---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-088229"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DFIN"
cik: "0001669811"
company_name: "Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T14:25:05.344856+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DFIN reports Q2 2024 net earnings $44.1M ($1.47/diluted), up 17%; record software sales $85.6M

## Summary
- Net sales $242.7M (+0.2% YoY); net earnings $44.1M (+17%); diluted EPS $1.47 vs $1.24.
- Record software solutions net sales $85.6M (+13.1% YoY), 35.3% of total sales vs 31.3%.
- Adjusted EBITDA $87.2M (+17.4%), margin 35.9% (+520 bps); free cash flow $36.8M vs $7.0M.
- Gross leverage 0.8x, net leverage 0.6x; repurchased 317k shares for $19.2M at avg $60.65.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-088229
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DFIN
- cik: 0001669811
- company_name: Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1669811/000095017024088229/0000950170-24-088229-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1669811/000095017024088229/dfin-20240731.htm

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