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Dauch Corp
AXL
$1.5B
Mkt Cap
Dauch Corp (AXL) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 5.4%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
Dauch Corp (AXL) has a market capitalization of $1.5B. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
Dauch Corp (AXL) does not currently pay a regular dividend. However, the company returns capital to shareholders through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 0.19%.
Dauch Corp (AXL) operates in the Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories industry, within the Consumer Cyclical sector.
Dauch Corp (AXL) reported annual revenue of $5.8 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
Dauch Corp (AXL) has a net profit margin of -0.3%. The company is currently unprofitable.
Dauch Corp (AXL) generated $149 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
Effective January 26, 2026, American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. changed its name to Dauch Corporation. As used in this report, except as otherwise indicated in information incorporated by reference, references to “our Company,” "we," "our," "us" or “Dauch” mean Dauch Corporation and its subsidiaries and predecessors, collectively. General Development of Business The Company, a Delaware corporation, is a successor to American Axle & Manufacturing of Michigan, Inc., a Michigan corporation, pursuant to a migratory merger between these entities in 1999. In 2017, we acquired Metaldyne Performance Group, Inc. (MPG), with MPG becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. On February 3, 2026, we completed our previously announced acquisition of Dowlais Group plc (Dowlais) whereby we acquired the entire issued share capital of Dowlais (the Business Combination). Pursuant to the Business Combination, Dowlais shareholders received for each Dowlais ordinary share: 0.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 5.8B | 5.8B | 6.1B | 6.1B | 5.8B | 5.2B |
| Net Income | -20M | -20M | 34M | -34M | 62M | 5.7M |
| EPS | $-0.09 | $-0.09 | $0.15 | $-0.15 | $0.27 | $0.03 |
| Free Cash Flow | 149M | 149M | 204M | 199M | 274M | 357M |
| ROIC | -35.5% | 2.0% | 5.1% | 4.8% | 7.6% | 7.4% |
| Gross Margin | 12.1% | 12.1% | 12.1% | 10.3% | 12.1% | 14.0% |
| Debt/Equity | 6.59 | 6.59 | 4.93 | 4.84 | 4.91 | 7.13 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating Income | 112M | 112M | 241M | 147M | 244M | 241M |
| Operating Margin | 1.9% | 1.9% | 3.9% | 2.4% | 4.2% | 4.7% |
| ROE | -3.1% | -3.3% | 5.8% | -5.5% | 11.4% | 1.4% |
| Shares Outstanding | 232M | 232M | 233M | 232M | 232M | 228M |
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| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 3.7B | 3.9B | 3.9B | 6.3B | 7.3B | 6.5B | 4.7B | 5.2B | 5.8B | 6.1B | 6.1B | 5.8B | 5.8B |
| Gross Margin | 14.1% | 16.3% | 18.4% | 17.9% | 15.7% | 13.8% | 12.4% | 14.0% | 12.1% | 10.3% | 12.1% | 12.1% | 12.1% |
| R&D | 104M | 114M | 140M | 162M | 146M | 145M | 117M | 117M | 144M | 155M | 159M | 147M | 147M |
| SG&A | 255M | 277M | 314M | 390M | 386M | 365M | 314M | 344M | 345M | 367M | 387M | 389M | 389M |
| EBIT | 268M | 358M | 381M | 543M | 106M | -302M | -396M | 241M | 244M | 147M | 241M | 112M | 112M |
