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.

Revenue
+7.96%
EPS
+13.3%
Free cash flow
+23.8%
Total debt
+100.9%

Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier

83.27 2.25 −2.63%
Market cap
$9.6B
P/E
21.3×
Fwd P/E
19.3×
Dividend yield
1.49%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
5.70
Beneish M
−2.21
Dividend safety
92/100

Donaldson Company, Inc. (DCI) Free cash flow margin

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Donaldson Company, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 11.2%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.03% (fiscal 2015) to 12.4% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 75% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 9.04% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.06%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2026 11.2% 1.97
FY2025 9.27% (2.10)
FY2024 11.4% (1.06)
FY2023 12.4% 7.36
FY2022 5.07% (6.97)
FY2021 12.0% 1.79
FY2020 10.3% 3.38
FY2019 6.87% 0.76
FY2018 6.11% (4.61)
FY2017 10.7% 0.78

Against its own ten years

Low 5.03% High 12.4%
Ten-year median 10.1%
Current reading's percentile 75

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
GGG Graco Inc. compare 26.0%
INIO INNIO N.V. compare 19.7%
PNR Pentair plc compare 16.4%
AOS A. O. Smith Corporation compare 14.8%
WTS Watts Water Technologies, Inc. compare 13.3%
DCI Donaldson Company, Inc. 11.2%
GNRC Generac Holdings Inc. compare 9.04%
RRX Regal Rexnord Corporation compare 8.11%
FLS Flowserve Corporation compare 3.70%
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 9.04%
Industrials sector median 2.06%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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