Donaldson Company, Inc.

DCI Industrials Specialty Industrial Machinery

Donaldson Company, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended July 2026) was $3.9 billion, up 5.28% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 7.96%, EPS grew 13.3%, free cash flow grew 23.8% and total debt rose 100.9%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for five.

87.97 0.20 +0.23%
Market cap
$10.2B
P/E
22.5×
Fwd P/E
19.1×
Dividend yield
1.41%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
5.70
Beneish M
−2.21
Dividend safety
92/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 8.58
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — 2 — — 1 1 — — — 1 1 —
Insider Ownership 0.50%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 10,170.00
Revenue 3,885.60
Net Income 453.80
Free Cash Flow 436.80
Net Debt 1,029.60
Current Ratio 2.08 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.73
P/E ratio 22.50
Fwd P/E 19.10
P/S ratio 2.62
P/B ratio 5.77
Past 5Y EPS Growth 11.44%
This Y EPS Growth 8.65%
Next Y EPS Growth 11.86%
Next Y revenue growth 7.86%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 9.95%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 37.12%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 78.47%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 20.24%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 89.09%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 43.09%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.32
Annual Dividend Rate 1.24
Annual Dividend Yield 1.41%
total individual payouts
2029 Powerpack
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.20
0.30
0.32
0.32
2025 1.17
0.27
0.30
0.30
0.30
2024 1.06
0.25
0.27
0.27
0.27
2023 0.98
0.23
0.25
0.25
0.25
2022 0.91
0.22
0.23
0.23
0.23
2021 0.87
0.21
0.22
0.22
0.22
2020 0.84
0.21
0.21
0.21
0.21
2019 0.82
0.19
0.21
0.21
0.21
2018 0.75
0.18
0.19
0.19
0.19
2017 0.71
0.18
0.18
0.18
0.18
2016 0.70
0.17
0.18
0.18
0.18
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 2026
Cash 187 233 180 250
Receivables 600 630 662 758
Inventory 418 477 514 539
Other — — — —
1,286 1,438 1,462 1,670
2023 2024 2025 2026
Payables 305 379 369 379
ST’ Debt 125 25 7 —
Other 85 166 163 208
756 783 757 804

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 5.76% 6.37% 4.24%
Cash Flow 5.42% 4.20% (3.21%)
Earnings 9.05% 9.60% 8.14%
Book Value 8.63% 9.18% 10.14%

Revenue $m

Oct Jan Apr Jul Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 935 896 995 1,059 3,886
’25 900 870 940 981 3,691
’24 846 877 928 935 3,586
’23 847 828 876 880 3,431
’22 761 803 853 890 3,307
’21 637 679 765 773 2,854
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Oct Jan Apr Jul Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 125 33 135 200 494
’25 73 90 88 168 419
’24 138 87 142 126 493
’23 118 102 133 191 545
’22 43 37 64 109 253
’21 129 73 103 96 402
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Oct Jan Apr Jul Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 122 18 112 185 437
’25 48 72 73 150 342
’24 115 66 120 107 408
’23 90 73 98 166 426
’22 25 22 41 81 168
’21 110 62 94 78 344
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Oct Jan Apr Jul Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 0.97 0.78 1.00 1.10 3.85
’25 0.81 0.79 0.48 0.97 3.05
’24 0.75 0.81 0.92 0.90 3.38
’23 0.70 0.70 0.76 0.75 2.90
’22 0.61 0.57 0.67 0.81 2.66
’21 0.48 0.44 0.66 0.66 2.24
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.8
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to July

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 41.28 40.27 41.56 31.08 54.76 46.00 57.05 61.79 57.45 79.61

