Dana
DAN NYSE Automotive Parts & Equipment Financials FY2016βFY2025
Dana's revenue fell 3.0% to $7.5 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 1.9%, up from β2.3% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $298 million, up 115.9%. It paid out $704 million in dividends and buybacks, 236% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 7.9%.
What Dana does
No business description yet.
- Legal name
- Dana Incorporated
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- β
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001437749-26-006076
0000026780
Revenue and margins
Dana had $7.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 3.0% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew β19.2% a year. Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $298M in fiscal 2025, 4.0% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Dana returned $704M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 236% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 7.9%.
Value Dana yourself
Change the assumptions and see what they imply per share. These are models, not forecasts or price targets β the answer depends entirely on what you put in.
Discounted cash flow
Value per share
β
Adds net cash of β$2.7B and divides by 133.7M diluted shares. Ten years of cash flows plus a terminal value, discounted to today.
Earnings multiple
Value per share
β
Reference multiples: today 2.7x Β· peers 13.8x Β· sector 17.9x.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Dana can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $285M | $425M | $529M | $494M | $469M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $2.4B | $2.4B | $2.7B | $2.6B | $3.2B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.7x | 4.2x | 10.3x | 12.2x | 5.5x |
| Debt / equity | 1.3x | 1.6x | 1.7x | 2.0x | 3.8x |
| Interest coverage | 3.0x | 0.7x | β0.7x | β1.1x | 0.8x |
| Current ratio | 1.7x | 1.5x | 1.6x | 1.5x | 1.2x |
| Quick ratio | 0.9x | 0.9x | 0.9x | 1.0x | 0.9x |
| Total assets | $7.6B | $7.4B | $7.9B | $7.5B | $7.8B |
| Total liabilities | $5.5B | $5.7B | $6.1B | $5.9B | $6.9B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.9B | $1.6B | $1.6B | $1.3B | $840M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $2.1B | $2.0B | $2.1B | $2.1B | $2.7B |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.3M
1 insider
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2025 | Craig C PriceSVP & Pres Off-Highway Drive | Sold | 13,300 | $22.44 | $0.3M | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β |
| F-score | 5 / 9 | 3 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | β5.7% | β6.6% | β5.6% |
| Altman Z'' | 1.56 | 1.18 | 0.82 |
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| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dana DAN | $2.9B | β3.0% | 1.9% | 4.0% | 3.1% | 2.7x | 7 | |
| Dauch DCH | $1.1B | β4.7% | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1.7% | β | 4 | Compare β |
| Autoliv ALV | $8.4B | 4.1% | 10.1% | 6.6% | 20.3% | 13.8x | 8 | Compare β |
| LCI Industries LCII | $2.1B | 10.2% | 6.8% | 6.8% | 10.2% | 9.9x | 8 | Compare β |
| Patrick Industries PATK | $2.3B | 6.3% | 7.0% | 6.2% | 8.6% | 16.4x | 6 | Compare β |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $5.8B | $7.2B | $8.1B | $8.6B | $7.1B | $8.9B | $10.2B | $7.6B | $7.7B | $7.5B |
| Gross profit | $835M | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.1B | $621M | $837M | $763M | $377M | $378M | $602M |
| Research and development | $81.0M | $102M | $103M | $112M | $146M | $178M | $201M | $196M | $184M | $105M |
| Operating income | $332M | $490M | $579M | $292M | $124M | $395M | $86.0M | β$108M | β$176M | $139M |
| Interest expense | $113M | $102M | $96.0M | $122M | $138M | $131M | $128M | $152M | $158M | $181M |
| Pretax income | $215M | $380M | $494M | $171M | β$13.0M | $244M | β$31.0M | β$246M | β$321M | β$32.0M |
| Income tax | β$424M | $283M | $78.0M | β$32.0M | $58.0M | $72.0M | $284M | $7.0M | $31.0M | $53.0M |
| Net income | $640M | $111M | $427M | $226M | β$31.0M | $197M | β$242M | $38.0M | β$57.0M | $85.0M |
| Diluted EPS | $4.36 | $0.71 | $2.91 | $1.56 | β$0.21 | $1.35 | β$1.69 | $0.26 | β$0.39 | $0.64 |
| Diluted shares | 0.15B | 0.15B | 0.15B | 0.15B | 0.14B | 0.15B | 0.14B | 0.14B | 0.15B | 0.13B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $384M | $554M | $568M | $637M | $386M | $158M | $649M | $476M | $450M | $512M |
| Capital expenditure | $322M | $393M | $325M | $426M | $326M | $369M | $440M | $427M | $312M | $214M |
