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Dauch

DCH NYSE Automotive Parts & Equipment Financials FY2016–FY2025

Dauch's revenue fell 4.7% to $5.8 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 1.9%, down from 3.9% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $155 million, down 25.2%. It paid out $3 million in dividends and buybacks, 2% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.6%.

Last close · Oct 23, 2026

$4.63

1.3%
Value it Compare
Revenue Total sales reported in the income statement.
$5.8B
4.7% vs prior year
Operating margin Operating income as a share of revenue.
1.9%
2.0 pts
Net income Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
−$19.7M
156.3%
Free cash flow Cash from operations minus capital spending.
$155M
25.2%
Return on capital After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
1.7%
3.1 pts
Market cap Last close times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate.
$1.1B
Oct 23 close
P/E Last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters.
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What Dauch does

No business description yet.

Legal name
DAUCH CORPORATION
Fiscal year ends
December 31, 2025
Latest annual report
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Accession · CIK
0001062231-26-000020
0001062231

Revenue and margins

Dauch had $5.8B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 4.7% on the year before.

Revenue
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Margins, % of revenue
Gross Operating Net FCF
Margins, % of revenue
Gross Operating Net FCF

Net income and earnings per share

Loss periods are shown in red.

Net income
Net income
Diluted EPS
Diluted EPS

Returns on capital

After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.

Return on capital, equity and assets (annual)
Return on capital Return on equity Return on assets

Cash flow

Free cash flow was $155M in fiscal 2025, 2.7% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.

Free cash flow
Free cash flow
Cash from operations vs capital spending
Cash from operations Capital spending
Cash from operations vs capital spending
Cash from operations Capital spending

Dividends, buybacks and share count

Dauch returned $2.8M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 2% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.6%.

Dividends and buybacks
Dividends Buybacks
Dividends and buybacks
Dividends Buybacks
Diluted shares outstanding (annual)

Value Dauch yourself

Change the assumptions and see what they imply per share. These are models, not forecasts or price targets — the answer depends entirely on what you put in.

Discounted cash flow

Value per share

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Adds net cash of −$3.4B and divides by 118.4M diluted shares. Ten years of cash flows plus a terminal value, discounted to today.

Balance sheet

Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Dauch can carry it.

Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Cash Debt
Fiscal year endFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Cash and short-term investments $530M$512M$520M$553M$709M
Debt incl. finance leases $3.2B$3.0B$2.9B$2.7B$4.1B
Net debt / EBITDA 3.4x3.3x3.7x3.0x6.0x
Debt / equity 6.9x4.7x4.7x4.7x6.4x
Interest coverage 1.2x1.4x0.7x1.3x0.6x
Current ratio 1.8x1.7x1.7x1.6x3.0x
Quick ratio 1.4x1.3x1.3x1.3x2.6x
Total assets $5.6B$5.5B$5.4B$5.1B$6.7B
Total liabilities $5.2B$4.8B$4.8B$4.5B$6.0B
Shareholders' equity $458M$627M$605M$563M$640M
Net debt (− = net cash) $2.6B$2.4B$2.3B$2.1B$3.4B

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

$0.2M

1 insider

Sold, 12 months

$0.0M

0 insiders

Of sales under plans

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$0.0M

DateInsiderTradeSharesPriceValueFiling
Mar 13, 2026 David B. WalkerDirector Bought 35,000 $5.20 $0.2M Form 4

Piotroski F-score

Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8–9 is strong, 0–2 weak.

TestFY23FY24FY25
Net income is positive ✕ ✓ ✕
Cash from operations is positive ✓ ✓ ✓
Return on assets rose ✕ ✓ ✕
Cash from operations exceeds net income ✓ ✓ ✓
Debt fell relative to assets ✓ ✓ ✕
Current ratio rose ✓ ✕ ✓
Share count didn't rise ✕ ✕ ✕
Gross margin rose ✕ ✓ ✕
Revenue rose relative to assets ✓ ✓ ✓
F-score 5 / 97 / 94 / 9
Accruals ratio −7.9%−8.1%−7.4%
Altman Z'' 1.131.252.45

Similar companies

Each company's latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don't line up exactly.

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Dauch DCH $1.1B −4.7% 1.9% 2.7% 1.7% — 4
Dana DAN $2.9B −3.0% 1.9% 4.0% 3.1% 2.7x 7 Compare →
LCI Industries LCII $2.1B 10.2% 6.8% 6.8% 10.2% 9.9x 8 Compare →
Patrick Industries PATK $2.3B 6.3% 7.0% 6.2% 8.6% 16.4x 6 Compare →
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10 years of figures

US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.

