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Donaldson Company DCI Return on equity

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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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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 equity?
Donaldson Company (DCI) reported return on equity of 27.8% in Q1 2026.
How has Donaldson Company's return on equity changed year-over-year?
Donaldson Company's return on equity increased by 13.0% year-over-year, from 24.6% to 27.8%.
What is the long-term trend for Donaldson Company's return on equity?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Donaldson Company's return on equity has grown at a -1.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 27.3% to 24.9%.
What does return on equity mean?
How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
How do you interpret return on equity?
Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
How does return on equity compare across companies?
Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.