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Donnelley Financial Solutions
DFIN Technology Software Application
Donnelley Financial Solutions' revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $767.0 million, down 1.91% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 2.80%, EPS grew 11.5%, free cash flow grew 18.4% and total debt rose 7.31%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for three consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | Low | 18.03 | 18.06 | 13.15 | 9.24 | 4.04 | 16.73 | 24.60 | 35.71 | 56.02 | 37.80 |
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| High | 29.00 | 27.08 | 22.17 | 17.09 | 20.33 | 52.33 | 48.04 | 63.85 | 71.01 | 69.93 | |||||
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| People | Employees | 3,600 | 3,400 | 3,100 | 2,900 | 2,350 | 2,185 | 2,150 | 1,900 | 1,800 | 1,750 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.27 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.38 | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.44 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 984 | 1,005 | 963 | 875 | 895 | 993 | 834 | 797 | 782 | 767 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 37.06 | 38.16 | 39.01 | 37.99 | 44.55 | 58.41 | 55.59 | 58.19 | 61.90 | 63.44 | |||||
| EBT | 94 | 56 | 103 | 52 | (17) | 198 | 139 | 102 | 125 | 43 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 9.59 | 5.59 | 10.66 | 5.96 | (1.96) | 19.91 | 16.71 | 12.79 | 16.00 | 5.62 | |||||
| Net income | 59 | 10 | 74 | 38 | (26) | 146 | 103 | 82 | 92 | 32 | |||||
| Depreciation | 43 | 45 | 46 | 72 | 74 | 58 | 63 | 72 | 70 | 66 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 30.17 | 30.36 | 28.49 | 25.65 | 26.39 | 29.65 | 27.06 | 27.21 | 26.78 | 27.89 | ||||
| Earnings | 1.81 | 0.29 | 2.18 | 1.10 | (0.76) | 4.36 | 3.33 | 2.81 | 3.16 | 1.18 | |||||
| Cash flow | 3.25 | 2.76 | 1.96 | 1.60 | 4.55 | 5.37 | 4.88 | 4.23 | 5.86 | 6.00 | |||||
| Capex | (0.80) | (0.84) | (1.10) | (0.42) | (0.92) | (1.26) | (1.76) | (2.11) | (2.26) | (2.08) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 2.45 | 1.92 | 0.86 | 1.18 | 3.63 | 4.11 | 3.12 | 2.12 | 3.60 | 3.92 | |||||
| Book value | 3.41 | 4.51 | 6.69 | 7.88 | 7.31 | 11.25 | 10.70 | 13.73 | 14.93 | 13.79 | |||||
| Shares, m | 33 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 28 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 12.83 | 64.00 | 6.44 | 9.52 | 0.00 | 10.86 | 12.03 | 21.88 | 19.85 | 41.32 | ||||
| P/S | 0.78 | 0.65 | 0.49 | 0.41 | 0.64 | 1.59 | 1.45 | 2.25 | 2.34 | 1.67 | |||||
| P/B | 6.88 | 4.40 | 2.10 | 1.33 | 2.32 | 4.19 | 3.68 | 4.46 | 4.20 | 3.39 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 1.36 | 1.06 | 0.82 | 0.75 | 0.84 | 1.68 | 1.64 | 2.40 | 2.45 | 1.87 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 16.70 | 16.73 | 27.08 | 16.34 | 6.11 | 12.11 | 14.22 | 30.77 | 18.21 | 13.27 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 106 | 91 | 66 | 55 | 154 | 180 | 150 | 124 | 171 | 165 | ||||
| Capex | (26) | (28) | (37) | (14) | (31) | (42) | (54) | (62) | (66) | (57) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 80 | 64 | 29 | 40 | 123 | 138 | 96 | 62 | 105 | 108 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 144 | 83 | 51 | 32 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| Total debt | 587 | 458 | 363 | 319 | 250 | 144 | 188 | 125 | 125 | 171 | |||||
| Net debt | 551 | 406 | 315 | 301 | 177 | 89 | 153 | 101 | 67 | 147 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 111 | 149 | 226 | 269 | 248 | 377 | 330 | 402 | 436 | 379 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 6.58 | 1.04 | 8.35 | 4.28 | (2.96) | 16.68 | 11.98 | 10.05 | 11.21 | 3.95 | ||||
| ROIC | 9.91 | 10.76 | 13.98 | 8.61 | 0.53 | 29.41 | 18.77 | 13.65 | 16.96 | 16.77 | |||||
| ROE | 16.09 | 7.45 | 39.21 | 15.20 | (10.03) | 46.70 | 29.02 | 22.47 | 22.04 | 7.95 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
Donnelley Financial Solutions vs peers in Software Application (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CXM Sprinklr, Inc. | $1.4B | 58.3× | 57.4× | +0.80% (above 0%: growing) | −40.00% (below 0%: shrinking) | −55.52% (below 0%: shrinking) | 65.12% | 4.66% | Compare |
| PD PagerDuty | $1.4B | 7.9× | 19.5× | +0.83% (above 0%: growing) | −45.45% (below 0%: shrinking) | +8.53% (above 0%: growing) | 83.90% | 8.23% | Compare |
| WRD WeRide Inc. | $1.3B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +92.37% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −92.28% (below 0%: shrinking) | 37.49% | (182.09%) | Compare |
| APPS Digital Turbine, Inc. | $1.3B | — (loss-making) | 901× | +26.78% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +1,254.95% (above 0%: growing) | 49.39% | 13.89% | Compare |
| DFIN Donnelley Financial Solutions | $1.3B | 34.5× | 9.1× | +2.80% (above 0%: growing) | +11.54% (above 0%: growing) | +18.38% (above 0%: growing) | 66.01% | 24.98% | |
| RDVT Red Violet, Inc. | $1.2B | 63.8× | 55.2× | +22.71% (above 0%: growing) | +84.21% (above 0%: growing) | +50.36% (above 0%: growing) | 85.71% | 22.81% | Compare |
| GTM ZoomInfo Technologies Inc. | $1.2B | — (loss-making) | 8.0× | +1.21% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −19.79% (below 0%: shrinking) | 82.73% | (200.39%) | Compare |
| RSKD Riskified Ltd. | $1.1B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +21.75% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +141.82% (above 0%: growing) | 45.56% | (7.51%) | Compare |
| IBTA Ibotta, Inc. | $1.1B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +3.34% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −57.28% (below 0%: shrinking) | 78.42% | (2.11%) | Compare |
| Median of peers | $1.3B | 58.3× | 55.2× | +12.55% | −40.00% | −5.63% | 71.77% | 1.28% |
Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) key facts
- Concern: Donnelley Financial Solutions' revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $767.0 million, down 1.91% from fiscal 2024.
- Concern: Net income was $32.4 million, or $1.18 per share (basic), a net margin of 4.22%.
- Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) is a Software Application company in the Technology sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- As of October 16, 2026, DFIN traded at $51.82, a market capitalization of $1.3 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 34.5× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.7× sales; its P/E is higher than 83% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- Return on equity was 7.95% and debt-to-equity 0.53.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 4.37 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.