Distribution Solutions Group, Inc. (DSGR) Key Metrics
DSGR valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 17, 2026- Market cap
- $1.62B
- Enterprise value
- $2.40B
- P/E (TTM)
- 184.5 10-yr median 59.4
- Forward P/E
- 19.6
- PEG ratio
- 2.69
- Price / sales
- 0.8 10-yr median 0.9
- Price / book
- 2.5 10-yr median 2.1
- EV / EBITDA
- 16.0 10-yr median 13.5
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 0.53
DSGR key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsDSGR valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
DSGR returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
DSGR per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
DSGR financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
DSGR efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
DSGR valuation history
DSGR returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
DSGR debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
DSGR cash returned to shareholders
DSGR price vs earnings per share
DSGR key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $1.29B | $1.62B | $1.42B | $646.6M | $561.0M | $475.0M | — | $147.4M | — | — |
| Enterprise value | $2.05B | $2.39B | $1.98B | $1.09B | $794.6M | $457.0M | — | $151.6M | — | — |
| P/E ratio | 154.8 | — | — | 87.3 | — | 31.4 | — | 23.7 | — | — |
| Price / sales | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.4 | — | 0.4 | — | — |
| Price / book | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 3.9 | — | 1.5 | — | — |
| Price / free cash flow | 29.8 | 48.8 | 18.2 | — | — | 15.4 | — | 8.3 | — | — |
| Price / operating cash flow | 15.4 | 28.8 | 13.8 | — | 54.4 | 14.6 | — | 7.3 | — | — |
| EV / sales | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 | — | 0.4 | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.2 | 18.5 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 25.9 | 16.2 | — | 10.3 | — | — |
| EV / free cash flow | 47.3 | 71.8 | 25.5 | — | — | 14.8 | — | 8.5 | — | — |
| Earnings yield | 0.6% | −0.5% | −0.6% | 1.1% | −0.9% | 3.2% | — | 4.2% | — | — |
| Free cash flow yield | 3.4% | 2.0% | 5.5% | −4.8% | −0.6% | 6.5% | — | 12.1% | — | — |
| Dividend yield | — | — | 21.7% | — | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 1.9% | 0.2% | 22.0% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.7% | — | 0.4% | — | — |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $27.39 | $34.40 | $31.56 | $18.43 | $27.38 | $25.45 | $26.05 | $15.80 | $12.38 | $11.90 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $41.98 | $38.22 | $35.00 | $32.82 | $25.39 | $18.84 | — | $37.48 | — | — |
| Earnings per share | $0.18 | −$0.16 | −$0.20 | $0.21 | −$0.25 | $0.81 | — | $0.67 | — | — |
| Operating cash flow per share | $1.78 | $1.20 | $2.28 | −$0.31 | $0.50 | $1.74 | — | $2.18 | — | — |
| Free cash flow per share | $0.92 | $0.70 | $1.73 | −$0.89 | −$0.17 | $1.65 | — | $1.91 | — | — |
| Cash per share | $1.31 | $1.41 | $1.87 | $0.70 | $0.72 | $1.52 | — | $1.27 | — | — |
| Book value per share | $13.77 | $13.57 | $14.75 | $16.05 | $8.09 | $6.56 | — | $10.63 | — | — |
| Tangible book value per share | $0.80 | −$1.95 | $0.17 | −$0.37 | −$1.71 | $3.68 | — | $7.07 | — | — |
| Dividends per share | — | — | $6.85 | — | — | $0.00 | — | — | — | — |
| Capex per share | $0.86 | $0.49 | $0.55 | $0.57 | $0.67 | $0.09 | — | $0.27 | — | — |
| Debt per share | $17.37 | $17.61 | $14.47 | $13.45 | $12.12 | $0.55 | — | $1.72 | — | — |
| Shares outstanding | 47.2M | 47.2M | 44.9M | 35.1M | 20.5M | 18.7M | — | 9.3M | — | — |
