Danaher (NYSE:DHR) shares rose before hours on first-quarter results that easily toppled the consensus forecast. The Washington, D.C.-based company posted profits of $1.7 billion, or $2.29 per share, on sales of $6.9 billion for the three months ended April 2, 2021, nearly tripling its bottom-line on sales growth of 57.9%. Adjusted to exclude one-time items, earnings […]
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8 medical device companies that beat the COVID-19 pandemic and prospered
Some medical device businesses not only survived the COVID-19 pandemic but actually thrived — with many producing the medtech needed to fight the coronavirus’s spread. Medical Design & Outsourcing recently analyzed financials for 20 of the largest medical device businesses in the world. Not only was revenue only slightly down for the 20 during 2020, but it was […]
How big medtech fared during a year of COVID-19
Despite numerous challenges, the medtech industry showed itself to be fairly recession-proof in 2020, according to a Medical Design & Outsourcing/MassDevice analysis of financials. Annual reports recently released by 20 of the world’s largest medical device companies showed only a slight dip in revenue during 2020 — a year in which medtech held the front lines against […]
How did medtech companies score on environmental stewardship list?
Medical Design & Outsourcing recently rated the world’s largest medical device companies — the Big 100 — for their sales numbers and R&D spend. Now we can share how some of them scored on an environmental nonprofit’s annual list of companies ranked for their actions on climate change. Not-for-profit organization CDP (Stockholm, Sweden) runs a global disclosure system for […]
The 10 largest medical device companies in the world
Even as the world’s largest medical device companies grapple with COVID-19 and the resulting recession, they’re doing important work to help humanity manage the crisis. Read on to find out more about the 10 largest companies in the Big 100, MassDevice and Medical Design & Outsourcing’s annual analysis of the worlds’ 100 largest medical device companies. […]
Danaher slightly down before hours despite Street-beating Q3
Danaher (NYSE:DHR) shares were slightly down before hours today on third-quarter results that beat the consensus forecast. The Washington, D.C.-based company posted profits of $883.5 million, or $1.16 per share, on sales of $5.9 billion for the three months ended Oct. 2, 2020, for a 32.3% bottom-line gain on sales growth of 34.4%. Adjusted to exclude […]
Diversity in medtech: Just 20% of executive roles held by women
Diversity in executive roles in the medical device industry is trending more toward parity, with women holding 2% more C-suite roles in 2020 compared to last year. Just 20% of executives at the 100 largest medical device companies in the world are women, and those companies average 19% female composition in the C-suite, according to […]