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DFIN (Donnelley Financial Solutions) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 1.65 (As of May. 29, 2025)


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What is Donnelley Financial Solutions Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-29), Donnelley Financial Solutions's current share price is $54.925. Donnelley Financial Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $33.34. Donnelley Financial Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 1.65.

The historical rank and industry rank for Donnelley Financial Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

DFIN' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.2   Med: 1.79   Max: 2.01
Current: 1.67

During the past years, Donnelley Financial Solutions's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 2.01. The lowest was 1.20. And the median was 1.79.

DFIN's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked better than
56.81% of 1373 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.11 vs DFIN: 1.67

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Donnelley Financial Solutions's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $6.817. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is $33.34 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Donnelley Financial Solutions Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Donnelley Financial Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Donnelley Financial Solutions Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

Donnelley Financial Solutions Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
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Donnelley Financial Solutions Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Donnelley Financial Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Software - Application subindustry, Donnelley Financial Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Donnelley Financial Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Donnelley Financial Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Donnelley Financial Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.


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Donnelley Financial Solutions Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

Donnelley Financial Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=54.925/33.34
=1.65

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Donnelley Financial Solutions's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Donnelley Financial Solutions's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=6.817/134.9266*134.9266
=6.817

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Donnelley Financial Solutions Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201506 9.446 100.684 12.659
201509 7.083 100.392 9.520
201512 7.297 99.792 9.866
201603 7.343 100.470 9.861
201606 9.189 101.688 12.193
201609 6.926 101.861 9.174
201612 6.500 101.863 8.610
201703 8.149 102.862 10.689
201706 8.821 103.349 11.516
201709 6.586 104.136 8.533
201712 6.690 104.011 8.678
201803 7.528 105.290 9.647
201806 8.547 106.317 10.847
201809 6.342 106.507 8.034
201812 5.891 105.998 7.499
201903 6.753 107.251 8.496
201906 7.570 108.070 9.451
201909 5.711 108.329 7.113
201912 5.500 108.420 6.845
202003 6.434 108.902 7.972
202006 7.471 108.767 9.268
202009 6.126 109.815 7.527
202012 6.259 109.897 7.685
202103 7.110 111.754 8.584
202106 7.754 114.631 9.127
202109 7.138 115.734 8.322
202112 6.292 117.630 7.217
202203 6.134 121.301 6.823
202206 8.216 125.017 8.867
202209 6.107 125.227 6.580
202212 5.341 125.222 5.755
202303 6.511 127.348 6.898
202306 7.964 128.729 8.347
202309 5.941 129.860 6.173
202312 5.657 129.419 5.898
202403 6.669 131.776 6.828
202406 8.090 132.554 8.235
202409 6.003 133.029 6.089
202412 5.125 133.157 5.193
202503 6.817 134.927 6.817

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Donnelley Financial Solutions  (NYSE:DFIN) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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Donnelley Financial Solutions Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
391 Steel Way, Lancaster, PA, USA, 17601
Donnelley Financial Solutions Inc is a risk and compliance solutions company. The company provides regulatory filing and deal solutions via its software-as-a-service, technology-enabled services, and print and distribution solutions to public and private companies, mutual funds, and other regulated investment firms. The company operates in four segments: Capital Markets - Software Solutions, Capital Markets - Compliance and Communications Management, Investment Companies - Software Solutions and Investment Companies - Compliance and Communications Management. Its geographical segments are the United States( USA), Europe, Asia, Canada, and others, of which the USA accounts for the vast majority of its total revenue.
Executives
Daniel Leib director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O RR DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY, 111 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60606
Gary G Greenfield director AVID, 75 NETWORK DRIVE, BURLINGTON MA 01803
David A Gardella officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, 35 W. WACKER DR, CHICAGO IL 60601
Jeffrey Jacobowitz director, 10 percent owner C/O ROBOTTI & COMPANY, 52 VANDERBILT AVENUE, 4TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Luis A Aguilar director 35 EAST WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 2400, CHICAGO IL 60601
Eric J Johnson officer: President, GIC C/O DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, 35 WEST WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60601
Craig Clay officer: President, GCM C/O DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, 35 WEST WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60601
Robert Kirk Williams officer: Chief People & Admin Officer C/O DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, 35 W WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60601
Kami Turner officer: See Remarks C/O DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, 35 W. WACKER DR, CHICAGO IL 60601
Simcoe Capital Management, Llc 10 percent owner 540 MADISON AVENUE, 27TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Leah Marie Trzcinski officer: General Counsel C/O DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, 35 W WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60601
Jennifer B Reiners officer: General Counsel C/O DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, 35 W. WACKER DR, CHICAGO IL 60601
Juliet S Ellis director C/O DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, 35 WEST WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60601
Chandar Pattabhiram director C/O DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, 35 W. WACKER DR., CHICAGO IL 60601
Richard L Crandall director 800 DELAWARE AVE, COMPUTER TASK GROUP INC, BUFFALO NY 14209