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Fiscal yearFY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Income statement
Revenue $3.9B $6.3B $7.3B $6.5B $4.7B $5.2B $5.8B $6.1B $6.1B $5.8B
Gross profit $726M $1.1B $1.1B $903M $583M $723M $705M $624M $741M $705M
Research and development $140M $162M $146M $145M $117M $117M $144M $155M $159M $147M
Operating income $381M $543M $106M −$302M −$396M $241M $244M $147M $241M $112M
Interest expense $93.4M $196M $216M $217M $212M $195M $175M $202M $186M $201M
Pretax income $299M $340M −$114M −$533M −$610M $1.2M $66.3M −$24.5M $62.8M $1.5M
Income tax $58.3M $2.5M −$57.1M −$48.9M −$49.2M −$4.7M $2.0M $9.1M $27.8M $21.2M
Net income $241M $337M −$57.5M −$485M −$561M $5.9M $64.3M −$33.6M $35.0M −$19.7M
Diluted EPS $3.06 $3.21 −$0.51 −$4.31 −$4.96 $0.05 $0.53 −$0.29 $0.29 −$0.17
Diluted shares 0.08B 0.10B 0.11B 0.11B 0.11B 0.11B 0.12B 0.12B 0.12B 0.12B
Cash flow
Cash from operations $408M $647M $772M $560M $455M $538M $449M $396M $455M $412M
Capital expenditure $223M $478M $525M $433M $216M $181M $171M $195M $248M $257M
Free cash flow $185M $169M $247M $126M $239M $357M $278M $202M $207M $155M
Depreciation and amortization $202M $429M $529M $537M $522M $544M $492M $487M $470M $460M
Stock-based compensation $21.0M $43.4M $27.9M $22.4M $19.4M $18.2M $17.7M $13.4M $15.0M $13.6M
Acquisitions $5.6M $896M $1.3M $9.4M $0.0M $4.9M $88.9M $2.5M $7.3M $2.5M
Share buybacks $5.2M $7.0M $3.7M $7.5M $2.7M $4.3M $1.9M $14.7M $2.8M $2.8M
Dividends paid $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M
Dividends and buybacks $5.2M $7.0M $3.7M $7.5M $2.7M $4.3M $1.9M $14.7M $2.8M $2.8M
Balance sheet
Cash and short-term investments $481M $377M $476M $532M $557M $530M $512M $520M $553M $709M
Total debt $1.4B $4.1B $3.9B $3.7B $3.4B $3.1B $2.8B $2.8B $2.6B $4.0B
Finance lease liabilities $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $7.3M $21.6M $88.8M $105M $98.5M $84.7M $77.8M
Current assets $1.3B $1.9B $2.0B $1.9B $1.9B $1.9B $2.0B $2.0B $1.9B $3.6B
Current liabilities $652M $1.2B $1.4B $1.0B $979M $1.0B $1.2B $1.2B $1.2B $1.2B
Inventory $182M $392M $460M $374M $323M $410M $464M $483M $443M $466M
Property and equipment, net $1.1B $2.4B $2.5B $2.4B $2.2B $2.0B $1.9B $1.8B $1.6B $1.6B
Total assets $3.4B $7.9B $7.5B $6.6B $5.9B $5.6B $5.5B $5.4B $5.1B $6.7B
Total liabilities $2.9B $6.3B $6.0B $5.7B $5.5B $5.2B $4.8B $4.8B $4.5B $6.0B
Shareholders' equity $504M $1.5B $1.5B $978M $371M $458M $627M $605M $563M $640M
Margins
Gross margin 18.4% 17.9% 15.7% 13.8% 12.4% 14.0% 12.2% 10.3% 12.1% 12.1%
Operating margin 9.6% 8.7% 1.5% −4.6% −8.4% 4.7% 4.2% 2.4% 3.9% 1.9%
EBITDA margin 14.8% 15.5% 8.7% 3.6% 2.7% 15.2% 12.7% 10.4% 11.6% 9.8%
Net margin 6.1% 5.4% −0.8% −7.4% −11.9% 0.1% 1.1% −0.6% 0.6% −0.3%
FCF margin 4.7% 2.7% 3.4% 1.9% 5.1% 6.9% 4.8% 3.3% 3.4% 2.7%
Returns
Return on capital 21.5% 16.2% 1.7% −5.3% −8.4% 7.5% 7.7% 3.9% 4.8% 1.7%
Return on capital employed 14.4% 11.5% 1.7% −5.1% −7.5% 5.1% 5.5% 3.5% 6.0% 2.4%
Return on equity 59.8% 33.1% −3.8% −39.4% −83.3% 1.4% 11.9% −5.5% 6.0% −3.3%
Return on assets 7.3% 6.0% −0.8% −6.9% −8.9% 0.1% 1.2% −0.6% 0.7% −0.3%
Growth
Revenue growth 1.2% 58.7% 16.0% −10.2% −27.9% 9.5% 12.5% 4.8% 0.8% −4.7%
Net income growth 2.2% 40.1% −117.1% — — — 989.8% −152.3% — −156.3%
EPS growth 1.3% 4.9% −115.9% — — — 960.0% −154.7% — −158.6%
FCF growth 0.3% −8.3% 45.8% −48.8% 89.3% 49.4% −22.3% −27.4% 2.9% −25.2%
Share count change 0.8% 33.7% 8.6% 0.6% 0.7% 0.9% 1.2% 1.0% 0.9% 0.6%
Financial health
Net debt / EBITDA 1.6x 3.8x 5.4x 13.4x 23.1x 3.4x 3.3x 3.7x 3.0x 6.0x
Debt / equity 2.8x 2.6x 2.6x 3.8x 9.4x 6.9x 4.7x 4.7x 4.7x 6.4x
Interest coverage 4.1x 2.8x 0.5x −1.4x −1.9x 1.2x 1.4x 0.7x 1.3x 0.6x
Current ratio 2.0x 1.6x 1.5x 1.8x 1.9x 1.8x 1.7x 1.7x 1.6x 3.0x
Quick ratio 1.7x 1.3x 1.2x 1.5x 1.6x 1.4x 1.3x 1.3x 1.3x 2.6x
Capital allocation
Capex / revenue 5.7% 7.6% 7.2% 6.6% 4.6% 3.5% 3.0% 3.2% 4.1% 4.4%
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 0.7% 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
Payouts / FCF 2.8% 4.1% 1.5% 5.9% 1.1% 1.2% 0.7% 7.3% 1.4% 1.8%
Quality scores
Piotroski F-score 8.0 5.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 7.0 4.0
Altman Z'' 2.6 1.6 1.3 0.8 0.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.3 2.5
Accruals ratio −5.0% −5.5% −10.8% −14.8% −16.2% −9.2% −6.9% −7.9% −8.1% −7.4%

Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001062231). Data updated October 19, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.

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