NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Danaher Corp. are down by 0.59% to $83.64 today ahead of the company's fourth-quarter earnings report, scheduled to be released before the market open tomorrow. The consensus estimate calls for Danaher to report earnings of $1.03 a share on revenue of $5.39 billion. In the fourth quarter last year, the company posted earnings of 96 cents a share, which beat the consensus estimate of 95 cents a share, according to analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. Revenue totaled $5.27 billion, above analysts' estimates of $5.19 billion. In the third quarter of 2014, Danaher posted EPS of 90 cents a share, which beat the consensus estimate of 89 cents a share. Revenue totaled $4.87 billion, below estimates of $4.89 billion. Exclusive Report: Jim Cramer's Best Stocks for 2015 STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more. Danaher designs, manufactures and markets professional, medical, industrial and commercial products and services. Separately, TheStreet Ratings team rates DANAHER CORP as a Buy with a ratings score of A. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation: "We rate DANAHER CORP (DHR) a BUY. This is based on the convergence of positive investment measures, which should help this stock outperform the majority of stocks that we rate. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, expanding profit margins, increase in stock price during the past year and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity." Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows: DHR's revenue growth has slightly outpaced the industry average of 1.3%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 4.3%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share. DHR's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.13 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. To add to this, DHR has a quick ratio of 1.68, which demonstrates the ability of the company to cover short-term liquidity needs. The stock has risen over the past year as investors have generally rewarded the company for its earnings growth and other positive factors like the ones we have cited in this report. Turning our attention to the future direction of the stock, it goes without saying that even the best stocks can fall in an overall down market. However, in any other environment, this stock still has good upside potential despite the fact that it has already risen in the past year. The gross profit margin for DANAHER CORP is rather high; currently it is at 57.62%. It has increased from the same quarter the previous year. Along with this, the net profit margin of 13.97% is above that of the industry average. The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Industrial Conglomerates industry average. The net income increased by 14.0% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, going from $597.00 million to $680.60 million. You can view the full analysis from the report here: DHR Ratings Report STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more.
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