Donaldson Company Valuation

Is DCI undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of DCI when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: DCI ($77.4) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($111.62)

Significantly Below Fair Value: DCI is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for DCI?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

DCI key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue2.7x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA14.9x
PEG Ratio3.4x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does DCI's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for DCI vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25.5x
ESAB ESAB
28.7x9.6%US$8.0b
MIDD Middleby
18.9x10.3%US$7.4b
FLS Flowserve
29.4x24.5%US$7.9b
WTS Watts Water Technologies
25.1x6.4%US$6.9b
DCI Donaldson Company
22.4x6.5%US$9.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: DCI is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.4x) compared to the peer average (25.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does DCI's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Machinery Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a8.7%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: DCI is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.4x) compared to the US Machinery industry average (24.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is DCI's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

DCI PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio22.4x
Fair PE Ratio19x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: DCI is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst DCI forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$77.40
US$75.00
-3.1%
8.6%US$82.00US$67.00n/a6
Nov ’25US$73.84
US$75.00
+1.6%
8.6%US$82.00US$67.00n/a6
Oct ’25US$73.17
US$75.00
+2.5%
8.6%US$82.00US$67.00n/a6
Sep ’25US$72.73
US$74.17
+2.0%
10.3%US$82.00US$62.00n/a6
Aug ’25US$73.65
US$75.00
+1.8%
10.5%US$83.00US$62.00n/a6
Jul ’25US$70.77
US$75.00
+6.0%
10.5%US$83.00US$62.00n/a6
Jun ’25US$73.68
US$71.00
-3.6%
9.2%US$79.00US$62.00n/a6
May ’25US$72.42
US$71.17
-1.7%
9.5%US$80.00US$62.00n/a6
Apr ’25US$73.96
US$70.00
-5.4%
9.7%US$77.00US$59.00n/a6
Mar ’25US$72.52
US$70.00
-3.5%
9.7%US$77.00US$59.00n/a6
Feb ’25US$66.65
US$65.33
-2.0%
5.4%US$71.00US$59.00n/a6
Jan ’25US$65.35
US$66.20
+1.3%
2.2%US$69.00US$65.00n/a5
Dec ’24US$61.41
US$66.20
+7.8%
2.2%US$69.00US$65.00n/a5
Nov ’24US$57.81
US$65.60
+13.5%
3.1%US$69.00US$63.00US$73.845
Oct ’24US$59.64
US$65.60
+10.0%
3.1%US$69.00US$63.00US$73.175
Sep ’24US$64.85
US$65.60
+1.2%
3.1%US$69.00US$63.00US$72.735
Aug ’24US$63.53
US$64.40
+1.4%
4.5%US$67.00US$59.00US$73.655
Jul ’24US$62.51
US$64.40
+3.0%
4.5%US$67.00US$59.00US$70.775
Jun ’24US$59.14
US$65.20
+10.2%
5.6%US$70.00US$59.00US$73.685
May ’24US$64.33
US$66.20
+2.9%
6.4%US$71.00US$59.00US$72.425
Apr ’24US$65.34
US$66.00
+1.0%
6.1%US$70.00US$59.00US$73.965
Mar ’24US$65.77
US$63.80
-3.0%
5.6%US$68.00US$59.00US$72.525
Feb ’24US$63.18
US$62.60
-0.9%
4.7%US$66.00US$59.00US$66.655
Jan ’24US$58.87
US$62.60
+6.3%
4.7%US$66.00US$59.00US$65.355
Dec ’23US$60.96
US$61.60
+1.0%
6.9%US$66.00US$55.00US$61.415
Nov ’23US$57.96
US$57.40
-1.0%
7.1%US$63.00US$51.00US$57.815

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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