Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Auto - Parts
Dauch Corp. DCH
$5.60 +3.13% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.33B
High risk
Next earnings report: Nov 6, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-1.06, down 404.6% year over year.
- The diluted share count rose 97.7% in a year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $8.22B, up 41.0% from a year earlier, accelerating from 14.8% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 3%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 3%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 6%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 42%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 1%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 30%
- Gross marginBottom 4%
- Operating marginBottom 31%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 38%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 23%
- Interest coverBottom 21%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 12%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 15%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 17%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 26%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 36%
- 6-month returnBottom 37%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 47%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 31%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 20%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 34%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 32%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 24%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 33%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 10%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 23%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 14.8% | 41.0% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -518.4% | -404.6% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 11.4% | 10.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 3.0% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 2.8% | -0.4% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 41.0% | 14.8% | ↑ | Top 3% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -404.6% | -518.4% | ↑ | Bottom 3% |
| Gross margin | 10.0% | 11.4% | ↓ | Bottom 4% |
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 3.8% | ↓ | Bottom 31% |
| Net margin | -2.0% | 0.7% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -0.4% | 2.8% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 2.6% | — | Bottom 30% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 0.2% | — | Bottom 42% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +38.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 5.99×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.62%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.62%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +97.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +26.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 6
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +7.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $8.20
- Target vs current price
- +46.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 28
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 43%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | +105.7% | +12.0% | +19.0% | +17.6% | — |
| May 8, 2026 | +950.0% | +14.9% | +18.9% | +9.3% | +3.6% |
| Feb 13, 2026 | +200.0% | -14.0% | -16.8% | -38.6% | -20.6% |
| Nov 7, 2025 | +33.3% | +6.2% | +1.0% | +2.3% | +45.9% |
| Aug 8, 2025 | +61.5% | +15.3% | +27.1% | +29.9% | +35.4% |
| May 2, 2025 | +350.0% | +5.0% | +13.9% | +15.5% | +22.1% |
| Feb 14, 2025 | +0.0% | +8.4% | +17.9% | -5.3% | -3.4% |
| Nov 8, 2024 | +508.1% | +8.8% | +1.0% | +6.6% | -17.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | $0.32 | $0.16 | +105.7% | $2.96B |
| May 8, 2026 | $0.34 | -$0.04 | +950.0% | $2.38B |
| Feb 13, 2026 | $0.07 | -$0.07 | +200.0% | $1.38B |
| Nov 7, 2025 | $0.16 | $0.12 | +33.3% | $1.51B |
| Aug 8, 2025 | $0.21 | $0.13 | +61.5% | $1.54B |
| May 2, 2025 | $0.09 | $0.02 | +350.0% | $1.41B |
| Feb 14, 2025 | -$0.06 | -$0.06 | +0.0% | $1.38B |
| Nov 8, 2024 | $0.20 | $0.03 | +508.1% | $1.50B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 5.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.8× | — | — | Top 17% |
| EV / Sales | 0.70× | — | — | Top 26% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -2.31% | — | — | Bottom 15% |
| Earnings yield | -18.91% | — | — | Bottom 12% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 5.5× – 264.3× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -5.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -404.6%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -32.6%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -8.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -11.4%
- RSI (14)
- 43.7
- Relative volume
- 1.26×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 56.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 64th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.84
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.50
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -37.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -65.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2021 | Apr 11, 2025 | -76.0% | 1026 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 8, 2021 | Feb 18, 2021 | -18.0% | 7 days | 12 days (Mar 8, 2021) |
| Nov 24, 2020 | Dec 18, 2020 | -13.6% | 17 days | 12 days (Jan 7, 2021) |
| Oct 22, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -12.2% | 4 days | 8 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Jan 7, 2021 | Jan 15, 2021 | -10.4% | 6 days | 14 days (Feb 5, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.33B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.06
- Revenue (TTM)
- $8.22B
- 52-week range
- $4.92 – $9.25
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.16B | $5.80B | $6.08B | $6.12B | $5.84B |
| Gross profit | $722.7M | $704.9M | $624.3M | $741.4M | $625.0M |
| Operating income | $240.6M | $243.9M | $146.6M | $241.4M | $236.0M |
| Net income | $5.9M | $64.3M | -$33.6M | $35.0M | -$19.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.05 | $0.53 | -$0.29 | $0.29 | -$0.17 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.50B | $1.38B | $1.41B | $1.54B | $1.51B | $1.38B | $2.38B | $2.96B |
| Net income | $10.0M | -$13.7M | $7.1M | $39.3M | $9.2M | -$75.3M | -$100.3M | $1.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.08 | -$0.11 | $0.06 | $0.32 | $0.08 | -$0.62 | -$0.52 | $0.00 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $538.4M | $448.9M | $396.1M | $455.4M | $411.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$181.2M | -$175.4M | -$196.7M | -$251.1M | -$262.3M |
| Free cash flow | $357.2M | $273.5M | $199.4M | $204.3M | $149.3M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$4.3M | -$1.9M | -$14.7M | -$2.8M | -$2.8M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $880.8M
- Total assets
- $11.05B
- Total liabilities
- $9.53B
- Total debt
- $5.29B
- Net debt
- $4.41B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.51B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 2008 | $0.02 | Dec 29, 2008 |
| Sep 3, 2008 | $0.02 | Sep 26, 2008 |
| Jun 4, 2008 | $0.15 | Jun 27, 2008 |
| Mar 5, 2008 | $0.15 | Mar 28, 2008 |
| Dec 5, 2007 | $0.15 | Dec 28, 2007 |
| Sep 5, 2007 | $0.15 | Sep 28, 2007 |
| Jun 5, 2007 | $0.15 | Jun 28, 2007 |
| Mar 5, 2007 | $0.15 | Mar 28, 2007 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 18,507,423
- Days to cover
- 7.62
- Change vs previous report
- -10.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.