DAUCH CORPORATION (DCH)
Consumer Discretionary · Automotive driveline and powertrain component suppliers · NYSE
A global driveline and metal forming automotive supplier transitioning from internal combustion to hybrid and electric vehicles, serving major OEMs like GM, Ford, and Stellantis.
What DAUCH CORPORATION does
Dauch Corporation (formerly American Axle & Manufacturing) is a premier driveline and metal forming supplier to the global automotive industry. Following its February 2026 acquisition of Dowlais Group plc, the company operates through two main segments: Driveline (including GKN Automotive's rear axles, all-wheel drive systems, and powertrain components) and Metal Forming. Headquartered in Detroit with operations across 24 countries and over 175 locations, Dauch serves major OEMs including GM (44% of 2025 sales), Ford (15%), and Stellantis (13%) with a powertrain-agnostic product portfolio supporting electric, hybrid, and internal combustion vehicles.
Themes: automotive driveline, EV supply chain, powertrain-agnostic mobility, metal forming, automotive manufacturing
Fundamentals
- Price$6.88 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$1.6B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+20.7% 2025-08-21 close $5.70 → 2026-08-21 close $6.88
- P/En/a negative earnings
- Net margin-1.9% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+11.1% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE-14.4% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity3.44 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+14.8% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+0.2% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.73 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-07 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How DCH compares in its sector
- net profit marginbottom 25% 334 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginbottom 25% 334 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginbottom 10% 331 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitybottom 25% 334 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 325 covered Consumer Discretionary peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 311 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Consumer Discretionary companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
How DAUCH CORPORATION looks technically
DAUCH CORPORATION (DCH) is trading 8.2% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 83 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. A strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 29, with buyers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 62, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day high about 9 trading days ago. It is 25.6% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 8.2% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +8.2% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $5.87 | $5.87 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $6.36 | $6.36 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 10 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 10 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 83 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 83 sessions |
| Above the 200-day after a dip | it recently dipped to its 200-day average (the long-term trend line) and has since climbed back above it — now about 8.2% above | +8.2% |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 29, with buyers in control | 28.5 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 62, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 62.4 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the top of its 14-day range ($5.65 to $7.06) — its "stochastic" reading is 87 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 87.2 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in positive territory (momentum leaning bullish) | 26 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $9.25 | $9.25 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 25.6% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -25.6% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 39.8% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +39.8% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 25.6% below its highest point of the past year | 25.6% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 9 trading days ago | 9 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 9 trading days ago | 9 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $42.10 (set on 2004-02-06) | $42.10 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($5.09 to $9.00), and it has recovered around half of its fall from last year’s high — 46% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $7.51 to $7.63. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 45.8% |
| From the all-time high | it is 83.7% below its all-time high | -83.7% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.2% above a support level at $6.80 — a price it turned at three times since 2025-10-29, most recently on 2026-06-15. Since 2024-08-21 it has 14 such levels below the current price and 1 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -1.2% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $0.26 (set on 2009-03-09) | $0.26 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 2546.2% above its all-time low | +2,546% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 68th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.342 between its high and its low — about 5.0% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.342 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $5.27 and $7.23 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $5.27 – $6.25 – $7.23 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 5.0% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 5.0% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 1.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (8.2% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 1.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.54× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have raised their average price target by 0.9% since the prior reading | +0.9% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | 6 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 6 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 1.4% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +1.4% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 9.5% above the previous close 10 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 5.67 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +9.5% |
