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Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. (DFIN)

Technology | Software - Application | Lancaster, United States | NYSE
52.64 USD +0.10 (0.200%) ⇧ (April 21, 2026, 2:33 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:22 p.m. EDT

Fundamentals show a classic value trap: deteriorating earnings (-1.6% growth), a low payout ratio on a shrinking base, and valuation drag (44x trailing PE). While analyst consensus is 'Buy' based on forward estimates, speculators (options flow) are aggressively betting on a setup to retrace significantly toward the $40 support level in the short term, making this a trade to short, not buy.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.082198
AutoETS0.082202
AutoTheta0.082594
MSTL0.084521

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 53%
H-stat 0.40
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 3.40
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Debt to Equity Ratio 47.89
Revenue per Share 27.891
Market Cap 1,501,681,920
Trailing P/E 45.77
Forward P/E 10.27
Beta 0.87
Profit Margins 4.22%
Website https://www.dfinsolutions.com

As of April 18, 2026, 11:22 p.m. EDT: Options activity reveals a strong near-term bearish bias with April 17th expirations. Put Open Interest (OI) is heavily concentrated ($18O, $33OI) at the $40 strike, significantly higher than Call OI. ATM puts have substantial volume/IO, while ATM calls show minimal flow. This distribution suggests a high probability of a downside event or a target near $40-$45 in the immediate weeks, despite the stock trading above that range.


Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.22191203
Address1 391 Steel Way
All Time High 71.01
All Time Low 4.04
Ask 52.75
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 1
Average Analyst Rating 1.7 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 214,860
Average Daily Volume3 Month 266,380
Average Volume 266,380
Average Volume10Days 214,860
Beta 0.867
Bid 52.5
Bid Size 100
Board Risk 1
Book Value 14.813
City Lancaster
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 52.635
Current Ratio 1.057
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 54.4
Day Low 52.585
Debt To Equity 47.89
Display Name Donnelley Financial
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,771,336,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,771,336,800
Earnings Growth 0.087
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.016
Earnings Timestamp 1,771,335,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,777,465,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,777,465,800
Ebitda 153,600,000
Ebitda Margins 0.20025998
Enterprise To Ebitda 9.785
Enterprise To Revenue 1.959
Enterprise Value 1,502,917,760
Eps Current Year 4.69333
Eps Forward 5.12333
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.15
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 47.9338
Fifty Day Average Change 4.7011986
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.0980769
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 22.191202
Fifty Two Week High 66.25
Fifty Two Week High Change -13.615002
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.20550945
Fifty Two Week Low 37.07
Fifty Two Week Low Change 15.564999
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.41988128
Fifty Two Week Range 37.07 - 66.25
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,474,896,600,000
Float Shares 24,320,537
Forward Eps 5.12333
Forward P E 10.273591
Free Cashflow 91,287,504
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 1,750
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.63442004
Gross Profits 486,600,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.052950002
Held Percent Institutions 1.01525
Implied Shares Outstanding 28,530,105
Industry Software - Application
Industry Disp Software - Application
Industry Key software-application
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. provides compliance and regulatory software and services in the United States, Asia, Europe, Canada, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Capital Markets – Software Solutions (CM-SS); Capital Markets – Compliance and Communications Management (CM-CCM); Investment Companies – Software Solutions (IC-SS); and Investment Companies – Compliance and Communications Management (IC-CCM). The CM-SS segment provides Venue and ActiveDisclosure solutions to public and private companies to manage public and private transactional and compliance processes; collaborate; and tag, validate, and file SEC documents. The CM-CCM segment offers tech-enabled services and print and distribution solutions to public and private companies for deal solutions and SEC compliance requirements. The IC-SS segment provides clients with the Arc Suite platform that contains a comprehensive suite of cloud-based solutions, including ArcDigital, ArcReporting, ArcPro, and ArcRegulatory, as well as services that enable storage and management of compliance and regulatory information in a self-service and central repository for accessing, assembling, editing, translating, rendering, and submitting documents to regulators and investors. The IC-CCM segment offers tech-enabled solutions for creating, filing and distributing regulatory communications, and solutions for investor communications, as well as iXBRL-formatted filings pursuant for Investment Company Act through the SEC's EDGAR system. This segment provides turnkey proxy services, including discovery, planning and implementation, print and mail management, solicitation, tabulation services, stockholder meeting review, and expert support. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Long Name Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 1,501,681,920
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_328967194
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 32,400,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,498,686,415
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 53.28
Operating Cashflow 164,900,000
Operating Margins 0.10957
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 0.97
Phone 800 823 5304
Previous Close 52.53
Price Eps Current Year 11.214851
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 3.5532978
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.9578643
Profit Margins 0.04224
Quick Ratio 0.838
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.66667
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.10499954
Regular Market Change Percent 0.1998849
Regular Market Day High 54.4
Regular Market Day Low 52.585
Regular Market Day Range 52.585 - 54.4
Regular Market Open 53.28
Regular Market Previous Close 52.53
Regular Market Price 52.635
Regular Market Time 1,776,796,388
Regular Market Volume 94,536
Return On Assets 0.113199994
Return On Equity 0.07948
Revenue Growth 0.104
Revenue Per Share 27.891
Sand P52 Week Change 0.34445214
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Share Holder Rights Risk 3
Shares Outstanding 28,530,105
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0422
Shares Short 1,204,651
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 1,303,679
Short Name Donnelley Financial Solutions,
Short Percent Of Float 0.0515
Short Ratio 4.5
Source Interval 15
State PA
Symbol DFIN
Target High Price 70.0
Target Low Price 57.0
Target Mean Price 64.33333
Target Median Price 66.0
Total Cash 24,500,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.956
Total Debt 181,600,000
Total Revenue 767,000,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 1.15
Trailing P E 45.769566
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 51.2774
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.3575974
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.026475549
Type Disp Equity
Volume 94,536
Website https://www.dfinsolutions.com
Zip 17,601