Autoliv vs Dauch
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The short version
- Autoliv is the larger business, with $10.8B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $5.8B for Dauch, about 1.9 times as much.
- Autoliv grew revenue faster (4.1%, against −4.7%).
- Autoliv kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (10.1% operating margin, against 1.9%).
- Autoliv turned more of its sales into free cash flow (6.6% FCF margin, against 2.7%).
- Autoliv earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (20.3%, against 1.7%).
| Latest fiscal year | ALV · FY25 | DCH · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $8.4B | $1.1B |
| Revenue | $10.8B | $5.8B |
| Free cash flow | $716M | $155M |
| Net income | $735M | −$19.7M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 4.1% | −4.7% |
| 5-year growth | 7.8% | 4.4% |
| Share count change | −4.4% | 0.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 19.2% | 12.1% |
| Operating margin | 10.1% | 1.9% |
| Net margin | 6.8% | −0.3% |
| FCF margin | 6.6% | 2.7% |
| Return on capital | 20.3% | 1.7% |
| Return on equity | 30.3% | −3.3% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.5B | $3.4B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.0x | 6.0x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $589M | $2.8M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 13.8x | — |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 4 |
Revenue
FY16
ALV $7.9B
DCH $3.9B
FY17
ALV $8.1B
DCH $6.3B
FY18
ALV $8.7B
DCH $7.3B
FY19
ALV $8.5B
DCH $6.5B
FY20
ALV $7.4B
DCH $4.7B
FY21
ALV $8.2B
DCH $5.2B
FY22
ALV $8.8B
DCH $5.8B
FY23
ALV $10.5B
DCH $6.1B
FY24
ALV $10.4B
DCH $6.1B
FY25
ALV $10.8B
DCH $5.8B
ALV
DCH
Operating margin
FY16
ALV 10.5%
DCH 9.6%
FY17
ALV 10.6%
DCH 8.7%
FY18
ALV 7.9%
DCH 1.5%
FY19
ALV 8.5%
DCH −4.6%
FY20
ALV 5.1%
DCH −8.4%
FY21
ALV 8.2%
DCH 4.7%
FY22
ALV 7.5%
DCH 4.2%
FY23
ALV 6.6%
DCH 2.4%
FY24
ALV 9.4%
DCH 3.9%
FY25
ALV 10.1%
DCH 1.9%
ALV
DCH
Free cash flow
FY16
ALV $362M
DCH $185M
FY17
ALV $356M
DCH $169M
FY18
ALV $30.6M
DCH $247M
FY19
ALV $158M
DCH $126M
FY20
ALV $505M
DCH $239M
FY21
ALV $296M
DCH $357M
FY22
ALV $128M
DCH $278M
FY23
ALV $409M
DCH $202M
FY24
ALV $480M
DCH $207M
FY25
ALV $716M
DCH $155M
ALV
DCH
Return on capital
FY16
ALV 17.3%
DCH 21.5%
FY17
ALV 14.1%
DCH 16.2%
FY18
ALV 10.5%
DCH 1.7%
FY19
ALV 14.2%
DCH −5.3%
FY20
ALV 6.6%
DCH −8.4%
FY21
ALV 13.1%
DCH 7.5%
FY22
ALV 12.4%
DCH 7.7%
FY23
ALV 14.3%
DCH 3.9%
FY24
ALV 18.6%
DCH 4.8%
FY25
ALV 20.3%
DCH 1.7%
ALV
DCH
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.