Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE:DFIN – Get Free Report) is one of 21 public companies in the “Miscellaneous business services” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Donnelley Financial Solutions to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Donnelley Financial Solutions and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Donnelley Financial Solutions | $802.60 million | $82.20 million | 17.64 |
Donnelley Financial Solutions Competitors | $15.50 billion | $2.53 billion | -30.21 |
Donnelley Financial Solutions’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Donnelley Financial Solutions. Donnelley Financial Solutions is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Profitability
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Donnelley Financial Solutions | 13.22% | 25.45% | 12.27% |
Donnelley Financial Solutions Competitors | 9.75% | 10.27% | 5.31% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
93.8% of Donnelley Financial Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.2% of shares of all “Miscellaneous business services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Donnelley Financial Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of shares of all “Miscellaneous business services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility and Risk
Donnelley Financial Solutions has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Donnelley Financial Solutions’ rivals have a beta of 3.69, suggesting that their average share price is 269% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Donnelley Financial Solutions and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Donnelley Financial Solutions | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
Donnelley Financial Solutions Competitors | 61 | 285 | 552 | 17 | 2.57 |
Donnelley Financial Solutions currently has a consensus price target of $77.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.38%. As a group, “Miscellaneous business services” companies have a potential downside of 4.82%. Given Donnelley Financial Solutions’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Donnelley Financial Solutions is more favorable than its rivals.
Summary
Donnelley Financial Solutions beats its rivals on 9 of the 13 factors compared.
About Donnelley Financial Solutions
Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. provides innovative software and technology-enabled financial regulatory and compliance solutions 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 XBRL and iXBRL-formatted filings pursuant for Investment Company Act through the SEC’s EDGAR system. This segment also provides turnkey proxy services, including discovery, planning and implementation, print and mail management, solicitation, tabulation services, stockholder meeting review, and expert support. Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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