Join

Compare · DHR vs FARO

DHR vs FARO

Side-by-side comparison of Danaher Corporation (DHR) and FARO Technologies Inc. (FARO): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both DHR and FARO operate in Industrial Machinery/Components (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
  • DHR is the larger of the two at $129.29B, about 137.9x FARO ($937.3M).
  • Over the past year, DHR is down 3.4% and FARO is up 3.7% - FARO leads by 7.1 points.
  • DHR has hit the wire 13 times in the past 4 weeks while FARO has been quiet.
  • DHR has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 4 for FARO).
PerformanceDHR-7.97%FARO+3.68%
2026-04-14+0.00%2026-05-29
MetricDHRFARO
Company
Danaher Corporation
FARO Technologies Inc.
Price
$182.74+1.20%
$43.99+0.42%
Market cap
$129.29B
$937.3M
1M return
+2.20%
+0.50%
1Y return
-3.42%
+3.68%
Industry
Industrial Machinery/Components
Industrial Machinery/Components
Exchange
NYSE
NASDAQ
IPO
1997
News (4w)
13
0
Recent ratings
25
4
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.

FARO

FARO Technologies Inc.

FARO Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and supports software driven three-dimensional (3D) measurement, imaging, and realization solutions worldwide. It operates through three segments: 3D Manufacturing, Construction BIM, and Emerging Verticals. The company offers FaroArm, a combination of a portable articulated measurement arm, a computer, and CAM2 software programs; FARO Laser Projector, which provides a virtual template that operators and assemblers can use to quickly and accurately position components; and FARO Focus laser scanner to measure and collect a cloud of data points. In addition, the company offers FARO ScanPlan, a handheld mapper that captures two-dimensional floor plans; and FARO Software, a family of computer-aided design-based measurement and laser scanner software. FARO Technologies, Inc. offers its products for metrology, reverse engineering, factory automation, building information modeling, public safety, and other applications. FARO Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Lake Mary, Florida.

Latest DHR

Latest FARO