| Gap filled | a 2.1% gap down opened on 2026-07-23 has been "filled" 17 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 3 sessions to close | 17 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 22.3 percentage points (the stock gained 24.6% while the market gained 2.3%) | +22.3% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 8.8 percentage points (the stock gained 11.9% while the market gained 3.1%) | +8.8% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 12.9 percentage points (the stock lost 1.9% while the market gained 11.1%) | -12.9% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 0.2 percentage points (the stock gained 20.7% while the market gained 20.5%) | +0.2% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a strong uptrend, with buyers in control, trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, lagging the market over 6 months, near the top of its 14-day range (overbought) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 12% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-15 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is thick, spanning 8.5% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | +12.2% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 3% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $6.65 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 159 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +3.4% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 4% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-07 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $6.63 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 11 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +3.8% |
Price levels it has turned at before
DCH last closed at $6.88 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 14 prices below its last close and 1 above; the 3 nearest below and the nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $6.80 | Support | 1.2% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-10-29 to 2026-06-15 |
| $7.05 | Resistance | 2.5% above the last close | turned there three times · 2024-12-09 to 2026-08-11 |
| $6.58 | Support | 4.3% below the last close | turned there four times · 2024-09-27 to 2025-11-10 |
| $6.37 | Support | 7.5% below the last close | turned there four times · 2024-09-18 to 2026-04-14 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Tested and reclaimed 200-day support · Pulled back from the 12-month high · in a strong, established uptrend (ADX) · lagging the market · At the top of its 14-day range (stochastic above 80) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (2.23 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 12 analysts
- Mean price target$9.10 range $6.00 – $17.00; median $8.63
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-19. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for DCH
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.2125 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-19
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["High concentration of sales to major automotive OEMs (GM, Ford, Stellantis) and sensitivity to their production demand.","Operational and integration risks associated with the recent acquisition of Dowlais Group plc.","Risks inherent in the global automotive industry transition from internal combustion engines to hybrid and electric vehicle platforms."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of DCH's 10-Q filed 2026-05-08 against the prior one filed 2025-11-07.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Effective January 26, 2026, company name changed from American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. to Dauch Corporation
- Company now operates in 24 countries with more than 175 locations (versus nearly 75 facilities in 15 countries previously)
- Business Combination with Dowlais completed on February 3, 2026 (versus pending in prior filing)
- Approximately 117 million shares issued in Business Combination; authorized shares increased from 150 million to 375 million
- Total purchase price for Business Combination approximately $1.7 billion
- Dowlais acquisition included GKN Automotive and GKN Powder Metallurgy subsidiaries
- Electric Vehicle Cancellation Settlement reached in January 2026 resulting in $28 million reimbursement
- Tariff impact for three months ended March 31, 2026 was approximately $30 million
- Full year 2026 anticipated tariff impact estimated at $10 million to $20 million after mitigation
- Geopolitical conflicts in first three months of 2026 caused supply chain disruptions
- Expected 2026 USMCA review noted as potential source of trade instability
- Metal market pass-throughs contributed approximately $44 million to sales changes
- Removed:
- References to 'American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.' as company name
- Description of company structure with Holdings, AAM Inc., and MPG subsidiaries
- Reference to 'nearly 75 facilities in 15 countries'
- 'Pending Business Combination with Dowlais Group plc' section removed (transaction now completed)
- Statement that transaction was 'expected to close in the first quarter of 2026'
- Reference to $70 million of assets on balance sheet associated with e-Beam axle program
