QualityDipStocks / Consumer Discretionary · Auto parts
Dana DAN
Outside our quality screen, so we don’t track its dips. It’s 41% below its 52-week high.
Outside our quality screen, trading well above our fair value estimate.
Worth knowing
- Share count down 7% in 2 years
From the data on this page, as of the last close. How we pick these
- Fair value est.
- $16.93−26%
- Market Value
- forming
- Off 52-wk high
- −41%
- Risk vs market
- Above marketbeta 1.36
5 bullish · 5 bearish See why
Repriced or dip?
Dip: business intact
The price is 41% below its 52-week high (Apr 24), but the business held up: revenue growth rate +6.7 pts, earnings per share +1284.8%, shares outstanding fewer shares, each owns more.
Some numbers held up (revenue growth rate +6.7 pts, earnings per share +1284.8%, shares outstanding fewer shares, each owns more), others slipped (free cash flow −60.7%). The price is 41% below its 52-week high.
The price is 41% below its 52-week high, and the business changed too: free cash flow −60.7%.
Within 10% of its 52-week high, so there is no dip to judge yet.
The evidence 10 numbers, high vs now
- Revenue, last 12 months$7.5B → $7.7B (+2.2%)held up
- Revenue growth rate−3.0% → +3.7% a year (+6.7 pts)held up
- Earnings per share, 12 months$0.74 → $10.18 (+1284.8%)held up
- Free cash flow, 12 months$298M → $117M (−60.7%)changed
- Operating margin1.9% → 2.7% (+0.9 pts)held up
- Shares outstanding−5.3% (fewer shares, each owns more)held up
- Net cash (cash minus debt)+69.0% of market cap since the highheld up
- Stock vs its sector (Consumer Discretionary)stock −41%, sector median +4% since Apr 24changed
- Price fall vs business numbersprice −41%, revenue/EPS/FCF median +2% (shown, not scored)
- Valuation multipleP/FCF 15.1× at the high → 21.4× now (shown, not scored)
Business numbers as reported at the high (12 months to Dec 31, 2025) vs the latest filing (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). Each measure is scored from −1 (business changed) to +1 (business intact) and weighted: revenue, earnings per share, free cash flow, operating margin, revenue growth rate, share count, net cash and the move vs its sector. 60 or more reads as a dip, 40 or less as a repricing. Analyst estimates are not in our data, so they are not used. How to read it
Data-based read, not advice.
Priced in
How much growth the market assumed at the 52-week high, the low and today (a reverse DCF).
At the high ($38.93, Apr 24) the price assumed about 2%/yr free-cash-flow growth; at the low ($19.47, Nov 20) about 17%; today about 8%. The last 3 years delivered 13%/yr (free cash flow).
Dashed line: what the last 3 years delivered, 13%/yr (free cash flow)
| High | Low | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $38.93Apr 24 | $19.47Nov 20 | $22.89 |
| Implied growth | +2% | +17% | +8% |
| P/E | 52.9× | 46.3× | 2.2× |
| P/FCF | 15.1× | 34.9× | 21.4× |
| EV/Sales | 1.0× | 0.5× | 0.5× |
What this means: the higher the implied growth, the more the price already counts on. If today's number sits well below what the business has delivered, the market expects less than its track record.
How it’s computed
Reverse DCF: the same 10-year free-cash-flow model as our fair value estimate (9.5% discount rate, growth for years 1–5 fading to 3% by year 10, 3% after), solved for the growth that makes it equal the market value at each price. For the high and the low we use only the filings that were public on that day, so nothing from a later report leaks back. Market value = that close × diluted shares. P/E = market value / 12-month net income; Price / FCF = market value / 12-month free cash flow; EV / Sales = (market value + debt − cash) / 12-month revenue. Hidden when the share count moved over 20% (split, merger), free cash flow is negative, or the company reports in another currency.
Valuation
What we estimate it's worth, and how it ranks on value vs every stock we cover.
Fair value estimate
How the range is computed
Ten-year free-cash-flow DCF. Same 10-year free-cash-flow model as the base: discount rate 9.5% ±1 point and growth 3.0% ±2 points. Bear = 10.5% and 1.0%; bull = 8.5% and 5.0% (both fade to 3%). A model estimate from public filings, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Price is above even the bull case.
What the price implies To be worth today’s price, DAN’s free cash flow would need to grow about 8% a year for five years; our estimate uses 3%.
Risk vs market
How risk vs market is measured
One year of daily returns (Oct 31 to Nov 2, 252 sessions). Beta = how much DAN moved for each 1% move in the S&P 500 (SPY); 1.0 moves with the market. Volatility is the yearly standard deviation of daily returns. Past behavior, not a forecast.
Swings more than the market, and its own price swings are 3.4× the S&P 500’s.
- Beta vs S&P 500
- 1.36
- Volatility
- 44% vs 13% SPY
- Correlation SPY
- 0.39
- Correlation QQQ
- 0.33
How it ranks
Where DAN stands vs every one of the 1,996 stocks we cover that has the number. Longer bar = better.
