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DXC Technology Company DXC
$11.10 -4.64% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.80B
Inexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.74, down 64.0% year over year.
- The diluted share count fell 10.1% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth9Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 14%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 17%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 43%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 18%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 33%
Quality44Weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 43%
- Gross marginBottom 9%
- Operating marginBottom 46%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 11%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 35%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 35%
- Interest coverBottom 41%
Value96Exceptional
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 9%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 1%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 1%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 2%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 40%
Momentum27Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 34%
- 6-month returnBottom 17%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 33%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 49%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Revisions7Very weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 45%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 12%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 4%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 37%
Stability55Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 35%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 38%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 25%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 35%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -1.8% | -2.4% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -95.4% | -64.0% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 24.7% | 13.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 5.4% | 3.4% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 8.6% | 10.0% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -2.4% | -1.8% | ↓ | Bottom 14% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -64.0% | -95.4% | ↑ | Bottom 17% |
| Gross margin | 13.7% | 24.7% | ↓ | Bottom 9% |
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 5.4% | ↓ | Bottom 46% |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 3.0% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 10.0% | 8.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 1.2% | — | Bottom 43% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -4.3% | — | Bottom 18% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -10.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -2.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.43×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 15.12%
- Shareholder yield
- 15.12%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -10.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -8.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +10.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $12.83
- Target vs current price
- +15.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 24
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 21%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | -3.3% | -4.5% | -5.5% | -10.4% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +9.4% | +4.7% | -28.3% | -17.1% | -4.4% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | +15.5% | -0.1% | -1.2% | -12.4% | -17.7% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | +18.3% | -1.7% | +4.9% | -0.5% | +11.4% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | +6.3% | -0.9% | -3.5% | +4.2% | -2.6% |
| May 14, 2025 | +7.3% | -2.2% | -9.8% | -5.7% | -22.4% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | +19.5% | +2.7% | -8.1% | -18.3% | -29.5% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +29.2% | +5.4% | +4.6% | +2.7% | +3.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $0.40 | $0.41 | -3.3% | $3.00B |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.77 | $0.70 | +9.4% | $3.13B |
| Jan 29, 2026 | $0.96 | $0.83 | +15.5% | $3.19B |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $0.84 | $0.71 | +18.3% | $3.16B |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $0.68 | $0.64 | +6.3% | $3.16B |
| May 14, 2025 | $0.84 | $0.78 | +7.3% | $3.17B |
| Feb 4, 2025 | $0.92 | $0.77 | +19.5% | $3.23B |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.93 | $0.72 | +29.2% | $3.24B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 15.0× | 11.5× | 69th | Top 9% |
| P/E (forward) | 4.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 2.6× | — | — | Top 1% |
| EV / Sales | 0.32× | — | — | Top 2% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 69.59% | — | — | Top 1% |
| Earnings yield | 6.67% | — | — | Top 9% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.3× – 97.7× 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
- -19.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -64.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +143.0%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
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
- 2
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +6.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +0.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -4.7%
- RSI (14)
- 51.3
- Relative volume
- 0.77×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 51.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 65th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.03
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.37
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -28.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -67.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2021 | May 13, 2026 | -81.1% | 1199 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 8, 2021 | Feb 25, 2021 | -15.9% | 32 days | 23 days (Mar 30, 2021) |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -14.3% | 8 days | 9 days (Nov 10, 2020) |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Jun 18, 2021 | -12.4% | 5 days | 30 days (Aug 2, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.80B
- P/E (TTM)
- 15.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.74
- Revenue (TTM)
- $12.48B
- 52-week range
- $7.90 – $15.68
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $16.27B | $14.43B | $13.67B | $12.87B | $12.64B |
| Gross profit | $3.58B | $3.18B | $3.09B | $3.10B | $1.87B |
| Operating income | $1.14B | -$1.14B | -$2.0M | $698.0M | $258.0M |
| Net income | $718.0M | -$568.0M | $91.0M | $389.0M | $18.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.81 | -$2.47 | $0.46 | $2.10 | $0.10 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.24B | $3.23B | $3.17B | $3.16B | $3.16B | $3.19B | $3.13B | $3.00B |
| Net income | $42.0M | $57.0M | $264.0M | $16.0M | $36.0M | $107.0M | -$141.0M | $122.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.23 | $0.31 | $1.43 | $0.09 | $0.20 | $0.59 | -$0.78 | $0.73 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.50B | $1.42B | $1.36B | $1.40B | $1.25B |
| Capital expenditure | -$254.0M | -$267.0M | -$407.0M | -$576.0M | -$212.0M |
| Free cash flow | $1.25B | $1.15B | $954.0M | $822.0M | $1.04B |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$615.0M | -$667.0M | -$898.0M | -$14.0M | -$249.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.96B
- Total assets
- $12.93B
- Total liabilities
- $9.60B
- Total debt
- $4.17B
- Net debt
- $2.22B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $3.06B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2020 | $0.21 | Apr 14, 2020 |
| Dec 3, 2019 | $0.21 | Jan 14, 2020 |
| Sep 3, 2019 | $0.21 | Oct 15, 2019 |
| Jun 4, 2019 | $0.21 | Jul 16, 2019 |
| Mar 26, 2019 | $0.19 | Apr 16, 2019 |
| Dec 4, 2018 | $0.19 | Jan 15, 2019 |
| Sep 4, 2018 | $0.19 | Oct 16, 2018 |
| Jun 5, 2018 | $0.19 | Jul 17, 2018 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 24,091,967
- Days to cover
- 11.62
- Change vs previous report
- -10.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 1, 2018
- 289-for-250
- Nov 30, 2015
- 4,353-for-2,500
- Mar 24, 1998
- 2-for-1
- Jan 13, 1994
- 3-for-1