| Op. Margin | 7.2% | 9.2% | 9.6% | 8.7% | 1.5% | -4.6% | -8.4% | 4.7% | 4.2% | 2.4% | 3.9% | 1.9% | 1.9% |
| Net Income | 143M | 236M | 235M | 330M | -58M | -485M | -561M | 5.7M | 62M | -34M | 34M | -20M | -20M |
| Net Margin | 3.9% | 6.0% | 6.0% | 5.3% | -0.8% | -7.4% | -11.9% | 0.1% | 1.1% | -0.6% | 0.6% | -0.3% | -0.3% |
| Non-Recurring | 0 | 0 | 15M | 17M | 545M | 459M | 567M | 41M | 22M | 18M | 16M | 51M | 51M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 18.6% | 27.3% | 21.5% | 16.2% | 2.1% | -9.8% | -13.2% | 7.4% | 7.6% | 4.8% | 5.1% | 2.0% | -35.5% |
| ROE | 126.1% | 78.1% | 58.4% | 32.3% | -3.8% | -39.4% | -83.3% | 1.4% | 11.4% | -5.5% | 5.8% | -3.3% | -3.1% |
| ROA | 4.4% | 7.4% | 7.1% | 5.8% | -0.7% | -6.8% | -8.9% | 0.1% | 1.1% | -0.6% | 0.6% | -0.3% | -0.3% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 318M | 378M | 408M | 647M | 772M | 560M | 455M | 538M | 449M | 396M | 455M | 412M | 412M |
| Free Cash Flow | 112M | 184M | 180M | 156M | 246M | 125M | 239M | 357M | 274M | 199M | 204M | 149M | 149M |
| Owner Earnings | 109M | 163M | 185M | 175M | 215M | 300K | -87M | -24M | -61M | -105M | -29M | -62M | -62M |
| CapEx | 207M | 194M | 228M | 491M | 525M | 434M | 216M | 181M | 175M | 197M | 251M | 262M | 262M |
| Maint. CapEx | 200M | 198M | 202M | 429M | 529M | 537M | 522M | 544M | 492M | 487M | 470M | 460M | 460M |
| Growth CapEx | 6.6M | 0 | 26M | 63M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 200M | 198M | 202M | 429M | 529M | 537M | 522M | 544M | 492M | 487M | 470M | 460M | 460M |
| CapEx/OCF | 64.9% | 51.2% | 55.8% | 75.9% | 68.1% | 77.6% | 47.4% | 33.7% | 39.1% | 49.7% | 55.1% | 63.7% | 63.7% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 300K | 3.1M | 5.2M | 7.0M | 3.7M | 7.5M | 2.7M | 4.3M | 1.9M | 15M | 2.8M | 2.8M | 2.8M |
| Buyback Yield | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 9.7M | 16M | 21M | 43M | 28M | 22M | 19M | 18M | 18M | 13M | 15M | 14M | 14M |
| Debt Repayment | 27M | 157M | 7.0M | 2.2B | 681M | 544M | 607M | 1.0B | 458M | 185M | 155M | 677M | 677M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 1.1B | 832M | 935M | 3.7B | 3.4B | 3.3B | 3.1B | 2.7B | 2.6B | 2.4B | 2.2B | 3.5B | 3.5B |
| Cash & Equiv. | 249M | 283M | 481M | 377M | 476M | 532M | 557M | 530M | 511M | 520M | 553M | 709M | 709M |
| Long-Term Debt | 1.5B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 4.0B | 3.8B | 3.7B | 3.5B | 3.1B | 2.9B | 2.8B | 2.6B | 4.1B | 4.1B |
| Debt/Equity | 13.66 | 4.63 | 2.81 | 2.64 | 2.61 | 3.90 | 9.76 | 7.13 | 4.91 | 4.84 | 4.93 | 6.59 | 6.59 |
| Interest Coverage | 2.7 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 0.5 | -1.4 | -1.9 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Equity | 113M | 302M | 504M | 1.5B | 1.5B | 978M | 371M | 458M | 627M | 605M | 563M | 640M | 640M |
| Total Assets | 3.2B | 3.2B | 3.4B | 7.9B | 7.5B | 6.6B | 5.9B | 5.6B | 5.5B | 5.4B | 5.1B | 6.7B | 6.7B |
| Total Liabilities | 3.1B | 2.9B | 2.9B | 6.3B | 6.0B | 5.7B | 5.5B | 5.2B | 4.8B | 4.8B | 4.5B | 6.0B | 6.0B |
| Intangibles | N/A | N/A | 29M | 1.2B | 1.1B | 865M | 781M | 697M | 616M | 533M | 457M | 375M | 375M |
| Retained Earnings | -31M | 204M | 424M | 761M | 704M | 249M | -320M | -314M | -250M | -283M | -248M | -268M | -268M |
| Working Capital | 452M | 425M | 648M | 729M | 673M | 831M | 898M | 816M | 794M | 805M | 740M | 2.4B | 2.4B |
