---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000029644-24-000093"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DCI"
cik: "0000029644"
company_name: "DONALDSON Co INC"
filed_at: "2024-08-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T07:17:38.376707+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Donaldson posts record Q4 sales $935M (+6.4%), GAAP EPS $0.90 (+20%), adjusted $0.94

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $935M (+6.4% YoY); GAAP EPS $0.90 (+20%); adjusted EPS $0.94 vs $0.78.
- Full-year FY2024 sales $3.6B (+4.5%), GAAP EPS $3.38 (+16.6%), adjusted EPS $3.42.
- FY2025 guidance: sales growth 2-6%, adjusted EPS $3.56-$3.72; operating margin 15.3-15.9%.
- Updated FY2026 targets: total sales CAGR 3-7% (down from 4-8%); Life Sciences CAGR cut to 5-11%.
- Q4 footprint optimization restructuring charges $6.4M (severance); returned $286M to shareholders in FY2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000029644-24-000093
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DCI
- cik: 0000029644
- company_name: DONALDSON Co INC
- filed_at: 2024-08-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29644/000002964424000093/0000029644-24-000093-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29644/000002964424000093/dci-20240828.htm

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