01/21/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/21/2026 06:57
Dana Incorporated Announces Strong Preliminary 2025 Financial Results and
Provides 2026 Outlook Featuring New Business Growth and Increased Margins
2025 Highlights:
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Sales of approximately $7.5 billion |
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Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $600 million; 8 percent of sales |
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Adjusted free cash flow of approximately $315 million |
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Completed sale of the Off-Highway business at a $2.7 billion enterprise value |
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Achieved approximately $250 million in cost savings |
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Returned $704 million to shareholders |
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Repurchased 34 million shares, representing 23 percent of shares outstanding |
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Shares outstanding as of December 31 were 112.3 million |
2026 Highlights:
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Completed $1.9 billion in debt reduction, supported by proceeds from the Off-Highway sale |
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Announced $750 million three-year new business backlog; $200 million incremental in 2026 |
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Raised cumulative cost savings target to $325 million |
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Raises 2026 margin guidance range to a midpoint of 10.5 percent |
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Completed the previously disclosed buy-out of TM4 joint venture |
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Will host a Capital Markets Day on March 25, 2026 |
MAUMEE, Ohio, January 21, 2026 - Dana Incorporated today announced its preliminary full-year 2025 financial results, which came in at the high end of the company's expectations. Dana also issued its preliminary outlook for 2026, highlighting stronger profitability, significant cost-reduction progress, incremental capital return, and improvements to its balance sheet.
"We closed 2025 with strong momentum and executed on every major strategic commitment, from completing the Off-Highway divestiture to delivering substantial cost savings," said R. Bruce McDonald, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dana Incorporated. "Our actions have reshaped Dana into a more streamlined, higher-margin company with greater financial flexibility. In 2026, we expect to complete the remainder of our now $325 million cost-reduction program, continue executing our $1 billion capital return plan, and expand adjusted EBITDA margins to 10-11 percent-positioning Dana for durable, long-term value creation. We are entering the year with a strengthened balance sheet, higher-margin new business, and an ongoing commitment to shareholder returns and operational excellence."
Dana's three-year new business backlog totals $750 million, driven by new program awards, increased content, and expanded vehicle platforms across both the light- and commercial-vehicle segments. The company expects $200 million in incremental new business growth in 2026 from next-generation platforms with global OEMs.
2026 Preliminary Financial Targets
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Sales |
$7.30 to $7.70 billion | |||
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Adjusted EBITDA |
$750 to $850 million | |||
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Implied adjusted EBITDA margin |
10.0% to 11.0% | |||
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Adjusted free cash flow |
$250 to $350 million | |||
The company will host a Capital Markets Day on March 25, 2026, in New York City, with more information to follow.
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Dana to Host Conference Call at 10 a.m. Wednesday, January 21
Dana will discuss its preliminary 2025 results and 2026 market outlook in a conference call at 10 a.m. EST on Wednesday, January 21. The conference call can be accessed by telephone from both domestic and international locations using the information provided below:
Conference ID: 9943139
Participant Toll-Free Dial-In Number: 1 (888) 440-5873
Participant Toll Dial-In Number: 1 (646) 960-0319
Audio streaming and slides will be available online via a link provided on the Dana investor website: www.dana.com/investors. Phone registration will be available beginning at 9:30 a.m. EST.
A webcast replay can be accessed via Dana's investor website following the call.
Non-GAAP Financial Information
Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure which we have defined as net income (loss) before interest, income taxes, depreciation, amortization, equity grant expense, restructuring expense, non-service cost components of pension and other postretirement benefit costs and other adjustments not related to our core operations (gain/loss on debt extinguishment, pension settlements, divestitures, impairment, etc.). Adjusted EBITDA is a measure of our ability to maintain and continue to invest in our operations and provide shareholder returns. We use adjusted EBITDA in assessing the effectiveness of our business strategies, evaluating and pricing potential acquisitions and as a factor in making incentive compensation decisions. In addition to its use by management, we also believe adjusted EBITDA is a measure widely used by securities analysts, investors and others to evaluate financial performance of our company relative to other Tier 1 automotive suppliers. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered a substitute for earnings (loss) before income taxes, net income (loss) or other results reported in accordance with GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.
Adjusted free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure which we have defined as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities less purchases of property, plant and equipment plus proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment plus cash paid for Off-Highway business divestiture related activities. We believe adjusted free cash flow is useful to investors in evaluating the operational cash flow of the company inclusive of the spending required to maintain the operations. Adjusted free cash flow is not intended to represent nor be an alternative to the measure of net cash provided by (used in) operating activities reported in accordance with GAAP. Adjusted free cash flow may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.
Please reference the "Non-GAAP financial information" accompanying our quarterly earnings conference call presentations on our website at www.dana.com/investors for reconciliations of adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. We have not provided a reconciliation of our adjusted EBITDA outlook to the most comparable GAAP measures of net income. Providing net income (loss) guidance is potentially misleading and not practical given the difficulty of projecting event driven transactional and other non-core operating items that are included in net income, including restructuring actions, asset impairments and income tax valuation adjustments. The reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures with the most comparable GAAP measures for the historical periods presented on our website are indicative of the reconciliations that will be prepared upon completion of the periods covered by the non-GAAP guidance.
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