| Current Assets | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.3B | 1.9B | 2.0B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 1.9B | 3.6B | 3.6B |
| Current Liabilities | 687M | 699M | 652M | 1.2B | 1.4B | 1.0B | 979M | 1.0B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.2B |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 1.85 | 3.02 | 1.53 | 1.61 | -0.26 | -2.16 | -2.48 | 0.03 | 0.27 | -0.15 | 0.15 | -0.09 | -0.09 |
| Owner EPS | 1.41 | 2.09 | 1.20 | 0.85 | 0.95 | 0.00 | -0.38 | -0.11 | -0.26 | -0.45 | -0.13 | -0.27 | -0.27 |
| Book Value | 1.47 | 3.86 | 3.28 | 7.48 | 6.58 | 4.35 | 1.64 | 2.01 | 2.70 | 2.61 | 2.41 | 2.76 | 2.76 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 4.12 | 4.84 | 2.65 | 3.15 | 3.42 | 2.49 | 2.01 | 2.36 | 1.93 | 1.71 | 1.95 | 1.78 | 1.90 |
| Dividends/Share | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 77.3M | 78.0M | 153.7M | 205.4M | 225.5M | 224.8M | 226.3M | 228.0M | 232.5M | 231.7M | 233.1M | 231.8M | 231.8M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 12.3 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 5.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 188.4 | 14.1 | N/A | 20.2 | N/A | -75.4 |
| P/FCF | 15.7 | 8.3 | 16.4 | 22.9 | 10.2 | 19.1 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 10.3 | 6.7 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| EV/EBIT | 11.2 | 7.3 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 6.3 | N/A | N/A | 13.2 | 11.8 | 18.9 | 9.4 | 37.1 | 44.5 |
| Price/Book | 15.2 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| Price/Sales | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| FCF Yield | 6.5% | 12.4% | 11.9% | 8.6% | 19.6% | 10.5% | 25.1% | 32.1% | 30.2% | 19.4% | 28.9% | 9.8% | 10.0% |
| Market Cap | 1.7B | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.8B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 952M | 1.1B | 906M | 1.0B | 707M | 1.5B | 1.5B |
| Avg. Price | 18.95 | 22.51 | 15.96 | 17.34 | 15.79 | 11.48 | 6.98 | 9.77 | 8.53 | 7.85 | 6.93 | 5.18 | 6.41 |
| Year-End Price | 22.69 | 19.48 | 19.22 | 17.36 | 11.13 | 10.63 | 8.41 | 9.42 | 7.47 | 8.88 | 5.86 | 6.46 | 6.41 |
Dauch Corp passes 0 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 9.8x vs a median of 10.1x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 5.4% with a gross margin of 12.1%. Total shareholder yield (buybacks) is 0.2%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -2.4%.
Dauch Corp (AXL) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.59. This indicates higher leverage, which may increase financial risk.
Dauch Corp (AXL) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-0.09 in its most recent fiscal year.
Dauch Corp (AXL) has a return on equity (ROE) of -3.3%. A negative ROE may indicate losses or negative equity.
Dauch Corp (AXL) has a 5-year average gross margin of 12.1%. This lower margin is typical of capital-intensive or commodity businesses.
The Ledger Terminal provides 17 years of financial data for Dauch Corp (AXL), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
Dauch Corp (AXL) has a book value per share of $2.76, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.
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