Why did Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) stock move recently?

On 7/28/2026, Donnelley Financial Solutions moved +4.7% — No clear company-specific catalyst found; the stock moved with the broader market or sector. This is MarketChacha's decoded reason from filings and credible news; it is education, not buy/sell advice.

Is Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Donnelley Financial Solutions's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 20.4, a forward P/E of about 9.3, a price-to-book of about 3.2 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Donnelley Financial Solutions's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (2.22×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Donnelley Financial Solutions's revenue?

Donnelley Financial Solutions reported revenue of $767.0M for FY2025, with net profit of $32.4M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN)?

Donnelley Financial Solutions last traded at $50.92 (+3.8% on the day), as of 9/4/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Donnelley Financial Solutions

DFIN · NYSE · Financials · United States

Snapshot

TickerDFIN

ExchangeNYSE

SectorFinancials

IndustrySoftware - Application

CountryUnited States

Employees1,750

HeadquartersLancaster, United States

Websitewww.dfinsolutions.com

Filings tracked13

About Donnelley Financial Solutions

Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. provides compliance and regulatory software and services in the United States, Asia, Europe, Canada, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Capital Markets Software Solutions (CM-SS); Capital Markets Compliance and Communications Management (CM-CCM); Investment Companies Software Solutions (IC-SS); and Investment Companies Compliance and Communications Management (IC-CCM). The CM-SS segment provides Venue and ActiveDisclosure solutions to public and private companies to manage public and private transactional and compliance processes; collaborate; and tag, validate, and file SEC documents. The CM-CCM segment offers tech-enabled services and print and distribution solutions to public and private companies for deal solutions and SEC compliance requirements. The IC-SS segment provides clients with the Arc Suite platform that contains a comprehensive suite of cloud-based solutions, including ArcDigital, ArcReporting, ArcPro, and ArcRegulatory, as well as services that enable storage and management of compliance and regulatory information in a self-service and central repository for accessing, assembling, editing, translating, rendering, and submitting documents to regulators and investors. The IC-CCM segment offers tech-enabled solutions for creating, filing and distributing regulatory communications, and solutions for investor communications, as well as iXBRL-formatted filings pursuant for Investment Company Act through the SEC's EDGAR system. This segment provides turnkey proxy services, including discovery, planning and implementation, print and mail management, solicitation, tabulation services, stockholder meeting review, and expert support. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Who owns it

Insiders5.5%
Institutions94.5%
Public & other0.0%

355 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.16.02%
State Street Corporation4.88%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC4.30%
Alberta Investment Management Corp4.28%
Morgan Stanley3.34%
Rice, Hall, James & Associates LLC3.15%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP2.84%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.58%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

Margin has compressed by about 6.1 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Cash conversion2.22×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend10.3% → 4.2%

Margin has compressed by about 6.1 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Growth qualityrev -2% · PAT -37%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $170.9M · EPS 0.74

Est. earnings growth +5.7%

Next fiscal year

Rev $808.8M · EPS 5.46

Est. earnings growth +13.3%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$767.0M

Net margin

4.2%

ROE

8.5%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

-1.9%

Profit CAGR (2y)

-37.2%

EPS (FY2025)

1.15

Net profit (FY2025)

$32.4M

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Why it moved

Jul 28, 2026
No clear company-specific catalyst found; the stock moved with the broader market or sector.
· confidence: low
Jul 24, 2026
No company-specific catalyst identified; DFIN moved higher with the broader market/sector.
· confidence: low
Jul 23, 2026
No company-specific news, filings, or earnings release today; DFIN likely declined with the broader market or sector.
· confidence: low

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$767.0M	$32.4M	1.15	4.2%	8.5%
FY2024	$781.9M	$92.4M	3.06	11.8%	21.2%
FY2023	$797.2M	$82.2M	2.69	10.3%	20.4%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$224.2M	$36.4M	1.44	16.2%
2026Q1	$205.5M	$33.5M	1.27	16.3%
2025Q3	$175.3M	$-40.9M	-1.49	-23.3%
2025Q2	$218.1M	$36.1M	1.28	16.6%
2025Q1	$201.1M	$31.0M	1.05	15.4%
2024Q3	$179.5M	$8.7M	0.29	4.8%
2024Q2	$242.7M	$44.1M	1.47	18.2%
2024Q1	$203.4M	$33.3M	1.09	16.4%
2023Q3	$180.0M	$18.1M	0.60	10.1%
2023Q2	$242.1M	$37.7M	1.24	15.6%
2023Q1	$198.6M	$15.8M	0.52	8.0%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

10-Q filing
SEC7/30/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/30/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change, Shareholder vote results, Other events, Exhibits
SEC5/14/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC5/5/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC5/5/2026
8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC4/21/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC2/17/2026material
10-K filing
SEC2/17/2026

2025

8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC10/29/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC10/29/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC10/23/2025material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/31/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC7/31/2025

In the news

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