DOV vs. ITW, PH, IR, XYL, IEX, SNA, GGG, PNR, NDSN, and SWK
Should you be buying Dover stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dover include Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), IDEX (IEX), Snap-on (SNA), Graco (GGG), Pentair (PNR), Nordson (NDSN), and Stanley Black & Decker (SWK). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Dover (NYSE:DOV) and Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Illinois Tool Works has higher revenue and earnings than Dover. Dover is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Illinois Tool Works, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Dover had 11 more articles in the media than Illinois Tool Works. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Dover and 10 mentions for Illinois Tool Works. Illinois Tool Works' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Dover's score of -0.08 indicating that Illinois Tool Works is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dover presently has a consensus price target of $185.75, suggesting a potential upside of 1.05%. Illinois Tool Works has a consensus price target of $257.78, suggesting a potential upside of 6.19%. Given Illinois Tool Works' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Illinois Tool Works is more favorable than Dover.
Dover has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Illinois Tool Works has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dover received 135 more outperform votes than Illinois Tool Works when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.60% of users gave Dover an outperform vote while only 57.28% of users gave Illinois Tool Works an outperform vote.
Illinois Tool Works has a net margin of 19.07% compared to Dover's net margin of 17.28%. Illinois Tool Works' return on equity of 97.82% beat Dover's return on equity.
84.5% of Dover shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of Illinois Tool Works shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Dover shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Illinois Tool Works shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Dover pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Illinois Tool Works pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Dover pays out 19.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Illinois Tool Works pays out 55.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
Dover and Illinois Tool Works tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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