Donaldson (DCI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Donaldson Company, Inc. manufactures and sells filtration systems and replacement parts worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Mobile Solutions, Industrial Solutions, and Life Sciences. Its Mobile Solutions segment provides replacement filters for air and liquid filtration applications, such as air filtration systems; liquid filtration systems for fuel, lube, and hydraulic applications; exhaust and emissions systems and sensors; indicators; and monitoring systems. This segment sells its products to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the construction, mining, agriculture, aerospace, defense, and transportation markets; and to independent distributors, and OEM dealer networks. The company's Industrial Solutions segment offers dust, fume, and mist collectors; compressed air and industrial gasses purification systems; and hydraulic and lubricated rotating equipment applications, as well as gas and liquid filtration for industrial processes. This segment sells its products to various distributors, OEMs, and end-users. Its Life Sciences segment provides micro-environment gas and liquid filtration for food, beverage, and industrial processes; bioprocessing equipment, that includes bioreactors and fermenters; and bioprocessing consumables, such as chromatography devices, reagents and filters, and polytetrafluoroethylene membrane-based products, as well as specialized air and gas filtration systems for applications, including hard disk drives, semi-conductor manufacturing and sensors, battery systems, and powertrain components to OEMs and various end-users. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $67.64 to $69.73
• 50-Day Range: $66.49 to $72.28
• 52-Week Range: $65.10 to $78.95
• Volume: 714,810 shs
• Average Volume: 574,764 shs
• Market Capitalization: $8.12 billion
• P/E Ratio: 19.75
• Dividend Yield: 1.59%
• Price Target: $74.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Donaldson Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Donaldson scored higher than 81% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 68th out of 176 stocks in the industrial products sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Donaldson has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Donaldson has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.62%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Donaldson are expected to grow by 9.62% in the coming year, from $3.64 to $3.99 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Donaldson is 19.75, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.28.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Donaldson is 19.75, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrial Products sector average P/E ratio of about 16.34.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Donaldson has a PEG Ratio of 1.82. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Donaldson has a P/B Ratio of 5.49. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.71% of the float of Donaldson has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Donaldson has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Donaldson has recently decreased by 5.58%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Donaldson pays a meaningful dividend of 1.56%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Donaldson has been increasing its dividend for 38 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Donaldson is 31.58%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Donaldson will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.07% next year. This indicates that Donaldson will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Environmental Score: -2.90

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.71% of the float of Donaldson has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Donaldson has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Donaldson has recently decreased by 5.58%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.12

News Sentiment

Donaldson has a news sentiment score of 1.12. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.79 average news sentiment score of Industrial Products companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Donaldson this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Donaldson insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $2,978,655.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 2.70% of the stock of Donaldson is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

82.81% of the stock of Donaldson is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

DCI Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have DCI shares performed this year?

Donaldson's stock was trading at $67.35 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, DCI stock has increased by 0.9% and is now trading at $67.9450.
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How were Donaldson's earnings last quarter?

Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE:DCI) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 27th. The industrial products company reported $0.83 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.85 by $0.02. The industrial products company had revenue of $870 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $908.32 million. Donaldson had a net margin of 11.56% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 29.07%.

Does Donaldson have any subsidiaries?

Donaldson subsidiaries include Purilogics, Solaris Biotechnology Srl, Bofa International, Hy-Pro Corporation, Engineered Products Co., Filtros Partmo S.A.S., iFil USA, and more.

Who are Donaldson's major shareholders?

Donaldson's top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.65%), FMR LLC (3.34%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (2.22%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.11%). Insiders that own company stock include Tod E Carpenter, Ajita G Rajendra, Amy C Becker, Scott J Robinson, Thomas R Scalf, Willard D Oberton, Trudy A Rautio, Wim Vermeersch, Sheila G Kramer, James Owens, Guillermo Briseno, Christopher M Hilger and Douglas A Milroy.
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How do I buy shares of Donaldson?

Shares of DCI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Donaldson own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Donaldson investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Chevron (CVX) and Intel (INTC).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 12/23 Dividend: 12/09/2024
• Dividend Payable: 12/23/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 2/28 Dividend: 2/13/2025
• Last Earnings: 2/27/2025
• Dividend Payable: 2/28/2025
• Today: 3/12/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 7/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrial Products
• Industry: Blowers & fans
• Sub-Industry: Industrial Machinery
• Current Symbol: NYSE:DCI
• CIK: 29644
• Web: www.donaldson.com
• Phone: (952) 887-3131
• Fax: 952-887-3055
• Employees: 14,000
• Year Founded: 1915

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $74.00
• High Stock Price Target: $83.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $68.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +8.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $3.42
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 19.75
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.67
• P/E Growth: 1.82
• Net Income: $414 million
• Net Margins: 11.56%
• Pretax Margin: 14.91%
• Return on Equity: 29.07%
• Return on Assets: 14.76%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.35
• Current Ratio: 1.85
• Quick Ratio: 1.20

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.63 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.24
• Cash Flow: $4.21 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 16.15
• Book Value: $12.37 per share
• Price / Book: 5.49

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 119,518,000
• Free Float: 116,201,000
• Market Cap: $8.12 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.04