DAN
Dana Incorporated
DAN's fundamentals are mixed, but it looks cheap: trading at 2.4x earnings, less than half its usual 16x. Analysts expect strong earnings growth, though they disagree widely on how much.
DAN Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Under pressure | |
| Stable |
DAN's profitability is currently healthy, and its revenue and balance sheet are stable, but its cash flow is under pressure.
DAN PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | 2.4x | $23.26 | — |
| Cheap | 5.9x | $56.02 | +141% |
| Forward | 6.6x | $23.26 | — |
| Fair | 16x | $152 | +553% |
| Expensive | 53x | $506 | +2075% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
DAN's PE is in its cheap range at 2.4x. On analysts' estimates for next year's earnings, today's price would be 6.6x.
DAN Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly deteriorating | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Stable | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect strong earnings and revenue growth for DAN, with profitability holding steady. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
DAN Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $3.54 | -63% |
| Q3 2026 | $9.55 | +2022% |
| Q2 2026 | $10.05 | +$10.21 |
| Q1 2026 | $10.29 | +$10.53 |
| Q4 2025 | $0.57 | +$0.96 |
| Q3 2025 | $0.45 | +$0.56 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.16 | -$0.15 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.24 | -367% |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.39 | -250% |
DAN earned $9.55 per share over the past year, more than ten times what it earned the year before.
DAN Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2B | +6.3% |
| Q2 2026 | $2B | +3.9% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.9B | -21% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.9B | -20% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.9B | -23% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.9B | -29% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.4B | -14% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.3B | -6.4% |
DAN's revenue is recovering but still below its 2023 peak: $2B last quarter, up 6.3% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 4.5% | +1.8 points |
| Q2 2026 | 3.8% | +2.9 points |
| Q1 2026 | 1% | -2 points |
| Q4 2025 | 3.3% | +4.9 points |
| Q3 2025 | 2.8% | -0.8 points |
| Q2 2025 | 0.8% | -3 points |
| Q1 2025 | 3.1% | +0.5 points |
| Q4 2024 | -1.5% | -2 points |
DAN's operating margin was 4.5% last quarter, up 1.8 points from the same quarter a year ago.
DAN Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $32M | -48% |
| Q2 2026 | -$33M | -1200% |
| Q1 2026 | -$257M | -$145M |
| Q4 2025 | $345M | +132% |
| Q3 2025 | $62M | +$73M |
| Q2 2025 | $3M | -97% |
| Q1 2025 | -$112M | +$60M |
| Q4 2024 | $149M | +9.6% |
DAN generated $87M in free cash flow over the past year, down 15% from the year before.
DAN Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -3.7% | -4M shares |
| 1 year | -19% | -25.3M shares |
| 3 years | -27% | -39.2M shares |
| 5 years | -28% | -40.7M shares |
| Available history | -27% | -39.6M shares |
DAN has 106M diluted shares, down 19% from a year ago, with $580M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $200M |
| Q2 2026 | $44M |
| Q1 2026 | $125M |
| Q4 2025 | $211M |
| Q3 2025 | $182M |
| Q4 2022 | — |
| Q3 2022 | — |
| Q2 2022 | — |
DAN spent $580M buying back its own shares over the past year.
DAN Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 2.1x | Moderate |
| Q2 2026 | 1.8x | Healthy |
| Q1 2026 | 1.5x | Healthy |
| Q4 2025 | 4.8x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 5.7x | High |
| Q2 2025 | 4.9x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 3.5x | Elevated |
| Q4 2024 | 3.3x | Elevated |
DAN's net debt is about 2.1 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 5.7 years a year ago.
DAN Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 38.5 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 7.3 | Oversold |
DAN's weekly RSI is 39 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 7 (oversold).
DAN PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
| Metric | DAN | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 2.4x | 18x | 86% below |
| PE % | 2 | 47 | 45 pts below |
DAN is trading at 2.4x earnings, a 86% discount to the Consumer Cyclical sector's median of 18x.
DAN Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $26.0 | 11% below |
| 20 week MA | $27.7 | 16% below |
| 50 week MA | $29.8 | 22% below |
| 100 week MA | $23.2 | 0.4% above |
| 200 week MA | $18.3 | 27% above |
DAN has pulled back, but its long-term trend is still up: it's below its 8-, 20- and 50-week averages, but 27% above its 200-week average.
DAN Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $18.4 | $19.6 | +6.7% |
| 2021 | $19.6 | $22.5 | +15% |
| 2022 | $22.5 | $14.9 | -34% |
| 2023 | $14.9 | $14.6 | -2.1% |
| 2024 | $14.6 | $11.7 | -20% |
| 2025 | $11.7 | $23.9 | +104% |
| 2026 YTD | $23.9 | $23.3 | -2.6% |
DAN has finished lower in three of the last six years. It's down 2.6% so far in 2026.