DCI Stock Analysis: Donaldson | NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 10.275m USD | 12M Return: 6.3% | US2576511099 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 56.2M
EPS Trend: 98.0%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 98.4%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 11.7 years of data
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Donaldson Company, Inc. is a global manufacturer of filtration systems and replacement parts, operating through three segments: Mobile Solutions, Industrial Solutions, and Life Sciences. The Mobile Solutions segment supplies air and liquid filtration products to OEMs and distributors serving construction, mining, agriculture, and transportation markets. The Industrial Solutions segment provides dust, fume, and mist collectors, compressed air purification systems, and aerospace and defense filtration products to distributors, OEMs, and direct customers. The Life Sciences segment offers micro-environment filtration, bioprocessing equipment and consumables, and specialized filtration for semiconductor manufacturing, hard disk drives, and battery systems.
Founded in 1915 and headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota, Donaldson operates within the Industrials sector (Industrial Machinery & Components). The companys business model is primarily B2B, selling to OEMs, independent distributors, and dealer networks across diverse end markets. Its diversified segment structure provides exposure to cyclical industrial markets, long-cycle aerospace and defense applications, and growth-oriented life sciences and clean technology end uses such as semiconductor manufacturing and battery production.
- Mobile Solutions demand weakens on construction and agriculture OEM production slowdown
- Aerospace and defense filtration orders accelerate amid rising global defense budgets
- Bioprocessing consumables revenue scales as pharma and semiconductor capacity expands
- Industrial dust and fume collector margins face raw material cost pressure
| Net Income: 453.8m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.11 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -0.67 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 22.28% < 20% (prev 19.09%; Δ 3.19% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.12 > 3% & CFO 493.7m > Net Income 453.8m |
| Net Debt (1.15b) to EBITDA (727.8m): 1.58 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.08 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (117.9m) vs 12m ago -0.17% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 34.64% > 18% (prev 34.85%; Δ -0.21% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 111.6% > 50% (prev 124.0%; Δ -12.38% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 17.27 > 6 (EBIT TTM 621.8m / Interest Expense TTM 36.0m) |
| A: 0.22 (Total Current Assets 1.67b - Total Current Liabilities 804.1m) / Total Assets 3.99b |
| B: 0.73 (Retained Earnings 2.92b / Total Assets 3.99b) |
| C: 0.18 (EBIT TTM 621.8m / Avg Total Assets 3.48b) |
| D: 0.79 (Book Value of Equity 1.76b / Total Liabilities 2.22b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 5.85 = AAA |
| DSRI: 1.09 (Receivables 758.1m/662.2m, Revenue 3.89b/3.69b) |
| GMI: 1.01 (GM 34.85% / 34.64%) |
| AQI: 1.55 (AQ_t 0.42 / AQ_t-1 0.27) |
| SGI: 1.05 (Revenue 3.89b / 3.69b) |
| TATA: -0.01 (NI 453.8m - CFO 493.7m) / TA 3.99b) |
| Beneish M = -2.58 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of October 09, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 87.16 with a total of 630,194 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -0.68%, over one month by -4.21%, over three months by -0.26% and over the past year by +6.32%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 84.70 (which is 2.8% or 1.3 ATR below the current price).
Donaldson has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.38. Therefore, it is recommended to hold DCI.
- StrongBuy: 2
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 5
- Sell: 1
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 100.4 | 15.2% |
P/E Trailing = 23.026
P/E Forward = 19.8807
P/S = 2.6445
P/B = 5.6983
P/EG = 1.5916
Revenue TTM = 3.89b USD
EBIT TTM = 621.8m USD
EBITDA TTM = 727.8m USD
Long Term Debt = 591.6m USD (from longTermDebt, two quarters ago)
Short Term Debt = 69.6m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 1.40b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 18.1m
Net Debt = 1.15b USD (calculated: Debt 1.40b - CCE 250.4m)
Enterprise Value = 11.4b USD (10.3b + Debt 1.40b - CCE 250.4m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 17.27 (Ebit TTM 621.8m / Interest Expense TTM 36.0m)
EV/FCF = 26.80x (Enterprise Value 11.4b / FCF TTM 426.3m)
FCF Yield = 3.73% (FCF TTM 426.3m / Enterprise Value 11.4b)
FCF Margin = 10.97% (FCF TTM 426.3m / Revenue TTM 3.89b)
Net Margin = 11.68% (Net Income TTM 453.8m / Revenue TTM 3.89b)
Gross Margin = 34.64% ((Revenue TTM 3.89b - Cost of Revenue TTM 2.54b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 36.26% (prev 33.50%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 2.87 (Enterprise Value 11.4b / Total Assets 3.99b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 2.57% (Interest Expense 36.0m / Debt 1.40b)
Taxrate = 22.53% (132.0m / 585.8m)
NOPAT = 481.7m (EBIT 621.8m * (1 - 22.53%))
Current Ratio = 2.08 (Total Current Assets 1.67b / Total Current Liabilities 804.1m)
Debt / Equity = 0.79 (Debt 1.40b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 1.76b)
Debt / EBITDA = 1.58 (Net Debt 1.15b / EBITDA 727.8m)
Debt / FCF = 2.70 (Net Debt 1.15b / FCF TTM 426.3m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 1.64b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 13.03% (Net Income 453.8m / Total Assets 3.99b)
RoE = 27.71% (Net Income TTM 453.8m / Total Stockholder Equity 1.64b)
RoCE = 27.89% (EBIT 621.8m / Capital Employed (Equity 1.64b + L.T.Debt 591.6m))
RoIC = 15.75% (NOPAT 481.7m / Invested Capital 3.06b)
WACC = 8.02% (E(10.3b)/V(11.7b) * Re(8.84%) + D(1.40b)/V(11.7b) * Rd(2.57%) * (1-Tc(0.23)))
Discount Rate = 8.84% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -93.47 | Cagr: -1.83%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈391.1m ; Y1≈448.3m ; Y5≈659.8m
[DCF] Fair Price = 75.74 (EV 9.93b - Net Debt 1.15b = Equity 8.78b / Shares 115.9m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 98.00 | EPS CAGR: 9.79% | SUE: 0.80 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 98.42 | Revenue CAGR: 4.07% | SUE: 0.42 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-10-31): EPS=0.97 | Chg30d=-0.60% | Revisions=-50% | Analysts=6
EPS next Quarter (2027-01-31): EPS=0.90 | Chg30d=+1.04% | Revisions=-50% | Analysts=6
EPS current Year (2027-07-31): EPS=4.33 | Chg30d=+0.09% | Revisions=-17% | GrowthEPS=+8.8% | GrowthRev=+7.9%
EPS next Year (2028-07-31): EPS=4.86 | Chg30d=-0.25% | Revisions=+17% | GrowthEPS=+12.2% | GrowthRev=+4.9%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -40% (up=3, down=9)