| Free cash flow | $62.0M | $161M | $243M | $211M | $60.0M | β$211M | $209M | $49.0M | $138M | $298M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $181M | $233M | $270M | $339M | $365M | $389M | $388M | $315M | $350M | $357M |
| Stock-based compensation | $17.0M | $23.0M | $16.0M | $19.0M | $14.0M | $17.0M | $19.0M | $26.0M | $30.0M | $40.0M |
| Acquisitions | $78.0M | $185M | $153M | $668M | $6.0M | $18.0M | $1.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share buybacks | $81.0M | $0.0M | $25.0M | $25.0M | $0.0M | $23.0M | $25.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $650M |
| Dividends paid | $35.0M | $35.0M | $58.0M | $58.0M | $15.0M | $58.0M | $58.0M | $58.0M | $58.0M | $54.0M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $116M | $35.0M | $83.0M | $83.0M | $15.0M | $81.0M | $83.0M | $58.0M | $58.0M | $704M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $707M | $603M | $510M | $527M | $580M | $285M | $425M | $529M | $494M | $469M |
| Total debt | $1.7B | $1.8B | $1.8B | $2.4B | $2.5B | $2.4B | $2.4B | $2.7B | $2.6B | $3.2B |
| Finance lease liabilities | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $29.0M | $60.0M | $55.0M | $52.0M | $49.0M | $93.0M | $177M |
| Current assets | $2.3B | $2.9B | $2.9B | $3.2B | $3.3B | $3.6B | $3.8B | $4.1B | $3.7B | $3.9B |
| Current liabilities | $1.3B | $1.7B | $1.7B | $1.8B | $1.9B | $2.2B | $2.5B | $2.6B | $2.6B | $3.3B |
| Inventory | $638M | $969M | $1.0B | $1.2B | $1.1B | $1.6B | $1.6B | $1.7B | $1.0B | $1.0B |
| Property and equipment, net | $1.4B | $1.8B | $1.9B | $2.3B | $2.3B | $2.2B | $2.2B | $1.9B | $1.8B | $1.9B |
| Total assets | $4.9B | $5.6B | $5.9B | $7.2B | $7.4B | $7.6B | $7.4B | $7.9B | $7.5B | $7.8B |
| Total liabilities | $3.6B | $4.5B | $4.4B | $5.1B | $5.4B | $5.5B | $5.7B | $6.1B | $5.9B | $6.9B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.2B | $1.0B | $1.3B | $1.9B | $1.8B | $1.9B | $1.6B | $1.6B | $1.3B | $840M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 14.3% | 14.8% | 14.2% | 13.1% | 8.7% | 9.4% | 7.5% | 5.0% | 4.9% | 8.0% |
| Operating margin | 5.7% | 6.8% | 7.1% | 3.4% | 1.8% | 4.4% | 0.9% | β1.4% | β2.3% | 1.9% |
| EBITDA margin | 8.8% | 10.0% | 10.4% | 7.3% | 6.9% | 8.8% | 4.7% | 2.7% | 2.3% | 6.6% |
| Net margin | 11.0% | 1.5% | 5.2% | 2.6% | β0.4% | 2.2% | β2.4% | 0.5% | β0.7% | 1.1% |
| FCF margin | 1.1% | 2.2% | 3.0% | 2.5% | 0.8% | β2.4% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 1.8% | 4.0% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | 17.4% | 10.9% | 19.4% | 9.0% | 2.6% | 7.1% | 1.8% | β2.3% | β3.8% | 3.1% |
| Return on capital employed | 9.7% | 13.0% | 14.3% | 6.1% | 2.3% | 7.3% | 1.7% | β2.1% | β3.4% | 3.0% |
| Return on equity | 67.9% | 10.2% | 36.2% | 14.1% | β1.7% | 10.7% | β13.9% | 2.4% | β3.9% | 7.8% |
| Return on assets | 14.0% | 2.1% | 7.4% | 3.4% | β0.4% | 2.6% | β3.2% | 0.5% | β0.7% | 1.1% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β3.9% | 23.7% | 13.0% | 5.9% | β17.6% | 25.9% | 13.5% | β25.0% | 1.6% | β3.0% |
| Net income growth | 302.5% | β82.7% | 284.7% | β47.1% | β113.7% | β | β222.8% | β | β250.0% | β |
| EPS growth | 340.4% | β83.7% | 309.9% | β46.4% | β113.5% | β | β225.2% | β | β250.0% | β |
| FCF growth | β57.5% | 159.7% | 50.9% | β13.2% | β71.6% | β451.7% | β | β76.6% | 181.6% | 115.9% |
| Share count change | β8.3% | 0.1% | β0.3% | β1.0% | β0.4% | 1.2% | β1.8% | 0.6% | 0.6% | β7.9% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.8x | 1.7x | 1.5x | 2.9x | 3.8x | 2.7x | 4.2x | 10.3x | 12.2x | 5.5x |
| Debt / equity | 1.4x | 1.8x | 1.3x | 1.3x | 1.4x | 1.3x | 1.6x | 1.7x | 2.0x | 3.8x |
| Interest coverage | 2.9x | 4.8x | 6.0x | 2.4x | 0.9x | 3.0x | 0.7x | β0.7x | β1.1x | 0.8x |
| Current ratio | 1.8x | 1.7x | 1.7x | 1.7x | 1.7x | 1.7x | 1.5x | 1.6x | 1.5x | 1.2x |
| Quick ratio | 1.3x | 1.1x | 1.1x | 1.1x | 1.1x | 0.9x | 0.9x | 0.9x | 1.0x | 0.9x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 5.5% | 5.5% | 4.0% | 4.9% | 4.6% | 4.1% | 4.3% | 5.6% | 4.0% | 2.9% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Payouts / FCF | 187.1% | 21.7% | 34.2% | 39.3% | 25.0% | β | 39.7% | 118.4% | 42.0% | 236.2% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| Accruals ratio | 5.6% | β8.4% | β2.4% | β6.3% | β5.7% | 0.5% | β11.8% | β5.7% | β6.6% | β5.6% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000026780). Data updated October 19, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.