Top quarter on 1 of 6 measures
- Discount to fair value estimate26% · price above our base caseLowest 31%of 1,314
- Free cash flow yield4.7% · free cash flow vs market capTop 43%of 1,391
- Dividends + buybacks yield24% · cash paid out or used to retire shares, vs market capTop 1%of 1,836
- Revenue growth, last 12 months+3.7% · vs the 12 months beforeLowest 24%of 1,814
- Operating margin2.7% · of sales kept as operating profitLowest 18%of 1,288
- Return on invested capital4.7% · profit per dollar of capitalLowest 21%of 838
From SEC filings and our fair value estimate model. A ranking, not advice.
Valuation details
DCF $16.93 · FCF value $27.47
Assumes 3.0% growth for 5 years (revenue grew -9.6% a year FY22–FY25; floored at 3%), fading to 3%; 9.5% discount rate, 3% terminal growth. FCF base $1.07 a share (trailing 12 months to Jun 30, 2026), from the 10-Q filed Aug 6, 2026.
Fundamentals
The business itself: sales, profits, cash and debt, from SEC filings.
Bull vs bear
Rule-based from the data on this page, strongest first. Not advice.
Top bullish points 5 of 5
ProfitabilityReturn on equity of 71% over the last 12 months, up 8 points in two years.
ValuationP/E of 2.2× vs a 20.7× median for the 341 Consumer Discretionary companies we cover.
Cash returnsShare count down 23.9% in a year: $562M of buybacks over 12 months.
Cash returnsFree cash flow grew 52% over the last 12 months vs the 12 months before.
ValuationEV/EBITDA of 6.3×: modest for what the business earns before interest, tax and depreciation.
Top bearish points 5 of 5
ValuationOur DCF fair value estimate is $16.93, 26% below the price.
Balance sheetOperating income covers interest only 1.5× over the last 12 months.
GrowthSales shrank 10% a year from FY2022 to FY2025.
Balance sheetNet debt of $1.0B, 40% of the market cap (Jun 30, 2026).
QualityDoesn’t pass our quality screen: ROE under 12% and ROIC under 10%.
All fundamentals
P/E 2.2 · FCF yield 4.7% · ROE 71%
Valuation
- P/E
- 2.2×Consumer Discretionary median 20.7×
- Price / FCF
- 21.4×
- FCF yield
- 4.7%
- EV / EBITDA
- 6.3×
- Price / sales
- 0.33×
- Price / book
- 1.31×
- Market cap
- $2.5Bprice × diluted shares
- Enterprise value
- $3.5B
Growth
- Revenue, 12 months
- $7.7B
- Sales growth, 12 months
- +3.7%vs the 12 months before
- Sales growth, 3 yrs
- −9.6%/yrfrom FY2022
- Diluted EPS, 12 months
- $10.21
- EPS growth, last FY
- n/afewer than two years of diluted EPS
- Net income, 12 months
- $1.1B
- Net income growth
- n/anot reported in its SEC filings
Profitability
- Gross margin
- 9.5%
- Operating margin
- 2.7%
- Net margin
- 14.6%
- FCF margin
- 1.5%
- Return on equity
- 71%
- Return on invested capital
- 5%
Balance sheet
- Cash & short-term inv.
- $331M
- Total debt
- $1.3B
- Net cash
- −$1.0B
- Debt / equity
- 0.70×
- Interest coverage
- 1.5×operating income / interest
Cash flow & returns
- Free cash flow, 12 months
- $117M
- FCF growth, 12 months
- +52%
- Dividend yield
- 2.03%$51M paid
- Payout ratio
- 5%
- Buybacks, 12 months
- $562M22.4% of market cap
- Share count, 1 year
- −23.9%diluted shares vs a year ago
- Stock-based comp
- $36M
Trailing 12 months to Jun 30, 2026; balance sheet at Jun 30, 2026. From Dana’s SEC filings. Sparklines show up to six fiscal years. n/a means we don’t hold that number, with the reason. How each is computed.
The business
FCF $0.1B · Sales +6%
- Free cash flow, 12 months$0.1B
- Free-cash-flow yield4.7%
- Gross margin10%
- Operating margin5%
- Return on invested capital10%
- Return on equity−3%
- Sales growth (latest quarter vs year-ago quarter)+6%
- Net debt / EBITDA2.0×
Chart & levels
Where the price is vs its key levels and trends.
Key levels
Every level vs today’s $22.89
- Fair value est.base case$16.93−26.0%
- 52-wk lowlowest close, 1 year$19.47−14.9%
- PriceMon Nov 2 close$22.89you are here
- 52-wk highhighest close, 1 year$38.93+70.1%
Momentum & 52-week range
RSI 24 · 5 days −15.4%
Signals
Reversal signal setups, the public ledger and the next earnings date.
Setup & signals
No setup armed
No setup armed, so there’s no trigger or stop to track yet. Reversal signal rules only run on companies that pass our quality screen.
DAN is outside our quality screen
One text when a published rule fires on one of the 332 quality companies we track: the ticker, the price, the stop and a link to the numbers. Nothing else.
Voices & buzz
Who is talking about it, and how it compares with peers.
Who’s talking about it
Notable investors, executives, analysts and public figures on Dana in the last 48 hours. Headlines as published, each linked. Their words, not ours.
No notable mentions in the last 48 hours. Checked Nov 3, 1:01 PM ET.
Compare with peers
Closest in size in Auto parts
Information only, not investment advice. Fair value estimates and talking points are rule-based model output from public data and can be wrong; stop levels are reference points, not orders. How every number is computed.