Douglas Dynamics, Inc
PLOW NYSE· Construction Machinery & Equip
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$39.23
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Douglas Dynamics, Inc had $656M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 15.4% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +6.4% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 11.2%, down 4.4 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 11 is left after running the business.
- Douglas Dynamics, Inc made $46.9M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 1.6% a year.
- Free cash flow was $63.9M in fiscal 2025, 9.7% of revenue.
- Douglas Dynamics, Inc returned $33.9M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 53% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.5%.
- Douglas Dynamics, Inc owes $141M more than it holds in cash, about 1.6 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$925M
P/E
17.8x
Revenue
$656M
Net income
$46.9M
Free cash flow
$63.9M
Operating margin
11.2%
Douglas Dynamics, Inc in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+15.4%
Yes. Sales grew 15.4% last year.
Does it make a profit?
7.1%
A little. It keeps 7.1% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
9.7%
Partly. 9.7% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
1.6x
Keep an eye on it. Repaying its debt would take 1.6 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 9
Mixed. It passes 6 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
17.8x
One share costs 17.8 times its yearly profit per share.
What Douglas Dynamics, Inc does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 24, 2026
- Legal name
- DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC
- CIK
- 0001287213
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $541M | $616M | $568M | $569M | $656M |
| Revenue growth | 12.8% | 13.8% | −7.8% | 0.1% | 15.4% |
| Gross margin | 26.2% | 24.6% | 23.6% | 25.8% | 26.6% |
| Operating margin | 9.4% | 9.5% | 7.9% | 15.6% | 11.2% |
| Net income | $30.7M | $38.6M | $23.7M | $56.2M | $46.9M |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 6.3% | 4.2% | 9.9% | 7.1% |
| Diluted EPS | $1.29 | $1.63 | $0.98 | $2.36 | $1.96 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $60.5M | $40.0M | $12.5M | $41.1M | $74.7M |
| Capital expenditure | $11.9M | $12.4M | $9.8M | $7.8M | $10.8M |
| Free cash flow | $48.7M | $27.6M | $2.7M | $33.4M | $63.9M |
| FCF margin | 9.0% | 4.5% | 0.5% | 5.9% | 9.7% |
| Dividends paid | $26.5M | $27.0M | $27.4M | $27.5M | $27.9M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $6.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $6.0M |
| Share count change | 0.5% | −0.2% | 0.2% | 2.4% | 0.5% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $37.0M | $20.7M | $24.2M | $5.1M | $8.3M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $11.1M | $208M | $236M | $148M | $149M |
| Shareholders' equity | $215M | $237M | $232M | $264M | $281M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.4x | 2.3x | 3.2x | 1.3x | 1.6x |
| Current ratio | 2.7x | 2.5x | 2.2x | 3.4x | 2.8x |
| Interest coverage | 29.1x | 123.4x | 94.3x | 448.0x | — |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 24.0% | 11.3% | 8.2% | 16.6% | 13.3% |
| Return on equity | 14.8% | 17.1% | 10.1% | 22.7% | 17.2% |
| Return on tangible equity | — | — | — | 146.7% | 94.7% |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| Altman Z'' | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 4.0 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.1M
2 insiders
Of sales under plans
53%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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KIRA
At $39.23 a share, the company is worth $925M: 17.8 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001287213). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.