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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN)

DFIN Q1 2024 net earnings rise to $33.3 million; net sales up 2.4% to $203.4 million

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

DFIN reported first-quarter 2024 results on May 1, 2024, with net sales of $203.4 million, up 2.4% from the first quarter of 2023, and net earnings of $33.3 million, or $1.09 per diluted share, up from $15.8 million, or $0.52 per diluted share. Adjusted EBITDA rose 30.2% to $55.2 million, and the company said software solutions growth and a higher-margin sales mix drove the improvement.

Key points

  • Net sales $203.4 million, up 2.4% (2.8% organic); software solutions net sales rose 14.6% to $80.3 million
  • Net earnings $33.3 million, or $1.09 per diluted share, versus $0.52 a year earlier; includes an after-tax benefit of $5.5 million, mainly from a gain on the sale of land
  • Adjusted EBITDA $55.2 million, up 30.2%; operating cash flow was negative $27.9 million, improved from negative $51.5 million; share repurchases totaled about $8.8 million with $141.2 million remaining authorization at March 31, 2024

The filing

CompanyDonnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMay 1, 2024, 7:00 AM ET
Accession number0000950170-24-050884

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 6:57 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on May 01, 2024.

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