Credit Suisse analyst Erin Wilson Wright raised her price target for Danaher to $105 from $99 on heightened conviction in his above-consensus 2018 EPS estimate of $4.36, reflecting continuing momentum in core revenue growth and accompanying profit margin leverage. The analyst reiterates an Outperform rating on the shares.

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HSBC analyst Rajesh Kumar upgraded Danaher to Buy from Hold with a price target of $280, up from $250. HSBC's supply chain analysis suggests the de-stocking effects as well as order books might be on a recovery path for the life sciences tools sector, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm also believes the "geopolitical divide" of biotech funding around the U.S. Biosecure Act might result in a better pricing environment for outsourcers, potentially supporting incremental margins and multiples. It upgrades Danaher as a "quality proxy for the Biotech funding recovery."