DCH
Dauch Corporation

Dauch CorporationDCH

Consumer Cyclical · Auto Parts
4.52USD
+2.26%
Nov 08, 2026
DCH overview ready
Supplier of Electrified Driveline and Metal Forming Components to OEMs
DCH is a global automotive component supplier whose combined Driveline and Metal Forming operations provide axle systems, driveshafts, CV joints, differentials, all-wheel-drive and hybrid/electric driveline products, plus forged and powder-metal components.
Primary theme is lagging
Auto Parts is lagging (-5.0pp vs SPY over 21 sessions; 1 of 5 members ahead of SPY).
Price trend is broken
Longer-term context reads damaged structure, with a near-term setup of distribution pressure.
The tactical setup reads distribution pressure, but the weekly structure is broken.
Fair valuation
The price broadly reflects how its multiples compare with businesses of the same kind, with upside and risk reasonably balanced.
Mixed fundamentals
Ev / ebitda is strong, while free cash flow yield is weak.
Primary risk
Decline in global vehicle production volumes.
Market Nov 6Filing Sep 30Price action Nov 7Research Aug 9

Conviction Level

PriceAction1.4BusinessPerformance5.0BusinessQuality5.0Valuation5.6ThemeMomentum1.0Mixed — Revenue growth has accelerated across 4 consecutive quarters, rising from +0.2% to +93% year over year. Per-share figures are not comparable across a large share-count change; net income turned negative at -$45.3M from $9.2M. — From filed financial statements. Describes the recent trajectory of the business, not the stock. 20 of the 100 Conviction points.

Conviction uses Price Action, Business Performance, Business Quality, Valuation. Theme Momentum is research context, not an input.

Theme momentumPrimary theme · group context, not entry timing
Auto PartsLagging
vs SPY
−5.0pp
Theme return
−10.0%
Beating SPY
1 of 5
21 sessions to Nov 6, 2026 · Theme Leadership V2
Price
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Price Action

Price trend is broken
Longer-term context reads damaged structure, with a near-term setup of distribution pressure.
The tactical setup reads distribution pressure, but the weekly structure is broken.
EntryDamaged / breakdown

The technical structure itself is broken across timeframes — the weakest entry profile.

Key Financials

Market Cap
$1.1B
Avg Volume (60D)
4.5M
60 sessions
Revenue Growth YoY
-4.7%
FY2025 vs FY2024
Gross Margin
+10.2%
Trailing twelve months
Operating Margin
+1.1%
Trailing twelve months
Free Cash Flow Yield
-4.6%
Distance from 200DMA
-25.5%
P/E
N/M
EV / EBITDA
6.3x
EV / Sales
0.5x
Market metrics as of Nov 6, 2026
Financial results for the period ended Sep 30, 2026
Filed balance-sheet data as of Sep 30, 2026

Business Performance

Mixed

Revenue growth has accelerated across 4 consecutive quarters, rising from +0.2% to +93% year over year. Per-share figures are not comparable across a large share-count change; net income turned negative at -$45.3M from $9.2M.

Latest reported: Q3 FY2026, ended Sep 30
Revenue growthAccelerating
+93%
$2.91B in Q3 FY2026 · YoY
YoY growth, last 4 quarters
  1. +0.2%
  2. +69%
  3. +92%
  4. +93%
Earnings growthTurned to a loss
-$45.3M
Net income -$45.3M. Per-share figures are not comparable across a large share-count change.
Too few comparable EPS quarters: a loss or a turn to profit has no meaningful percentage.
Operating marginStable
2.5%
-0.8 pp YoY · gross margin 9.7% (-2.9 pp)
The share count is rising

Business Quality

5.0 / 10

How well the business earns on its assets, converts earnings to cash and funds itself — read from its SEC filings.

Fundamentals & Valuation

Both valuation perspectives agree this company is fair.
Dauch Corporation has a Fair valuation stance because the price broadly reflects how its multiples compare with businesses of the same kind, with upside and risk reasonably balanced.

Company Research

Thesis
DCH is a global automotive component supplier whose combined Driveline and Metal Forming operations provide axle systems, driveshafts, CV joints, differentials, all-wheel-drive and hybrid/electric driveline products, plus forged and powder-metal components.
Opportunity
Moderate opportunity
OEM platform demand for efficient, torque-managed axle, driveshaft, all-wheel-drive, disconnect and integrated e-drive systems across battery-electric and hybrid vehicles.
Key risk
Decline in global vehicle production volumes.

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Business & Markets

Consumer Cyclical · Auto Parts
What they do

Dauch Corporation designs, engineers, and manufactures driveline and metal forming components for electric, hybrid, and internal combustion vehicles through its Driveline and Metal Forming segments.

How it earns

The company generates revenue primarily through transactional sales of automotive components to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

Products & services
Front and rear axles
Driveshafts
Differential assemblies
Clutch modules
Balance shaft systems
Disconnecting driveline technology
Electric and hybrid driveline products
Forged and powder-metal components
Customers & end markets
Automotive OEMs
Light trucks
Sport utility vehicles
Crossover vehicles
Passenger cars
Commercial vehicles
Market position

Global automotive component supplier with a broad product portfolio serving multiple driveline technologies.

Demand drivers
High cyclicality

Automotive component demand is closely tied to vehicle production cycles and overall automotive market health.