $205.02+2.15%
- $6.01-6.53%
- Market cap
- $145.10B
- $6.09B
- 1M return
- +13.22%
- -18.14%
- 1Y return
- +6.01%
- -47.93%
- Industry
- Industrial Machinery/Components
- Industrial Machinery/Components
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NYSE
- IPO
- News (4w)
- 7
- 4
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 22
Danaher Corporation
Danaher Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets professional, medical, industrial, and commercial products and services worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Life Sciences, Diagnostics, and Environmental & Applied Solutions. The Life Sciences segment provides mass spectrometers; cellular analysis, lab automation, and centrifugation instruments; microscopes; and genomics consumables. This segment also offers bioprocess technologies, consumables, and services; and filtration, separation, and purification technologies to the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical, food and beverage, medical, and life sciences companies, as well as universities, medical schools and research institutions, and various industrial manufacturers. The Diagnostics segment provides chemistry, immunoassay, microbiology, and automation systems, as well as hematology and molecular diagnostics products. This segment offers analytical instruments, reagents, consumables, software, and services for hospitals, physicians' offices, reference laboratories, and other critical care settings. The Environmental & Applied Solutions segment offers instrumentation, consumables, software, services, and disinfection systems to analyze, treat, and manage ultra-pure, potable, industrial, waste, ground, source, and ocean water in residential, commercial, industrial, and natural resource applications. This segment also provides instruments, software, services, and consumables for various color and appearance management, packaging design and quality management, packaging converting, printing, marking, coding, and traceability applications for consumer, pharmaceutical, and industrial products. The company was formerly known as Diversified Mortgage Investors, Inc. and changed its name to Danaher Corporation in 1984. Danaher Corporation was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Washington, the District of Columbia.
QuantumScape Corporation
QuantumScape Corporation, a development stage company, engages in the development and commercialization of solid-state lithium-metal batteries for electric vehicles and other applications. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Latest DHR
- VP, Chief Accounting Officer Bouda Christopher covered exercise/tax liability with 60 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 0.65% to 9,107 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Filler Linda exercised 3,298 shares at a strike of $71.88 and covered exercise/tax liability with 1,181 shares, increasing direct ownership by 9% to 26,829 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Zerhouni Elias A. exercised 3,298 shares at a strike of $71.88 and covered exercise/tax liability with 1,181 shares, increasing direct ownership by 5% to 45,303 units (SEC Form 4)
- Audax Private Equity and Linden Capital Partners Agree to Sell StatLab Medical Products to Leica Biosystems
- Danaher Foundation Commits $1 Million to Ebola Outbreak Relief Efforts in Central Africa
- Danaher Schedules Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call
- Masimo Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for AI-Enabled Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression (OIRD) Detection on Radius VSM® to Help Identify Respiratory Risk Sooner
- SEC Form 11-K filed by Danaher Corporation
- Piper Sandler initiated coverage on Danaher with a new price target
- Danaher Completes Acquisition of Masimo Corporation
Latest QS
- QuantumScape Announces Timing of Second Quarter 2026 Business Results and Webcast
- CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER Holme Timothy converted options into 137,245 shares and sold $999,566 worth of shares (137,245 units at $7.28) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4)
- CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Hettrich Kevin sold $71,362 worth of shares (9,800 units at $7.28) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 0.54% to 1,816,257 units (SEC Form 4)
- CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Hettrich Kevin sold $77,811 worth of shares (9,800 units at $7.94) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 0.53% to 1,826,057 units (SEC Form 4)
- QuantumScape Announces Agreement with Honda on Solid-State Battery Technology
- SEC Form 144 filed by QuantumScape Corporation
- Director Saluja Dipender was granted 24,183 shares, increasing direct ownership by 6% to 396,418 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Segers Dennis was granted 24,183 shares, increasing direct ownership by 19% to 149,524 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Ribar Geoffrey G was granted 24,183 shares, increasing direct ownership by 67% to 60,285 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Niebergall Ross was granted 24,183 shares, increasing direct ownership by 51% to 71,558 units (SEC Form 4)