Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2016 - 2026)
Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 19.04% for Q3 2026, up 0.65 percentage points from 18.38% a year earlier and up 1.66 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Donnelley Financial Solutions' Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 19.09%, up 0.53 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] shows a five-year change of +18.40 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Donnelley Financial Solutions' Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 18.56% in FY2024 (+1.26 pp), 17.29% in FY2023 (-4.06 pp), 21.35% in FY2022 (-11.69 pp) and 33.04% in FY2021 (+32.35 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] since Q1 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has increased in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.15 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the past five years was Q4 2021, with a gain of 28.97 percentage points; the weakest was Q2 2023, with a drop of 12.17 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] for the three prior quarters was 17.38% (Q2 2026), 18.74% (Q1 2026) and 18.80% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 408.11 Bn | 372.93 Bn | 1.93 Bn | - |
| 2 | Oracle | 355.62 Bn | 227.75 Bn | - | 10.99% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 276.79 Bn | 204.18 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 35.64% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 175.88 Bn | 131.75 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 9.01% |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 121.54 Bn | 108.34 Bn | 2.53 Bn | -47.20% |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 106.68 Bn | 85.94 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 5.25% |
| 7 | Intuit | 93.48 Bn | 72.83 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 16.71% |
| 8 | Relx | 73.38 Bn | 72.47 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 50.44 Bn | 37.58 Bn | 89.63 Mn | -27.59% |
| 10 | Donnelley Financial Solutions | 1.67 Bn | 1.57 Bn | 119.80 Mn | 19.04% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 19.04% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 17.38% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 18.74% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 18.80% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 18.38% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 14.83% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 16.85% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 17.86% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 17.87% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 18.92% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 19.53% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 16.45% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 15.44% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 14.83% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 17.38% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 20.88% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 22.82% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 27.00% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 28.72% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 29.66% |
API Access
Donnelley Financial Solutions Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
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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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=DFIN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=DFIN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();