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Donnelley Financial Solutions DFIN

US equityMarket cap rank #3102Software - Application
$49.80 +$0.23 (+0.46%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:30 am ET · After hours $49.80 0.00%
Open$49.24
Prev close$49.57
Day range$49.10 – $50.33
Volume240.8K
Market cap$1.22B
P/E (TTM)32.3
Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership96.5%+0.66 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding306-3 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)29 buys / 20 sellsNet buying
Short interest4.20% of floatDays to cover 4.9 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share17.3%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

13%17%21%26%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$943.8K (9 inflow days, 11 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$520.2KSuper−$423.5KBig−$2.9MMid−$3.7MSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 33.3% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock16.02%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC5.01%
  • State Street Global Advisors4.88%
  • Alberta Investment Management Corporation4.28%
  • Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC3.15%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors2.84%
  • Eaton Vance Management2.80%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC2.58%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund81.66%
  • Government Pension Fund5.69%
  • Hedge Fund5.64%
  • Individual/Insider5.12%
  • Public Company1.72%
  • Private Company1.16%
  • Insurance Company0.41%
  • Family Office/Trust0.11%

Reported short interest has risen from 3.73% to 4.20% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Nuveen Asset Management LLC Insurance Company 2026/Q3 +44,934 0.3%
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +490,614 2.3%
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +423,448 2.2%
Ophir Asset Management Pty Ltd Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +259,527 1.5%
Algert Global LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +252,383 2.2%
Alberta Investment Management Corporation Government Pension Fund 2026/Q3 +200,000 4.3%
Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +166,580 2.6%
AQR Capital Management Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +127,576 0.8%
William Blair Investment Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +86,449 2.6%
Access Investment Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +72,470 1.2%
Winton Capital Group Limited Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +67,059 0.3%
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +63,654 0.3%
GuideStone Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +58,808 0.2%
XTX Markets Limited Private Company 2026/Q3 +49,989 0.2%
Monimus Capital Management, LP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +44,806 0.2%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
14 Sep 2026 Craig Clay President of Global Capital Markets Other Disposition -4,364 – 116,724
2 Sep 2026 Robert Williams Chief People & Administrative Officer Open Market Disposition -16,450 $48.77 20,000
1 Sep 2026 Joseph Binz Independent Director Open Market Acquisition +20,780 $48.52 20,780
18 Aug 2026 Daniel Leib Chief Executive Officer Open Market Disposition -9,787 $50.00 507,834
16 Aug 2026 Leah Trzcinski Chief Legal & Compliance Officer and General Counsel Sale to Issuer -1,234 $47.72 6,364
13 Aug 2026 Daniel Leib Chief Executive Officer Private Disposition -213 $50.00 517,621
30 Jun 2026 Joseph Binz Independent Director Other Acquisition +3,924 – 3,924
30 Jun 2026 Joseph Binz Independent Director Initial Statement of Beneficial +0 – –
12 May 2026 Richard Crandall Independent Chairperson Other Acquisition +5,864 – 50,048
12 May 2026 Gary Greenfield Independent Director Other Acquisition +4,265 – 21,520
12 May 2026 Juliet Ellis Independent Director Other Acquisition +4,265 – 21,520
12 May 2026 Lois Martin Independent Director Other Acquisition +4,265 – 14,694
12 May 2026 Luis Aguilar Independent Director Other Acquisition +4,265 – 18,730
12 May 2026 Chandar Pattabhiram Independent Director Other Acquisition +4,265 – 8,516
12 May 2026 Ayman Sayed Independent Director Other Acquisition +4,265 – 8,516
5 Mar 2026 Eric Johnson President of Global Investment Companies Open Market Disposition -20,280 $50.16 116,814
3 Mar 2026 Daniel Leib Chief Executive Officer Sale to Issuer -58,799 $52.97 517,834
3 Mar 2026 Robert Williams Chief People & Administrative Officer Sale to Issuer -10,839 $52.97 36,450
3 Mar 2026 Robert Williams Chief People & Administrative Officer Open Market Disposition -11,921 $52.29 36,450
3 Mar 2026 David Gardella Chief Financial Officer Sale to Issuer -24,475 $52.97 201,925

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 1,032,691 4.2% 4.9
31 Aug 2026 1,059,449 4.3% 5.0
14 Aug 2026 1,074,159 4.4% 4.8
31 Jul 2026 1,082,400 4.4% 4.1
15 Jul 2026 1,136,732 4.6% 4.0
30 Jun 2026 931,664 3.7% 2.6

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