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How good a business is DBD?
Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated earns 12% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.
12%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 2.9 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value
- Operating margin
- 6.4%
Operating margin · Software - Application median 8.2% · 12 months to Q1 2026
- Share count, year on year
- −5.1%
Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company
- R&D as % of revenue
- 2.2%
R&D as % of revenue
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2019 | −0.60% |
| FY2020 | 0.62% |
| FY2021 | 3.5% |
| FY2022 | −6.1% |
| FY2024 | 4.9% |
| FY2025 | 6.4% |
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- Gross margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 25%
- Operating margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 6.4%
- Net margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 2.8%
- R&D as % of revenue
- 2.2%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $3.86B
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $108M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 12%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Software - Application
Ranks #65 of 90 by Smart Score