| Change in shares outstanding | −0.1% | +5.2% | +27.9% | +71.2% | +9.8% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 1.3% | −1.1% | −1.5% | 2.0% | −3.5% | 13.1% | 7.0% | 6.5% | 38.4% | −2.7% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 2.8% | 3.4% | 3.0% | 3.4% | 3.6% | 13.4% | 6.1% | 7.8% | 11.7% | −1.9% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 0.5% | −0.4% | −0.6% | 0.9% | −1.4% | 6.6% | 3.6% | 3.2% | 18.2% | −1.2% |
| Return on tangible assets | 0.7% | −0.7% | −1.0% | 1.2% | −1.7% | 7.5% | 4.2% | 3.8% | 18.6% | −1.3% |
| Free cash flow margin | 2.2% | 1.8% | 4.9% | −2.7% | −0.7% | 8.8% | 1.9% | 5.1% | 1.9% | 1.9% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 10.05 | — | — | −1.49 | — | 2.15 | 1.27 | 3.27 | 0.24 | — |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $819.1M | $831.1M | $649.0M | $471.9M | $248.3M | $10.3M | $15.6M | $16.0M | $21.0M | $8.4M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $61.8M | $66.5M | $83.9M | $24.6M | $14.7M | $28.4M | $5.5M | $11.9M | $4.4M | $10.4M |
| Net debt | $757.4M | $764.6M | $565.1M | $447.4M | $233.6M | −$18.1M | $10.1M | $4.2M | $16.5M | −$2.0M |
| Debt / equity | 1.26 | 1.30 | 0.98 | 0.84 | 1.50 | 0.08 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.22 | 0.14 |
| Debt / assets | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.42 | 0.39 | 0.51 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.06 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.87 | 5.93 | 3.86 | 5.43 | 7.62 | −0.64 | 0.63 | 0.28 | 0.95 | −0.29 |
| Current ratio | 2.56 | 2.67 | 2.72 | 2.82 | 1.10 | 1.46 | 1.87 | 1.61 | 1.64 | 2.23 |
| Quick ratio | 1.35 | 1.37 | 1.41 | 1.26 | 0.48 | 0.83 | 0.89 | 0.82 | 0.79 | 1.15 |
| Interest coverage | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 31.4 | 15.0 | 9.1 | 16.0 | -2.9 |
| Working capital | $455.5M | $445.9M | $415.3M | $308.7M | $21.1M | $45.1M | $49.5M | $40.7M | $38.5M | $48.3M |
| Invested capital | $1.41B | $1.41B | $1.23B | $1.01B | $399.4M | $104.3M | $118.1M | $103.3M | $110.0M | $59.1M |
| Tangible asset value | $37.9M | −$92.0M | $7.8M | −$13.0M | −$35.0M | $68.7M | $74.7M | $66.0M | $62.1M | $54.8M |
| Net current asset value | −$352.4M | −$374.5M | −$231.4M | −$174.4M | −$89.5M | $9.2M | $10.0M | $8.9M | $1.3M | $13.6M |
| Graham number | $7.40 | — | — | $8.73 | — | $10.93 | — | $12.62 | — | — |
| Graham net-net per share | −$13.94 | −$13.94 | −$10.85 | −$10.58 | −$8.99 | −$1.91 | — | −$3.07 | — | — |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | — | — | $307.2M | — | — | $15,000 | $33,000 | — | $0 | $0 |
| Share buybacks (net) | $24.4M | $3.2M | $3.9M | $2.5M | $1.0M | $3.3M | $4.5M | $523,000 | $20,000 | $176,000 |
| Dividend payout ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1% | 0.5% | — | 0.0% | — |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 56.2% | 9.6% | 400.8% | — | — | 10.6% | 63.6% | 2.9% | 0.3% | 3.3% |
| Capex / revenue | 2.0% | 1.3% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 2.6% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 48.3% | 41.1% | 24.1% | — | 133.5% | 5.2% | 22.1% | 12.4% | 17.8% | 36.8% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.50 | 0.31 | 0.39 | 0.44 | 0.74 | 0.25 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.19 | 0.39 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 1.1% | 2.1% | 1.0% | 0.9% |
| SG&A / revenue | 25.7% | 25.4% | 26.5% | 30.3% | 21.3% | 47.2% | 50.8% | 51.6% | 58.4% | 61.3% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 48.1 | 47.0 | 44.1 | 39.1 | 46.4 | 49.8 | 42.1 | 43.7 | 45.5 | 42.8 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 97.1 | 101.8 | 104.4 | 95.3 | 91.1 | 130.2 | 114.5 | 118.3 | 138.8 | 145.7 |
