Donaldson Co. Inc [DCI] stock prices are up 1.30% to $69.13 at the moment. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The DCI shares have gain 2.58% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -4.83%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Previously, Morgan Stanley started tracking the stock with Underweight rating on January 08, 2024, and set its price target to $59. On June 28, 2023, Citigroup initiated with a Neutral rating and assigned a price target of $66 on the stock. Robert W. Baird upgraded its rating to a Outperform and increased its price target to $56 on October 02, 2020. Morgan Stanley initiated its recommendation with a Overweight and recommended $60 as its price target on June 26, 2020. Jefferies downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on March 23, 2020. In a note dated March 29, 2018, Edward Jones upgraded an Buy rating on this stock.
The stock price of Donaldson Co. Inc [DCI] has been fluctuating between $62.77 and $78.95 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $81 within the next 12 months. Donaldson Co. Inc [NYSE: DCI] shares were valued at $69.13 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 17.17% based on the average DCI price forecast.
Analyzing the DCI fundamentals
The Donaldson Co. Inc [NYSE:DCI] reported sales of 3.64B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 6.36%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.35% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.15%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.15%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.12%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.14, Equity is 0.29 and Total Capital is 0.25. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.42.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 68.57 points at the first support level, and at 68.00 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 69.57, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 70.00.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Donaldson Co. Inc [NYSE:DCI]’s Current Ratio is 1.85. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.20, while the Cash Ratio is 0.28. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.27, the price to book ratio is 5.35 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 20.10.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Rautio Trudy A., Director, that happened on Jan 02 ’25 when 14000.0 shares were sold. Director, OBERTON WILLARD D completed a deal on Jan 02 ’25 to sell 2000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer WILLARD OBERTON bought 2000.0 shares on Jan 02 ’25.
