Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)
Donnelley Financial Solutions posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 22.65% for Q1 2026, up 149.0% year-on-year from 9.09% in Q1 2025, and down 2.36% on a QoQ basis from 23.19% in Q4 2025.
Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) has 11 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 22.65% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 149.0% year-over-year to 22.65%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 22.65% (up 149.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 22.72%, down 4.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 22.65%, down from 23.19% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 31.36% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 16.85% in Q2 2023.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 21.26% (2024), against an average of 22.05%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Return on Capital Employed jumped 2357 bps; it then tumbled 1451 bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 23.59% in 2022, then declined by 25 bps to 17.7% in 2023, then climbed by 25 bps to 22.09% in 2024, then advanced by 5 bps to 23.19% in 2025, then dropped by 2 bps to 22.65% in 2026.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 22.65% (Q1 2026), 23.19% (Q4 2025), and 20.87% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 12.32% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 17.43% |
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| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -20.99% |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 23.43% |
| 10 | Donnelley Financial Solutions | 1.00 Bn | 976.20 Mn | 131.60 Mn | 22.65% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 22.65% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 23.19% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 20.87% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 19.20% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 21.15% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 22.09% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 20.89% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 21.78% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 21.26% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 17.70% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 17.40% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 16.85% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 19.21% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 23.59% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 25.42% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 31.36% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 30.20% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 32.37% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 23.36% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 14.84% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 6.63% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 0.55% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 5.06% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 7.17% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 11.66% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 10.54% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 9.53% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 13.11% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 14.96% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 17.48% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 17.84% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 11.16% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 12.23% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 13.17% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 11.88% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 11.36% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 13.60% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 13.81% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 18.04% |