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DHR vs NVT

Side-by-side comparison of Danaher Corporation (DHR) and nVent Electric plc (NVT): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both DHR and NVT operate in Industrial Machinery/Components (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
  • DHR is the larger of the two at $130.44B, about 5.0x NVT ($26.34B).
  • DHR has been more active in the news (16 items in the past 4 weeks vs 14 for NVT).
  • DHR has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 16 for NVT).
MetricDHRNVT
Company
Danaher Corporation
nVent Electric plc
Price
$184.33-1.22%
$162.99-6.25%
Market cap
$130.44B
$26.34B
1M return
+5.42%
-
1Y return
-7.48%
-
Industry
Industrial Machinery/Components
Industrial Machinery/Components
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2018
News (4w)
16
14
Recent ratings
25
16
DHR

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.

NVT

nVent Electric plc

nVent Electric plc designs, manufactures, markets, installs, and services electrical connection and protection products in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Enclosures, Thermal Management, and Electrical & Fastening Solutions. The Enclosures segment provides solutions to connect and protect critical electronics, communication, control, and power equipment; physical infrastructure solutions to host, connect, and protect server and network equipment; and indoor and outdoor protection for test and measurement and aerospace and defense applications. Its products also include metallic and non-metallic enclosures, cabinets, sub racks, and backplanes. The Thermal Management segment offers electric thermal solutions that connect and protect critical buildings, infrastructure, industrial processes, and people. This segment offers thermal management systems comprise heat tracing, floor heating, fire-rated and specialty wiring, sensing, and snow melting and de-icing solutions. The Electrical & Fastening Solutions segment provides fastening solutions to connect and protect electrical and mechanical systems, and civil structures. It also provides engineered electrical and fastening products. The company sells its products under the CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, RAYCHEM, SCHROFF, and TRACER brands. nVent Electric plc markets its products through electrical distributors, data center contractors, original equipment manufacturers, and maintenance contractors. The company serves energy, industrial, infrastructure, and commercial and residential sectors. nVent Electric plc has a strategic alliance with Power Resources International Inc. to provide rail and switch heating solutions to the North American transit industry. The company was founded in 1903 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

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