Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) Return on Equity [ROE] (2016 - 2026)
Donnelley Financial Solutions' Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 24.46% for Q3 2026, up 16.86 percentage points from 7.60% a year earlier and up 15.24 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) Return on Equity [ROE] (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Donnelley Financial Solutions' Return on Equity [ROE] was 7.95%, down 14.10 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Equity [ROE] has declined in each of the last four years, though with a five-year change of +17.98 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Equity [ROE] was 22.04% in FY2024 (-0.42 pp), 22.47% in FY2023 (-6.55 pp), 29.02% in FY2022 (-17.69 pp) and 46.70% in FY2021 (+56.73 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] since Q2 2024.
- Year-over-year, Return on Equity [ROE] increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -5.16 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Equity [ROE] over five years came in Q4 2021 (a gain of 49.51 percentage points), and the weakest in Q2 2023 (a drop of 16.74 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows DFIN's Return on Equity [ROE] at 9.21% (Q2 2026), 9.23% (Q1 2026) and 8.08% (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 408.11 Bn | 372.93 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 34.75% |
| 2 | Oracle | 355.62 Bn | 227.75 Bn | - | 34.32% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 276.79 Bn | 204.18 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 18.52% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 175.88 Bn | 131.75 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 26.65% |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 121.54 Bn | 108.34 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 81.37% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 106.68 Bn | 85.94 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 11.28% |
| 7 | Intuit | 93.48 Bn | 72.83 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 23.05% |
| 8 | Relx | 73.38 Bn | 72.47 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 50.44 Bn | 37.58 Bn | 89.63 Mn | -31.66% |
| 10 | Donnelley Financial Solutions | 1.67 Bn | 1.57 Bn | 119.80 Mn | 24.46% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 24.46% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 9.21% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 9.23% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.08% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 7.60% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 19.27% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 21.05% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 20.99% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 21.83% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 24.95% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 24.58% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 20.88% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 21.67% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 23.59% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 27.76% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 31.01% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 34.83% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 40.33% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 37.52% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 39.65% |
API Access
Donnelley Financial Solutions Return on Equity [ROE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=DFIN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "ticker": "DFIN", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=DFIN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();