Douglas Dynamics Financial Ratios
NYSE: PLOWIndustrialsConstruction/Ag Equipment/TrucksUSD
At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
Douglas Dynamics ratio analysis
Douglas Dynamics earned a net margin of 7.1% in FY 2025, down from 9.9% a year earlier. Gross margin was 26.6% compared with a median of 26.7% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 16.7%, meaning Douglas Dynamics generated 0.17 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.56 versus 0.56 the year before, and the current ratio was 2.78. At the end of FY 2025, PLOW traded at 16.8 times earnings; across the 9 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 10.3 to 30.3, with a median of 19.8. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
Summary generated from market data by MetaCap's automated system. Methodology
Douglas Dynamics financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 16.83 | 10.28 | 30.29 | 22.18 | 30.28 | — | 26.71 | 18.65 | 15.75 | 19.79 |
| Price / sales | 1.16 | 0.98 | 1.20 | 1.35 | 1.66 | 2.04 | 2,245.19 | 1,525.21 | 1,796.88 | 1,817.28 |
| Price / book | 2.71 | 2.12 | 2.94 | 3.49 | 4.18 | 4.88 | 4,098.82 | 2,826.85 | 3,324.74 | 3,431.30 |
| Gross margin | 26.6% | 25.8% | 23.6% | 24.6% | 26.2% | 26.7% | 29.5% | 29.6% | 30.1% | 32.2% |
| Operating margin | 11.2% | 15.6% | 7.9% | 9.5% | 9.4% | -15.6% | 15.1% | 14.0% | 14.9% | 16.8% |
| Net margin | 7.1% | 9.9% | 4.2% | 6.3% | 5.7% | -18.0% | 8.6% | 8.4% | 11.6% | 9.4% |
| Free cash flow margin | 9.7% | 5.9% | 0.5% | 4.5% | 9.0% | 8.1% | 11.5% | 9.3% | 12.4% | 14.4% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 16.7% | 21.3% | 10.2% | 16.3% | 14.3% | -43.2% | 15.7% | 15.5% | 21.6% | 17.7% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 7.5% | 9.5% | 4.0% | 6.5% | 5.4% | -14.9% | 7.0% | 6.5% | 8.1% | 5.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.56 | 0.56 | 1.05 | 0.92 | 0.05 | 1.19 | 0.78 | 0.98 | 1.20 | 1.40 |
| Current ratio | 2.78 | 3.39 | 2.21 | 2.52 | 2.69 | 3.28 | 2.71 | 2.52 | 2.45 | 3.43 |
| Revenue growth | 15.4% | 0.1% | -7.8% | 13.8% | 12.8% | -16.0% | 9.1% | 10.3% | 14.1% | 4.0% |
| EPS growth | -16.9% | 140.8% | -39.9% | 26.4% | — | -280.6% | 11.6% | -21.3% | 41.2% | -12.4% |