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Donaldson Company DCI Return on assets

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$995.1M+5.9%
Gross profit$333.4M+3.6%
Operating income$155.3M+77.7%
Net income$118.1M+104%
EPS (diluted)$1.00+108%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$204.1M+14.3%
Total debt$601.9M-16.7%
Total equity$1.7B+15.8%
Total assets$3.1B+3.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$135.4M+54.4%
CapEx$23.3M+42.9%
Free cash flow$112.1M+57.0%

Valuation

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Market cap$9.91B+29.8%
Enterprise value$10.31B+26.2%
P/E22.6×+1.5×
P/S2.6×+0.5×

Profitability

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Gross margin34.2%-1.0pp
Operating margin15.1%+1.7pp
Net margin11.5%+1.6pp
FCF margin10.3%+2.1pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity27.8%+3.2pp
Debt / equity0.4×-0.1×
Current ratio2.4×+0.4×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Donaldson Company’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Donaldson Company’s 10-Q, filed June 2, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Donaldson Company's return on assets?
Donaldson Company (DCI) reported return on assets of 14.4% in Q1 2026.
How has Donaldson Company's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Donaldson Company's return on assets increased by 16.7% year-over-year, from 12.4% to 14.4%.
What is the long-term trend for Donaldson Company's return on assets?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Donaldson Company's return on assets has grown at a 1.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 11.7% to 12.5%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.