Growth Metrics

Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Donnelley Financial Solutions' Return on Capital Employed history spans 10 years, with the latest figure at 0.01% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 21.0% year-over-year to 0.01%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.01%, down 21.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.01%, 21.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.01% in Q4 2025 per DFIN's latest filing, down from 0.21% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.32% in Q4 2021 to a low of 0.01% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.2%, with a median of 0.21% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: skyrocketed 32bps in 2021, then dropped -21bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.32% in 2021, then decreased by -27bps to 0.24% in 2022, then fell by -25bps to 0.18% in 2023, then grew by 25bps to 0.22% in 2024, then crashed by -93bps to 0.01% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DFIN's Return on Capital Employed are 0.01% (Q4 2025), 0.21% (Q3 2025), and 0.19% (Q2 2025).