Dana
DAN · Automotive Parts & Equipment
$26.83
5.0%Patrick Industries
PATK · Automotive Parts & Equipment
$68.86
2.0%The short version
- Dana is the larger business, with $7.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $4.0B for Patrick Industries, about 1.9 times as much.
- Patrick Industries grew revenue faster (6.3%, against −3.0%).
- Patrick Industries kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (7.0% operating margin, against 1.9% operating margin).
- Patrick Industries turned more of its sales into free cash flow (6.2% FCF margin, against 4.0% FCF margin).
- Patrick Industries earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (8.6%, against 3.1%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Patrick Industries’s earnings: a P/E of 16.4x against 2.7x for Dana.
| Latest fiscal year | DAN · FY25 | PATK · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $2.9B | $2.3B |
| Revenue | $7.5B | $4.0B |
| Free cash flow | $298M | $246M |
| Net income | $85.0M | $135M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −3.0% | 6.3% |
| 5-year growth | 1.1% | 9.7% |
| Share count change | −7.9% | 2.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 8.0% | 23.1% |
| Operating margin | 1.9% | 7.0% |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 3.4% |
| FCF margin | 4.0% | 6.2% |
| Return on capital | 3.1% | 8.6% |
| Return on equity | 7.8% | 11.7% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $2.7B | $1.3B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.5x | 2.9x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $704M | $87.3M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 2.7x | 16.4x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 6 |
FY16
DAN $5.8B
PATK $1.2B
FY17
DAN $7.2B
PATK $1.6B
FY18
DAN $8.1B
PATK $2.3B
FY19
DAN $8.6B
PATK $2.3B
FY20
DAN $7.1B
PATK $2.5B
FY21
DAN $8.9B
PATK $4.1B
FY22
DAN $10.2B
PATK $4.9B
FY23
DAN $7.6B
PATK $3.5B
FY24
DAN $7.7B
PATK $3.7B
FY25
DAN $7.5B
PATK $4.0B
DAN
PATK
FY16
DAN 5.7%
PATK 7.4%
FY17
DAN 6.8%
PATK 7.5%
FY18
DAN 7.1%
PATK 7.9%
FY19
DAN 3.4%
PATK 6.6%
FY20
DAN 1.8%
PATK 7.0%
FY21
DAN 4.4%
PATK 8.6%
FY22
DAN 0.9%
PATK 10.2%
FY23
DAN −1.4%
PATK 7.5%
FY24
DAN −2.3%
PATK 6.9%
FY25
DAN 1.9%
PATK 7.0%
DAN
PATK
FY16
DAN $62.0M
PATK $81.7M
FY17
DAN $161M
PATK $77.4M
FY18
DAN $243M
PATK $166M
FY19
DAN $211M
PATK $165M
FY20
DAN $60.0M
PATK $128M
FY21
DAN −$211M
PATK $187M
FY22
DAN $209M
PATK $332M
FY23
DAN $49.0M
PATK $350M
FY24
DAN $138M
PATK $251M
FY25
DAN $298M
PATK $246M
DAN
PATK
FY16
DAN 17.4%
PATK 15.4%
FY17
DAN 10.9%
PATK 15.8%
FY18
DAN 19.4%
PATK 15.8%
FY19
DAN 9.0%
PATK 11.0%
FY20
DAN 2.6%
PATK 10.7%
FY21
DAN 7.1%
PATK 16.0%
FY22
DAN 1.8%
PATK 17.7%
FY23
DAN −2.3%
PATK 9.0%
FY24
DAN −3.8%
PATK 8.9%
FY25
DAN 3.1%
PATK 8.6%
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