profit from every $100 of sales.

Donnelley Financial Solutions
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
You pay $51.58 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
Not measured for banks and insurers: deposits and policy reserves count as debt, so the usual debt test says nothing about them.
Money in, money out
What Donnelley Financial Solutions sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $834 million in 2022 to $767 million in 2025, with $32.4 million of profit last year.
Donnelley Financial Solutions handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Donnelley Financial Solutions vs. similar companies
Donnelley Financial Solutions grows the slowest of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
Donnelley Financial Solutions | 51.6× · Expensive | ||
Raymond James Financial | 15.1× · Fair price | ||
Tradeweb Markets | 35.3× · Expensive | ||
Nomura Holdings | 13.1× · Cheap | ||
LPL Financial Holdings | 26.4× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Donnelley Financial Solutions's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 834 | 797 | 782 | 767 | |
| 463 | 464 | 484 | 487 | |
| 153 | 120 | 143 | 152 | |
| 212 | 192 | 210 | 123 | |
| 103 | 82 | 92 | 32 | |
| 3.17 | 2.69 | 3.06 | 1.15 | |
| 55.6% | 58.2% | 61.9% | 63.4% | |
| 18.3% | 15.0% | 18.3% | 19.8% | |
| 12.3% | 10.3% | 11.8% | 4.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 828 | 807 | 842 | 800 |
| Cash | 34 | 23 | 57 | 25 |
| Total debt | 214 | 151 | 141 | 179 |
| Total liabilities | 499 | 405 | 406 | 421 |
| 330 | 402 | 436 | 379 | |
| 32 | 31 | 30 | 28 | |
| 21.7% | 17.1% | 19.2% | 8.1% | |
| 31.1% | 20.4% | 21.2% | 8.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 | 124 | 171 | 165 | |
| 54 | 62 | 66 | 57 | |
| 96 | 62 | 105 | 108 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – |
| 165 | 40 | 82 | 185 | |
| 19 | 23 | 25 | 31 |
This is a bank or insurer, so cash-flow and debt ratios are left out: borrowing and lending is the business itself. Price to book and return on equity are the measures that matter here.
Valuation
- 51.6×
- 14.6×
- –
- 2.7×
- 2.2×
- 1.9%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 4.2%
- 17.3%
- 16.2%
- 8.7%
- 4.2%
Growth
- −2.7%
- −28.7%
- –
- −4.8%
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $66.00
- Range
- $66.00 – $66.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | 1.45 | 1.35 | +7.4% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | 0.70 | 0.40 | +75.0% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 0.86 | 0.41 | +109.8% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 1.49 | 0.57 | +163.7% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 1.24 | 0.70 | +77.1% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | 0.40 | 0.48 | −16.7% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 0.48 | 0.78 | −38.5% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 1.66 | 1.41 | +17.7% |
News
Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN): Buy, Sell, or Hold Post Q2 Earnings?Yahoo Finance · Oct 5, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Questions about Donnelley Financial Solutions
Is Donnelley Financial Solutions a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Donnelley Financial Solutions AI analysis
What does Donnelley Financial Solutions do?
Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. operates as a risk and compliance solutions company worldwide. It is in Financial - Capital Markets.
Does Donnelley Financial Solutions pay a dividend?
No. Donnelley Financial Solutions does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $185 million to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is Donnelley Financial Solutions stock halal?
Yes. Donnelley Financial Solutions passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 11% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Donnelley Financial Solutions stock done over the past year?
Up 47.2% over the past twelve months, to $68.62. It traded between $36.74 and $69.60, close to its high.
Who are Donnelley Financial Solutions's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Raymond James Financial, Tradeweb Markets, Nomura Holdings and LPL Financial Holdings. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Donnelley Financial Solutions's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.



