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Dover (DOV) Competitors

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$201.18 -0.91 (-0.45%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

DOV vs. PH, ITW, IR, XYL, SNA, IEX, PNR, NDSN, GGG, and SWK

Should you be buying Dover stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dover include Parker-Hannifin (PH), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Snap-on (SNA), IDEX (IEX), Pentair (PNR), Nordson (NDSN), Graco (GGG), and Stanley Black & Decker (SWK). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Dover vs.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dover$8.47B3.26$1.06B$11.1817.99
Parker-Hannifin$19.93B4.51$2.84B$22.1431.57

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 18.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parker-Hannifin pays out 29.4% 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.

Dover presently has a consensus target price of $208.40, indicating a potential upside of 3.59%. Parker-Hannifin has a consensus target price of $688.07, indicating a potential downside of 1.55%. Given Dover's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dover is more favorable than Parker-Hannifin.

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)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

Dover has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Dover had 1 more articles in the media than Parker-Hannifin. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Dover and 32 mentions for Parker-Hannifin. Parker-Hannifin's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Dover's score of -0.12 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
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Parker-Hannifin
22 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

84.5% of Dover shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Dover shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dover received 22 more outperform votes than Parker-Hannifin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.71% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 61.51% of users gave Dover an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
DoverOutperform Votes
740
61.51%
Underperform Votes
463
38.49%
Parker-HannifinOutperform Votes
718
63.71%
Underperform Votes
409
36.29%

Dover has a net margin of 18.63% compared to Parker-Hannifin's net margin of 14.47%. Parker-Hannifin's return on equity of 27.95% beat Dover's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dover18.63% 23.61% 10.82%
Parker-Hannifin 14.47%27.95%11.33%

Summary

Parker-Hannifin beats Dover on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DOV vs. The Competition

MetricDoverConstruction, mining, & materials handling machinery & equipment IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$27.60B$7.57B$9.68B$19.82B
Dividend Yield1.02%1.92%2.00%3.50%
P/E Ratio17.9910.7122.2842.29
Price / Sales3.261.377.5920.83
Price / Cash18.3610.2020.3821.65
Price / Book4.842.764.154.66
Net Income$1.06B$517.97M$414.52M$983.45M
7 Day Performance-0.16%4.80%-3.04%-2.12%
1 Month Performance3.20%10.87%0.72%-0.39%
1 Year Performance46.00%14.74%28.89%23.34%

Dover Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DOV
Dover
4.7505 of 5 stars
$201.18
-0.5%
$208.40
+3.6%
+46.3%$27.60B$8.47B17.9925,000Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.5453 of 5 stars
$695.58
+0.8%
N/A+63.9%$89.54B$19.93B31.4261,120Analyst Forecast
Positive News
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.3156 of 5 stars
$271.95
-0.4%
N/A+13.2%$80.31B$15.95B23.5345,000Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
Positive News
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.1372 of 5 stars
$102.61
-0.9%
N/A+45.9%$41.35B$6.88B50.0518,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
XYL
Xylem
4.7956 of 5 stars
$124.37
+0.6%
N/A+20.3%$30.22B$7.36B36.372,300Positive News
SNA
Snap-on
4.2462 of 5 stars
$359.27
+1.7%
N/A+30.0%$18.87B$4.73B18.492,700Dividend Increase
IEX
IDEX
4.4772 of 5 stars
$228.51
-0.2%
N/A+15.3%$17.30B$3.27B35.378,800Dividend Announcement
PNR
Pentair
4.5604 of 5 stars
$104.35
+1.4%
N/A+68.4%$17.24B$4.10B26.0910,500Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NDSN
Nordson
4.5065 of 5 stars
$261.44
+0.3%
N/A+10.0%$14.95B$2.63B31.847,900Positive News
GGG
Graco
3.8257 of 5 stars
$87.81
+0.3%
N/A+12.6%$14.83B$2.20B31.034,000Analyst Revision
SWK
Stanley Black & Decker
4.85 of 5 stars
$90.17
-1.9%
N/A-5.2%$13.90B$15.78B-65.8250,500Short Interest ↓

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This page (NYSE:DOV) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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