NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Danaher today reaffirmed its fourth quarter guidance for 2011 and initiated its outlook for 2012.
The Washington, DC-based conglomerate, which acquired Beckman Coulter earlier this year for nearly $7 billion, reaffirmed that it expects its fourth-quarter adjusted earnings per share to be between $.75 and $.80.
It said that it expects its full-year 2012 EPS from continuing operations to be between $3.20 and $3.35 with core revenue growth from continuing operations of between 2 percent and 5 percent.
"We remain mindful that the recent macroeconomic headlines will likely make for a more challenging environment as we go forward," H. Lawrence Culp, president and CEO of Danaher, said in a statement.