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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.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to July
| Group | Line | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Trend | 2027e | 2028e | 2029e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 41.28 | 40.27 | 41.56 | 31.08 | 54.76 | 46.00 | 57.05 | 61.79 | 57.45 | 79.61 |
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| 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 | |||||
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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
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
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.