Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2016 - 2026)
Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 17.38% for Q2 2026, up 2.56 percentage points from 14.83% a year earlier but down 1.35 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).
- Quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has run from a low of 14.83% in Q2 2025 to a high of 29.66% in Q4 2021 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has increased in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.37 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 18.74% (Q1 2026), 18.80% (Q4 2025) and 18.38% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 453.55 Bn | 422.61 Bn | 1.64 Bn | - |
| 2 | Oracle | 430.98 Bn | 303.54 Bn | - | 10.99% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 256.23 Bn | 177.31 Bn | 8.40 Bn | 32.24% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 193.08 Bn | 148.96 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 9.01% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 138.94 Bn | 117.40 Bn | 2.82 Bn | - |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 102.51 Bn | 84.63 Bn | 2.51 Bn | -46.53% |
| 7 | Intuit | 75.44 Bn | 54.79 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 16.71% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.79 Bn | 57.76 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 56.32 Bn | 49.31 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -73.94% |
| 10 | Donnelley Financial Solutions | 1.15 Bn | 1.05 Bn | 148.00 Mn | 17.38% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 16.77% |
API Access
Donnelley Financial Solutions Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] 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-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();