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DONALDSON Co INC price to free cash flow DCI

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
23.1×
10-year median
26.1×
Against its 10-year history
30th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
16.3× to 51.9×
Peer median
21.1×

DONALDSON Co INC's price to free cash flow is 23.1× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 26.1×, lower than on 70% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 16.3× in Oct 2023 to 51.9× in Sep 2018.

The median for 10 industrial machinery stocks of a similar size is 21.1×.

Price to free cash flow over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far23.1×23.1×31.3×
202526.1×21.0×31.6×
202423.9×16.9×25.6×
202317.4×16.3×35.0×
202230.8×25.6×44.8×
202128.4×20.2×28.4×
202021.8×20.9×34.8×
201935.1×30.8×42.6×
201834.8×29.9×51.9×
201731.6×20.4×31.6×
201621.0×21.0×31.8×
201528.6×26.3×35.6×
201434.8×21.6×34.8×
201324.7×24.0×32.4×
201225.7×13.5×33.1×
201129.4×22.0×30.1×

Against its peers

Companies in Industrial - Machinery nearest DONALDSON Co INC's size, closest first, today.

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
DCIDONALDSON Co INC23.1×
RRXRegal Rexnord21.1×
ONTOOnto Innovation38.6×
TTCToro14.0×
AYIAcuity Inc. (de)14.9×
CRCrane27.8×
MOG-AMoog30.9×
GGGGraco17.2×
PNRPENTAIR13.1×
FLSFlowserve21.1×
BWXTBWX Technologies36.8×
Peer median21.1×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.