Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) Return on Equity [ROE] (2016 - 2026)
Donnelley Financial Solutions' Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 9.21% for Q2 2026, down 10.06 percentage points from 19.27% a year earlier and down 0.02 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 five-year range for quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] is 7.60% (Q3 2025) to 40.33% (Q2 2022).
- Year-over-year, Return on Equity [ROE] has declined for six consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -7.25 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- 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 9.23% (Q1 2026), 8.08% (Q4 2025) and 7.60% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 449.46 Bn | 418.52 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 32.87% |
| 2 | Oracle | 415.29 Bn | 287.84 Bn | - | 34.32% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 256.30 Bn | 177.39 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 17.88% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 188.94 Bn | 144.82 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 26.65% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 138.57 Bn | 117.03 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 13.78% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 102.66 Bn | 84.78 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 71.29% |
| 7 | Intuit | 74.00 Bn | 53.35 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 23.05% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.34 Bn | 57.31 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 53.88 Bn | 46.87 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -90.07% |
| 10 | Donnelley Financial Solutions | 1.16 Bn | 1.07 Bn | 148.00 Mn | 9.21% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 24.91% |
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();