Company Analysis

Donaldson Company, Inc. (DCI)

NYSE: DCI · Industrial & Commercial Fans & Blowers & Air Purifing Equip · Bloomington, MN · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade6.1
◀ Past 7.6● Present 6.7▶ Future 3.8

The grade of Donaldson Company, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.1/10
◀ Past7.630% of the headline
● Present6.740% of the headline
▶ Future3.830% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 68 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Donaldson Company, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+5.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 74th percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Donaldson Company, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2.4 billion in fiscal 2017 to $3.9 billion in fiscal 2026, up 5.6% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 9% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span5.6%top 39% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 12% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 24% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak9.2%top 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.6% a year. 71% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 11 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 84th percentile among 57 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-07-31, Donaldson Company, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 71% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 11 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-05 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 21% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 26%: 26¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 56%: owes 56¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 71st percentile among 65 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-07-31, Donaldson Company, Inc. earned about 26 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 34 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 56 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 48% of its family
  • return on equitytop 19% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 22% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 37% of 63 in its family; net margin 11.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 63 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Donaldson Company, Inc.'s standing among 63 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.9 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 40% by size; a net margin of 11.7% ranks in the top 29%; revenue growth of 4.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 42% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$3.89Btop 40% of its family
  • net margin11.7%top 29% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth4.2%top 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 38% of 55 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2015.

weight 22% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 55 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Donaldson Company, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Carpenter, Tod E. (Chairman, President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2015-06-22, 11.4 years (top 6% of its family); the 18 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.8 years (bottom 40%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 18 people in charge now (top 46%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge7 in three years among 18 peopletop 46% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.8 yearsbottom 40% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record11.4 yearstop 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 37% of 63 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 37th percentile among 63 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Donaldson Company, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $250 million against debt of $1.3 billion leaves -25.9% of its assets as net cash, bottom 19% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 11% of revenue (top 36%); a gross margin of 34.6% (bottom 43%); research spending of 2% of revenue (bottom 23%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-25.9%bottom 19% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue11.0%top 36% of its family
  • gross margin34.6%bottom 43% of its family
  • research spending against revenue2.0%bottom 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 33% of 64 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Donaldson Company, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 4.2% a year over the last three filed years against 5.6% over all 10, slowing (bottom 44% of its family); the newest year grew 5.3% (bottom 48%); research spending grew -0.9% a year (bottom 22%); capital spending grew -17.1% a year (bottom 17%) (its annual reports). Donaldson Company, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Mobile Solutions at $2.3 billion, Industrial Solutions at $1.1 billion, Life Sciences at $296 million. 3 of 3 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 62% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.4 points a yearbottom 44% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth5.3%bottom 48% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-0.9%bottom 22% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-17.1%bottom 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.9/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 49% of 62 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 49th percentile among 62 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Donaldson Company, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.9 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 1.5% above the $3.8 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 36% of its family); net income of $454 million against a prior three-year average of $380 million (top 45%); a net margin of 11.7% against 10.6% before (top 43%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace1.5%bottom 36% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+19%top 45% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+1.0 pointstop 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton DCI · research, not advice