| Days payables outstanding | 38.3 | 34.4 | 32.2 | 30.8 | 32.9 | 39.9 | 30.5 | 31.5 | 35.2 | 34.8 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 106.9 | 114.4 | 116.3 | 103.6 | 104.6 | 140.2 | 126.1 | 130.5 | 149.2 | 153.8 |
| Receivables turnover | 7.59 | 7.77 | 8.27 | 9.33 | 7.86 | 7.32 | 8.67 | 8.36 | 8.02 | 8.52 |
| Payables turnover | 9.52 | 10.62 | 11.33 | 11.84 | 11.11 | 9.16 | 11.96 | 11.60 | 10.37 | 10.50 |
| Inventory turnover | 3.76 | 3.58 | 3.50 | 3.83 | 4.01 | 2.80 | 3.19 | 3.08 | 2.63 | 2.50 |
| Asset turnover | 1.14 | 1.10 | 1.14 | 1.35 | 1.39 | 1.53 | 1.85 | 1.80 | 1.88 | 2.06 |
| Average receivables | $261.0M | $232.1M | $189.9M | $123.4M | $66.2M | $48.0M | $42.8M | $41.8M | $38.1M | $32.4M |
| Average payables | $138.4M | $112.1M | $89.6M | $64.2M | $35.1M | $18.0M | $14.5M | $13.8M | $11.9M | $10.3M |
| Average inventory | $350.8M | $332.1M | $290.2M | $198.5M | $97.3M | $58.9M | $54.4M | $51.9M | $46.7M | $43.3M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 35.0% | 42.4% | 42.2% | 47.4% | 40.9% | 20.9% | 16.3% | 16.8% | 16.5% | 4.7% |
Computed from DSGR's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed March 5, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
DSGR valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Distribution Solutions traded at 154.8 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 59.4. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 184.5 and the forward P/E is 19.6. Distribution Solutions earned a return on equity of 1.3% and a return on invested capital of 2.8% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $819.1 million of debt and $61.8 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $757.4 million. It returned $24.4 million to shareholders: $0 in dividends and $24.4 million in share buybacks, 56% of free cash flow.
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DSGR key metrics FAQ
What is Distribution Solutions's P/E ratio?
Distribution Solutions's trailing P/E ratio is 184.5 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 17, 2026), and its forward P/E is 19.6. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 154.8, compared with a 10-year median of 59.4.
What is Distribution Solutions's EV/EBITDA?
Distribution Solutions's enterprise value was 13.2 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $2.0 billion, EBITDA $155.6 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 16.0.
What is Distribution Solutions's return on equity?
Distribution Solutions's return on equity (ROE) was 1.3% in fiscal 2025: net income of $8.3 million on average shareholders' equity of $644.9 million.
What is Distribution Solutions's ROIC?
Distribution Solutions's return on invested capital was 2.8% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Distribution Solutions have?
Distribution Solutions had total debt of $819.1 million at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26 and $757.4 million of net debt (4.87 times EBITDA).
Does Distribution Solutions buy back its shares?
Yes. Distribution Solutions spent $24.4 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −0.1% over the year, to 47.2M..
What is Distribution Solutions's free cash flow yield?
Distribution Solutions generated $43.4 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 3.4% on its market value at year-end ($1.3 billion).
What is Distribution Solutions's current ratio?
Distribution Solutions's current ratio was 2.56 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 2.56 times current liabilities.