- Discussion of impairment charges ($8 million and $12 million) for India business
- September 30, 2025 financial comparison data
- Tariff impact guidance for full year 2025 ($10 million to $15 million range)
- Reference to 'nine months ended September 30, 2025' results ($15 million tariff impact)
- Detailed working capital true-up details from India sale settlement
- Reworded:
- Customer product descriptions: 'components' changed to 'various components' for GM and Ford, 'products' changed to 'various components' for Stellantis
- Ford customer programs: removed 'Edge' from list of supported vehicle programs
- Tariff discussion expanded to include USMCA 2026 review and retaliatory actions context
- Commercial Matters section: changed from 'submitted a cancellation claim' language to 'reached a settlement agreement' with specific recovery amount
- Addition of geopolitical conflicts discussion as new supply chain constraint factor
- Tariff impact narrative now references 'continuing impact' with specific quarterly and annual guidance separated
- Notes:
- Newer filing text appears truncated at end of Net Sales section ('...effect of metal market pass-throughs to our customers and the impact of foreign exchange related to t')
- Direct comparison limited by different reporting periods: older filing covered nine months ended September 30, 2025; newer filing covers three months ended March 31, 2026
Risk Factors
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-05-08) adds risk factor: 'risks related to disruptions to ongoing business operations as a result of the business combination with Dowlais, including disruptions to management time'
- Newer filing (2026-05-08) adds risk factor: 'potential liabilities or litigation relating to, or assumed in, the business combination with Dowlais'
- Newer filing (2026-05-08) adds risk factor: 'including as a result of the ongoing proliferation of Chinese original equipment manufacturers in certain regions in which we operate' (as part of competition risk)
- Removed:
- Older filing (2025-11-07) included risk factor about 'our suppliers', our customers' and their suppliers' ability to maintain satisfactory labor relations' which appears relocated/reordered in newer filing
- Older filing (2025-11-07) had distinct bullet on maintaining labor relations before the suppliers/customers labor relations bullet, reordered in newer filing
- Reworded:
- Newer filing (2026-05-08) changes 'reduced purchases of our products by General Motors Company (GM), Stellantis N.V. (Stellantis), Ford Motor Company (Ford) or other customers' to 'reduced purchases of our products by General Motors Company (GM), Stellantis N.V. (Stellantis) and Ford Motor Company (Ford) or other customers' (changes 'or' to 'and' in listing the three major OEMs)
- Newer filing (2026-05-08) expands competition risk from 'our ability to respond to changes in technology, increased competition or pricing pressures' to 'our ability to respond to changes in technology, increased competition, including as a result of the ongoing proliferation of Chinese original equipment manufacturers in certain regions in which we operate, or pricing pressures'
- Newer filing (2026-05-08) reorders risk factors - moves 'reduced demand for our customers' products' bullet to appear after 'reduced purchases' bullet, whereas older filing (2025-11-07) placed it later in sequence
- Notes:
- The two filings are for different companies (Dauch Corporation in 2026 vs. American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. in 2025) and different reporting periods, though both use similar forward-looking statements language
- Financial statements shown are from different periods and companies, limiting direct comparability
- Page number changes (47 vs. 50 for Risk Factors) reflect document length differences but are not substantive content changes
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for DCH — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
6 institutional 13F filers reported holding DCH as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 6
- Reported shares held 60,451,360
- Reported value $358,476,567
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 1 new, 5 increased, 0 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
DCH had 22,880,107 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
DCH had 9.63% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 7.56 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 22,880,107
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 9.63%
- Prior settlement (shares) 22,963,623
- Reported change -0.36%
- Days to cover (reported) 7.56
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Magna International (MGA)
- BorgWarner (BWA)
- Dana Incorporated (DAN)
- ZF Friedrichshafen
- Linamar (LNR.TO)
- Nemak
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Frequently asked questions
What does DAUCH CORPORATION (DCH) do?
Dauch Corporation (formerly American Axle & Manufacturing) is a premier driveline and metal forming supplier to the global automotive industry. Following its February 2026 acquisition of Dowlais Group plc, the company operates through two main segments: Driveline (including GKN Automotive's rear axles, all-wheel drive systems, and powertrain components) and Metal Forming.
What sector is DAUCH CORPORATION (DCH) in?
DAUCH CORPORATION (DCH) is classified in the Consumer Discretionary sector. Its industry is Automotive driveline and powertrain component suppliers. It trades on NYSE.
Who are DAUCH CORPORATION's (DCH) competitors?
Notable peers of DAUCH CORPORATION (DCH) include Magna International, BorgWarner, Dana Incorporated, ZF Friedrichshafen and Linamar. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is DAUCH CORPORATION (DCH) overbought or oversold right now?
DAUCH CORPORATION (DCH) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 62, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on DCH come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.