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: $69.10 to $69.67
• 50-Day Range: $61.80 to $71.07
• 52-Week Range: $57.45 to $78.95
• Volume: 549,311 shs
• Average Volume: 559,933 shs
• Market Capitalization: $8.09 billion
• P/E Ratio: 23.29
• Dividend Yield: 1.73%
• Price Target: $70.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Donaldson Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Donaldson scored higher than 77% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 60th out of 182 stocks in the industrials 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, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Donaldson has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 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 23.29, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.27.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Donaldson is 23.29, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 23.86.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Donaldson has a PEG Ratio of 1.81. 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 5.61. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.19% 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 4.4.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Donaldson has recently increased by 5.83%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Donaldson pays a meaningful dividend of 1.72%, 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 40.27%. 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 30.08% 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

2.19% 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 4.4.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Donaldson has recently increased by 5.83%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.70

News Sentiment

Donaldson has a news sentiment score of 0.70. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Donaldson this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Donaldson to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

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 $1,159,774.00 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 at the start of the year. Since then, DCI stock has increased by 3.0% and is now trading at $69.39.
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How were Donaldson's earnings last quarter?

Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE:DCI) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, June, 3rd. The industrial products company reported $0.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.95 by $0.04. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 1.3% compared to the same quarter last year.
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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.

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

• Last Earnings: 6/03/2025
• Record date for 6/30 Dividend: 6/16/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 6/30 Dividend: 6/16/2025
• Today: 6/30/2025
• Dividend Payable: 6/30/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 7/31/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/27/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: POLLUTION CNTRL
• 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: $70.00
• High Stock Price Target: $78.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $63.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +0.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $2.98
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 23.29
• Forward P/E Ratio: 19.06
• P/E Growth: 1.81
• Net Income: $414 million
• Net Margins: 9.94%
• Pretax Margin: 13.22%
• Return on Equity: 28.86%
• Return on Assets: 14.63%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.44
• Current Ratio: 1.94
• Quick Ratio: 1.24

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.59 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.25
• Cash Flow: $4.28 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 16.20
• Book Value: $12.37 per share
• Price / Book: 5.61

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 116,520,000
• Free Float: 113,374,000
• Market Cap: $8.09 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.00