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) Return on invested capital

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Donaldson Company, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 13.4%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 13.4% (fiscal 2026) to 20.2% (fiscal 2018) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 5.00% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.86%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 13.4% (2.79)
FY2025 16.2% (3.06)
FY2024 19.3% 2.17
FY2023 17.1% (0.18)
FY2022 17.3% 0.61
FY2021 16.7% 1.26
FY2020 15.4% (2.57)
FY2019 18.0% (2.19)
FY2018 20.2% 2.33
FY2017 17.8% (0.60)

Against its own ten years

Low 13.4% High 20.2%
Ten-year median 17.6%
Current reading's percentile 8

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
AOS A. O. Smith Corporation compare 19.1%
WTS Watts Water Technologies, Inc. compare 18.7%
GGG Graco Inc. compare 15.9%
DCI Donaldson Company, Inc. 13.4%
INIO INNIO N.V. compare 12.3%
PNR Pentair plc compare 9.22%
FLS Flowserve Corporation compare 7.90%
GNRC Generac Holdings Inc. compare 7.58%
RRX Regal Rexnord Corporation compare 3.53%
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 5.00%
Industrials sector median 1.86%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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