Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.

Consumer Discretionary
Other Consumer Services
www.dfinsolutions.com

Earnings Score
Moat Score
Safety Score

Market Cap $1.47B
PE 16
Debt $195.30M
Cash $16.20M
EV $1.65B
FCF $94.40M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$90.10M
EBIT	$137.80M
ROE	21%
ROA	16%
FCF	$94.40M
Equity	$419.90M
Growth Stability	-64%
PE	16.33
PEG	0.43
PB	3.5
P/FCF	15.59
P/S	1.89
Price/Cash	0.01
Debt/Equity	0.47
Debt/FCF	2.07
Net Margins	15%
Gross Margins	63%
Op. Margins	18%
Earnings CAGR	19%
Sales Growth YoY	-1%
Sales Growth QoQ	29%
Sales CAGR	-3%
FCF CAGR	15%
Equity CAGR	7%
Earnings Stability	0.26
Earnings Growth YoY	-7%
Earnings Growth QoQ	392%

Earnings CAGR 5Y	38%
Sales CAGR 5Y	-4%
FCF CAGR 5Y	-3%
Equity CAGR 5Y	11%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	-5%
Sales CAGR 3Y	-5%
FCF CAGR 3Y	-1%
Equity CAGR 3Y	13%
Market Cap	$1.47B
Revenue	$779.60M
Assets	$852.80M
Total Debt	$195.30M
Cash	$16.20M
Shares Outstanding	28.2M
EV	1.65B
Earnings Score	15%
Moat Score	95%
Safety Score	62%
Final Score	57%
Working Capital	47.1M
Current Ratio	1.24
Gross Profit	$488.80M
Shares Growth 3y	-1%
Equity Growth QoQ	-4%
Equity Growth YoY	3%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Donnelley Financial Solutions Inc is a global risk and compliance solutions company. The company provides regulatory filing and deal solutions via its software-as-a-service, technology-enabled services, and print and distribution solutions to public and private companies, mutual funds, and other regulated investment firms. The company operates in four segments: Capital Markets - Software Solutions, Capital Markets - Compliance and Communications Management, Investment Companies - Software Solutions and Investment Companies - Compliance and Communications Management. Its geographical segments are the United States( US), Europe, Asia, Canada, and others, of which the US accounts for the vast majority of its total revenue.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. (DFIN) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2025
- 10-Q Mar 31
2024
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2023
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

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Peter Lynch's Chart

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CAGR 19%

Stability 26%

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Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. Discounted Cash Flow

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= $2.7B

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	$94M	$109M	$125M	$143M	$165M	$190M	$218M	$250M	$288M	$331M	$380M	$3.8B
DCF		$99M	$103M	$108M	$113M	$118M	$123M	$129M	$134M	$140M	$147M	$1.5B
Value	$2.7B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Net Margins	10%	6%	1%	8%	4%	-3%	15%	12%	10%	12%	15%
ROA	-	11%	11%	16%	10%	0%	25%	18%	14%	16%	16%
ROE	-	53%	6%	33%	14%	-10%	39%	31%	20%	21%	21%

Good Net Margins (15.42%)

Net Margins are high enough to offer a good protection on the profits in case of higher costs or higher interests. Furthermore higher margins reduce earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	7.52	7.39	12.76	30.52	1.87	0.9	1.76	2	1.19	2.07
Debt over Equity	0.03	5.4	3.15	1.65	1.1	0.93	0.33	0.51	0.31	0.29	0.47
Growth Stability	-	-	-	100%	79%	-64%	100%	100%	100%	84%	-64%

Neutral Debt/FCF ratio (2.07)

Net Margins are at a level that is not too high nor too low. They are not a competitive advantage but they are not a competitive disadvantage either.

Good Debt/Equity ratio (0.47)

The company is not overleveraged and has a good balance between equity and debt.

Bad Graham’s Stability (-64%)

The company has a bad stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a bad competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	-6%	2%	-4%	-9%	2%	11%	-16%	-4%	-2%	-4%
Earnings YoY growth	-	-43%	-84%	659%	-49%	-169%	-663%	-30%	-20%	12%	38%
Equity YoY growth	-	-82%	34%	51%	19%	-8%	52%	-13%	22%	8%	11%
FCF YoY growth	-	-15%	-20%	-54%	-67%	1K%	12%	-30%	-35%	69%	-3%