Industrial Goods: Joy Global Inc.’s (NYSE:JOY) Reported Bubbly Earnings, Bill Gates Firm Buying Further Shares in Deere (NYSE:DE)

Danaher Corp. (NYSE:DHR) estimated earnings for 2013 which were mostly matching experts targets, while also confirming its 2012 outlook. For the next whole year, the diversified manufacturer estimated earnings of $3.40 to $3.55 per share, in contrast with forecasts of $3.50 from experts surveyed by Thomson Reuters.

Joy Global Inc.’s (NYSE:JOY) reported on Wednesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings jumped up 23% as the heavy-duty mining equipment manufacturer logged robust revenue growth.

For the complete next year, the firm stated that it anticipates per-share earnings around $5.90 and $6.50 on sales of $4.9 billion to $5.2 billion. Experts surveyed by Thomson Reuters lately predicted per-share earnings of $6.73 on sales of $5.21 billion.

Software tycoon, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates’ Cascade Investment company purchased three million further shares of Deere & Co. (NYSE:DE), lifting his leading interest in the farm equipment maker to 7%, as per reported by a regulatory filing on Tuesday.

Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) moved up +2.18% with the closing price of $54.67. The overall volume in the last trading session was 4.77 million shares. Its fifty two week range was $45.06-$57.15. The total market capitalization remained $37.87 billion.

DHR is ahead of its 52 week low with 21.57% and its last month’s price volatility remained -4.34%. Its beta coefficient was 0.96 with a target price of $60.23. DHR has institutional ownership remained 77.57%. Company’s current year earnings per share grew with 9.49% while the five years EPS growth rate was +10.01%.

In last trading session, Joy Global Inc. (NYSE:JOY) reported the gain of +3.97% to close at $60.17 and its overall traded volume was 6.92 million shares, more than the average volume of 2.08 million.

JOY has earnings per share of $7.02 with the net profit margin of 13.88% and operating margin of 33.34%.

Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) surged +0.96% and closed at $86.25 in last trading session. The overall traded volume was 2.90 million shares. Stock’s 52 weeks high price was $89.70 and 52 weeks low price was $69.51.

In its share capital DE has 391.67 million outstanding shares while 391.30 million shares have been floated in market. Company’s current year earnings per share grew with 15.20% while the five years EPS growth rate was +13.78%.

The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA)

The stock with a -0.46% lowe to $75.47 in the latest trading session has changed its distance from 200-Day Moving Average to +4.85% and 50-Day Moving Average to +4.67%. It captures $56.91 billion in market value. The mean rating 1.80 is set by analysts. The company is projected to report $1.19 per share for the quarter ending Dec-12 as compared to $1.35 earned a year earlier, according to 21 analysts surveyed by Reuters. The average EPS forecast of 25 analysts for the full-year is $5.01, down as compared to $4.93 earned a year ago.

General Electric Company (NYSE:GE)

The company’s shares touched a high of $21.95 before closing at $21.78, an increase of $1.26. The trading volume was 42.41 million shares. Since hitting a 52-week low of $16.59 on Oct 5, 2012, the stock has managed to stay 38.34% higher from that level. The latest gain caused shares to increase their 2012 loss to 24.67%.