Dover (DOV) Competitors

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

Is DOV or PH more profitable?

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
Dover	18.63%	23.61%	10.82%
Parker-Hannifin	14.47%	27.95%	11.33%

Do insiders and institutionals 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DOV or PH?

Dover received 20 more outperform votes than Parker-Hannifin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.78% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 61.47% of users gave Dover an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dover	Outperform Votes 742 61.47%	Underperform Votes 465 38.53%
Parker-Hannifin	Outperform Votes 722 63.78%	Underperform Votes 410 36.22%

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 1.0%. 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.

Which has better 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	$8.47B	3.18	$1.06B	$11.18	17.58
Parker-Hannifin	$19.99B	4.29	$2.84B	$22.14	30.08

Which has more risk & volatility, DOV or PH?

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

Does the media favor DOV or PH?

In the previous week, Dover had 32 more articles in the media than Parker-Hannifin. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Dover and 20 mentions for Parker-Hannifin. Parker-Hannifin's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Dover's score of 0.46 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	21 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Parker-Hannifin	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer DOV or PH?

Dover presently has a consensus price target of $213.91, suggesting a potential upside of 8.83%. Parker-Hannifin has a consensus price target of $709.65, suggesting a potential upside of 6.56%. Given Dover's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly 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)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Parker-Hannifin	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Summary

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