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 50.10 59.43 58.32 58.18 69.35 61.94 66.96 78.95 95.00 112.84
People
People Employees 13,200 14,000 14,100 12,400 13,100 14,000 13,000 14,000 15,000 15,500
Revenue/emp, $m 0.18 0.20 0.20 0.21 0.22 0.24 0.26 0.26 0.25 0.25
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 2,372 2,734 2,845 2,582 2,854 3,307 3,431 3,586 3,691 3,886
Gross margin, % 34.61 34.23 33.33 33.76 34.05 32.28 33.83 35.54 34.85 34.64
EBT 322 364 375 335 381 438 469 535 492 586
EBT margin, % 13.58 13.30 13.19 12.98 13.35 13.26 13.66 14.93 13.34 15.08
Net income 233 180 267 257 287 333 359 414 367 454
Depreciation 75 77 81 88 95 94 92 98 162 106
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 17.89 20.98 22.17 20.35 22.58 26.73 28.17 29.71 31.09 33.55
Earnings 1.76 1.38 2.08 2.03 2.27 2.69 2.95 3.43 3.09 3.92
Cash flow 2.40 2.02 2.70 3.05 3.18 2.04 4.47 4.08 3.53 4.26
Capex (0.48) (0.74) (1.17) (0.96) (0.46) (0.69) (0.97) (0.70) (0.65) (0.49)
Free cash flow 1.92 1.28 1.52 2.09 2.72 1.36 3.50 3.38 2.88 3.77
Book value 6.44 6.58 6.96 7.82 9.00 9.16 10.84 12.34 12.25 15.24
Shares, m 133 130 128 127 126 124 122 121 119 116
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 27.14 34.07 24.01 23.81 29.31 20.43 21.30 21.81 23.22 24.10
P/S 2.65 2.27 2.25 2.38 2.95 2.06 2.23 2.52 2.31 2.81
P/B 7.37 7.25 7.18 6.18 7.40 6.00 5.79 6.06 5.88 6.19
EV/Sales 2.77 2.39 2.41 2.53 3.05 2.20 2.36 2.60 2.44 3.08
EV/FCF 25.86 39.07 35.14 24.64 25.37 43.35 18.97 22.83 26.31 27.36
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 318 263 346 387 402 253 545 493 419 494
Capex (63) (96) (150) (122) (58) (85) (118) (85) (77) (57)
Free cash flow 254 167 195 265 344 168 426 408 342 437
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 667 656 640 690 637 777 530 656 705 866
Total debt 588 515 635 623 528 664 622 508 637 1,280
Net debt 280 310 457 387 305 471 435 276 457 1,030
Shareholders’ equity 855 858 893 993 1,137 1,133 1,321 1,489 1,454 1,764
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 12.36 9.11 12.97 11.72 12.35 13.31 13.36 14.57 12.46 13.03
ROIC 17.84 20.17 17.98 15.41 16.67 17.28 17.10 19.27 16.21 13.42
ROE 28.64 21.06 30.53 27.26 26.94 29.32 29.24 29.47 24.94 28.20
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Jul 2026 · latest quarter Jul 2026 · fundamentals updated 2 Oct 2026

Charts ten years each

Donaldson Company, Inc. vs peers in Specialty Industrial Machinery (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
GGG Graco Inc. $13.2B 25.3× 23.6× +3.28% (above 0%: growing) +15.58% (above 0%: growing) −1.13% (below 0%: shrinking) 53.67% 29.65% Compare
WTS Watts Water Technologies, Inc. $11.9B 31.1× 26.5× +18.56% (above 0%: growing) +17.28% (above 0%: growing) +53.95% (above 0%: growing) 49.02% 20.18% Compare
GNRC Generac Holdings Inc. $11.7B 43.7× 35.5× +10.59% (above 0%: growing) +92.13% (above 0%: growing) +336.44% (above 0%: growing) 44.47% 17.93% Compare
RRX Regal Rexnord Corporation $10.4B 31.6× 36.7× +4.16% (above 0%: growing) +47.06% (above 0%: growing) −68.44% (below 0%: shrinking) 39.25% 13.81% Compare
DCI Donaldson Company, Inc. $10.2B 22.5× 19.1× +7.96% (above 0%: growing) +13.27% (above 0%: growing) +23.80% (above 0%: growing) 36.26% 16.68%
FLS Flowserve Corporation $9.0B 24.5× 19.0× −1.59% (below 0%: shrinking) +25.81% (above 0%: growing) −18.46% (below 0%: shrinking) 32.91% 15.78% Compare
PNR Pentair plc $8.5B 13.3× 14.9× −16.96% (below 0%: shrinking) −11.11% (below 0%: shrinking) −7.20% (below 0%: shrinking) 42.35% 17.85% Compare
AOS A. O. Smith Corporation $8.1B 16.5× 15.3× −0.69% (below 0%: shrinking) −14.95% (below 0%: shrinking) −6.61% (below 0%: shrinking) 38.61% 18.93% Compare
GTES Gates Industrial Corporation PLC $6.7B 18.2× 23.0× +6.55% (above 0%: growing) +204.55% (above 0%: growing) −18.45% (below 0%: shrinking) 41.00% 13.98% Compare
Median of peers $9.7B 24.9× 23.3× +3.72% +21.55% −6.90% 41.67% 17.89%

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Donaldson Company, Inc. (DCI) key facts

  • Strength: Donaldson Company, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended July 2026) was $3.9 billion, up 5.28% from fiscal 2025.
  • Strength: Net income was $453.8 million, or $3.92 per share (basic), a net margin of 11.7%.
  • Donaldson Company, Inc. (DCI) is a Specialty Industrial Machinery company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, DCI traded at $87.97, a market capitalization of $10.2 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 22.5× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 2.6× sales; its P/E is higher than 37% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Donaldson Company, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share, a yield of 1.41%, with a payout ratio of 32.2%.
  • Return on equity was 28.2% and debt-to-equity 0.73.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 5.70 (safe zone) for fiscal 2026.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations · fundamentals updated Oct 2, 2026.

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