Dana Inc key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Dana Inc had return on equity of 7.8%, an operating margin of 1.9%, debt equal to 382.3% of equity and a current ratio of 1.17. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 4.6% | 11.0% | 11.9% | 13.5% | 13.6% | — | — | 14.3% | 14.8% | 14.2% | 13.1% | 8.7% | 9.4% | 7.5% | 5.0% | 4.9% | 8.0% | 9.5% |
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.5% | 5.7% | 6.8% | 7.1% | 3.4% | 1.7% | 4.4% | 0.8% | −1.4% | −2.3% | 1.9% | 2.7% |
| Net margin | −8.2% | 0.2% | 2.9% | 4.2% | 3.6% | 4.8% | 2.6% | 11.0% | 1.5% | 5.2% | 2.6% | −0.4% | 2.2% | −2.4% | 0.5% | −0.7% | 1.1% | 13.9% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.1% | 2.8% | 2.3% | 2.4% | 5.4% | 4.2% | 2.4% | 1.1% | 2.2% | 3.0% | 2.4% | 0.8% | −2.4% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 1.8% | 4.0% | 1.5% |
| Return on equity | −24.2% | 0.6% | 12.8% | 16.8% | 15.5% | 26.7% | 17.6% | 67.9% | 10.2% | 36.2% | 14.0% | −1.7% | 10.7% | −13.9% | 2.4% | −3.9% | 7.8% | 77.0% |
| Return on assets | — | 0.2% | 4.2% | 5.8% | 4.8% | 6.4% | 3.5% | 14.0% | 2.1% | 7.4% | 3.4% | −0.4% | 2.6% | −3.2% | 0.5% | −0.7% | 1.1% | 15.3% |
| Asset turnover | — | 1.16 | 1.45 | 1.39 | 1.32 | 1.32 | 1.32 | 1.27 | 1.37 | 1.41 | 1.31 | 0.97 | 1.19 | 1.35 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 1.10 |
| Current ratio | — | 2.08 | 2.08 | 2.25 | 2.50 | 2.34 | 2.23 | 1.82 | 1.69 | 1.66 | 1.71 | 1.69 | 1.65 | 1.54 | 1.58 | 1.45 | 1.17 | 1.49 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 56.1% | 51.9% | 49.2% | 124.1% | 153.6% | 218.5% | 144.3% | 178.1% | 133.3% | 127.3% | 139.6% | 125.8% | 155.3% | 168.6% | 195.7% | 382.3% | 70.0% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.5x | 2.9x | 4.8x | 6.0x | 2.4x | 0.9x | 3.0x | 0.7x | n/m | n/m | 0.8x | 1.5x |
| Effective tax rate | — | 54.5% | 28.4% | 14.0% | 32.3% | −26.9% | 28.1% | — | 74.5% | 15.8% | −18.7% | — | 29.5% | — | — | — | — | — |
| R&D as % of revenue | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.6% | 2.4% | 1.4% | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 6.0% | 6.7% | 5.4% | 5.9% | 6.1% | 6.2% | 6.5% | 6.9% | 7.0% | 6.1% | 5.9% | 5.9% | 5.1% | 4.9% | 5.8% | 5.5% | 5.2% | 5.1% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 1.9% | 2.0% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 3.1% | 3.5% | 4.3% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 4.0% | 4.9% | 4.6% | 4.1% | 4.3% | 5.6% | 4.0% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | >999% | 79.5% | 58.3% | 150.8% | 86.5% | 91.8% | 9.7% | 145.0% | 56.9% | 93.4% | — | −107.1% | — | 128.9% | — | 350.6% | 11.0% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | — | 10.0% | 12.3% | 10.0% | 23.3% | 5.5% | 31.5% | 13.6% | 25.7% | — | 29.4% | — | 152.6% | — | 63.5% | 4.8% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | — | — | 25.7% | 99.7% | 105.8% | 238.4% | 187.1% | 21.7% | 34.2% | 39.3% | 25.0% | — | 39.7% | 118.4% | 42.0% | 236.2% | 523.9% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 6.4% | 1.5% | 6.6% | 7.1% | 8.7% | 9.6% | 9.0% | 10.4% |
| Operating margin | −0.4% | −6.6% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 2.8% | 3.3% | 1.0% | 3.8% |
| Net margin | 0.2% | −4.5% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.6% | −2.7% | 58.2% | −0.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −0.1% | 10.6% | −5.8% | −0.3% | 3.2% | 18.5% | −13.8% | −1.6% |
| Current ratio | 1.49 | 1.45 | 1.43 | 1.36 | 1.31 | 1.17 | 1.57 | 1.49 |
| Debt to equity | 166.1% | 179.7% | 185.5% | 257.3% | 292.3% | 378.7% | 63.2% | 68.6% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 5.6% | 5.7% | 5.9% | 5.1% | 4.5% | 5.1% | 5.5% | 5.2% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $3.2bn of assets due within a year against $2.2bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $3.2bn short-term assets against $2.0bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $331m of cash against $1.3bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 69% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 124% to 69% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $431m of operating cash flow against $1.3bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $210m against $141m of interest.
Moat
Weak moat
How hard Dana's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 6 / 20
Cash operating profit has been a median 5.7% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 6 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 9.6%, moving by 4.0 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 0 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 2.9%; its worst year was -4.2%.
- Cash conversion 10 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 1.4% of revenue.
- Discipline 20 / 20
The diluted share count fell 19.9% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.3% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (41 before it).
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