Donnelley Financial Solutions has cleared all substantive engine gates — posting four consecutive earnings beats with an average positive surprise above 33%, converting free cash flow at 345% of reported net income, and offering 34 points of potential upside against a roughly 5-to-1 favorable risk/reward ratio — but the stock's market capitalization sits at the $1 billion investable-universe floor, which mechanically constrains new position sizing until the company grows into fuller coverage.
Thesis pillars
- Consistent Earnings Outperformance→Stable
- Exceptional Cash Conversion→Stable
- Market Cap Investability Floor→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Donnelley Financial Solutions, (DFIN) Stock Analysis
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Technology · Software - Application
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $41.53, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reason: Below 200-MA, MA slope -4.8%/30d (confirmed downtrend).
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... Read more
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $41.53, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reason: Below 200-MA, MA slope -4.8%/30d (confirmed downtrend). Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 71. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Score 5.8/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 8/9 gates (positive momentum, favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 30d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-30Recent Developments — Donnelley Financial Solutions,
Latest news
- NEWS Donnelley Financial Solutions tops Q4 forecasts; shares little changed - MSN — MSN positive
- NEWS Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) surpasses Q1 earnings and revenue estimates - MSN — MSN positive
- NEWS Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE:DFIN) Stock Price Down 11.2% - Should You Sell? - MarketBeat — MarketBeat negative
- NEWS Why Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) Stock Is Nosediving - StockStory — StockStory negative
- NEWS Why Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) Stock Is Nosediving - FinancialContent — FinancialContent negative
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $41.53, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reason: Below 200-MA, MA slope -4.8%/30d (confirmed downtrend). Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 71. Maintain position. Not compelling to add more. Target $53.55 (+28.9%), stop $38.62 (−7.5%), A.R:R 2.2:1. Score 5.8/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $53.55 (+28.9% upside). Target $53.55 (+28.9%), stop $38.62 (−7.5%), A.R:R 2.2:1. Stop-loss: $38.62.
Below 200-MA, MA slope -4.8%/30d (confirmed downtrend).
Donnelley Financial Solutions, trades at a P/E of 30.3 (forward 7.9). TrendMatrix value score: 8.5/10. Verdict: Hold.
9 analysts cover DFIN with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $63.
What does Donnelley Financial Solutions, do?Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. provides compliance and regulatory software and services in the United States,...
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.