The stock screens exceptionally cheap at a forward multiple of 8.7 times with 21% upside to analyst consensus, but three consecutive earnings misses before a single recent beat, no competitive moat, severe customer concentration, and deteriorating price momentum make this a value trap until the fundamental recovery is confirmed by at least two successive positive earnings surprises.
Thesis pillars
- Deep Value Analyst Upside→Stable
- Severe Customer Supplier Concentration↓Deteriorating
- No Competitive Moat Below Floor Quality→Stable
- +2 more pillars — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Dana Incorporated (DAN) Stock Analysis
Consumer Cyclical · Auto Parts
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $30.35: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.6/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality.
Dana Incorporated supplies power-conveyance and energy-management solutions to light and commercial vehicle OEMs worldwide, with $7.5 billion in 2025 sales split 70%/30% between its two segments across 24 countries. Ford Motor Company represented approximately 32% of 2025 sales,... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $30.35: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.6/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.6/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 74d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-08-15Recent Developments — Dana Incorporated
Latest news
- NEWS Barclays Maintains Equal-Weight on Dana, Raises Price Target to $35 — benzinga Aug 14, 2026 neutral
- NEWS UBS Maintains Buy on Dana, Lowers Price Target to $38 — benzinga Aug 7, 2026 neutral
- NEWS RBC Capital Maintains Outperform on Dana, Raises Price Target to $37 — benzinga Aug 7, 2026 positive
- NEWS Wells Fargo Maintains Equal-Weight on Dana, Lowers Price Target to $28 — benzinga Aug 7, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Dana Q2 Adj. EPS $0.19 Misses $0.69 Estimate, Sales $2.010B Beat $1.938B Estimate — benzinga Aug 6, 2026 negative
Generated 2026-08-15T07:52:20Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMCustomerFord Motor Company32%10-K Item 1: 'Ford Motor Company ... our sales to Ford were approximately 32% in 2025'
- LOWCustomerStellantis N.V.13%10-K Item 1: 'Stellantis N.V. ... Our sales to Stellantis (via a directed supply relationship) were approximately 13% in 2025'
- HIGHCustomertop 10 customers76%10-K Item 1: 'Our 10 largest customers collectively accounted for approximately 76% of our sales in 2025'
- HIGHSuppliersingle sources of supply10-K Item 1A: 'we are dependent on single sources of supply for some components of our products'
- MEDIUMGeographicnon-U.S. operations43%10-K Item 1A: 'Approximately 43% of our sales in 2025 were from operations located in countries other than the U.S.'
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Rating Breakdown
4 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $30.35: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.6/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $28.23. Score 5.6/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $32.56 (+7.3% upside). Prior stop was $28.23. Stop-loss: $28.23.
Concentration risk — Customer: top 10 customers (76.0%); Concentration risk — Supplier: single sources of supply; Quality below floor (3.5 < 4.0).
Dana Incorporated trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 7.4). TrendMatrix value score: 8.7/10. Verdict: Sell.
14 analysts cover DAN with a consensus score of 3.7/5. Average price target: $37.
What does Dana Incorporated do?Dana Incorporated supplies power-conveyance and energy-management solutions to light and commercial vehicle OEMs...
Dana Incorporated supplies power-conveyance and energy-management solutions to light and commercial vehicle OEMs worldwide, with $7.5 billion in 2025 sales split 70%/30% between its two segments across 24 countries. Ford Motor Company represented approximately 32% of 2025 sales, the top 10 customers collectively 76%, and the Off-Highway business was divested to Allison Transmission in January 2026.