Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.07
- Estimate
- $0.84
- Surprise
- +26.9%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $185.0M
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.7 → 5.8/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) beat the $0.84 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.07 — a large 26.9% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.7/10) to Sell at 5.8/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates DFIN Sell at 5.8/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +26.9% surprise compares with a +28.3% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Positive momentum
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Near 52-week high (0.4% away)
- Sector modifier (Technology): -0.8
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $61.07
- Stop
- $56.89
The stock trades at 16.0× trailing but 11.2× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 81 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum; trading volume is running 2.7× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-30 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
DFIN at TrendMatrix's latest read
Technology names get repriced on forward expectations more than trailing prints — a quarter here is read through next-year growth and multiple, not the EPS line alone.
- Industry
- Software - Application
- Market cap
- $1.50B
- P/E (fwd)
- 11.2
- P/E (ttm)
- 16.0
- 52-week range
- $36.11–$61.29
- Off 52-week high
- 0.4%
- RSI (14)
- 81
- Volume vs avg
- 2.70×
- Score today
- 5.8/10