Dover (DOV) Competitors

Dover (NYSE:DOV) and Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

Is DOV or PH a better dividend stock?

Dover pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Dover pays out 10.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parker-Hannifin pays out 27.0% 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. Dover has increased its dividend for 70 consecutive years and Parker-Hannifin has increased its dividend for 69 consecutive years. Dover is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DOV or PH?

84.5% of Dover shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Dover shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor DOV or PH?

In the previous week, Dover had 7 more articles in the media than Parker-Hannifin. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Dover and 35 mentions for Parker-Hannifin. Parker-Hannifin's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Dover's score of 0.30 indicating that Parker-Hannifin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dover	12 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	5 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Parker-Hannifin	31 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer DOV or PH?

Dover currently has a consensus target price of $218.91, indicating a potential upside of 5.98%. Parker-Hannifin has a consensus target price of $739.06, indicating a potential upside of 6.21%. Given Parker-Hannifin's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Parker-Hannifin is more favorable than Dover.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dover	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Parker-Hannifin	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Which has more volatility and risk, DOV or PH?

Dover has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DOV or PH more profitable?

Dover has a net margin of 32.95% compared to Parker-Hannifin's net margin of 15.87%. Parker-Hannifin's return on equity of 27.34% beat Dover's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dover	32.95%	21.03%	10.22%
Parker-Hannifin	15.87%	27.34%	11.64%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, DOV or PH?

Parker-Hannifin has higher revenue and earnings than Dover. Dover is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Parker-Hannifin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dover	$7.75B	3.66	$2.70B	$19.45	10.62
Parker-Hannifin	$19.93B	4.49	$2.84B	$24.16	28.80

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DOV or PH?

Dover received 17 more outperform votes than Parker-Hannifin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.90% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 61.36% of users gave Dover an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dover	Outperform Votes 748 61.36%	Underperform Votes 471 38.64%
Parker-Hannifin	Outperform Votes 731 63.90%	Underperform Votes 413 36.10%

Summary

Parker-Hannifin beats Dover on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.