Flowserve (FLS) Competitors

Dover (NYSE:DOV) and Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.

Does the media prefer DOV or FLS?

In the previous week, Dover had 33 more articles in the media than Flowserve. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Dover and 11 mentions for Flowserve. Flowserve's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Dover's score of 0.18 indicating that Flowserve is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dover	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	10 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Flowserve	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

84.5% of Dover shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Flowserve shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Dover shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Flowserve shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is DOV or FLS a better dividend stock?

Dover pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Flowserve pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Dover pays out 10.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Flowserve pays out 39.3% 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.

Is DOV or FLS more profitable?

Dover has a net margin of 32.95% compared to Flowserve's net margin of 6.20%. Dover's return on equity of 21.03% beat Flowserve's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dover	32.95%	21.03%	10.22%
Flowserve	6.20%	17.08%	6.62%

Which has more risk & volatility, DOV or FLS?

Dover has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flowserve has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend DOV or FLS?

Dover currently has a consensus price target of $209.92, suggesting a potential upside of 27.46%. Flowserve has a consensus price target of $65.90, suggesting a potential upside of 54.22%. Given Flowserve's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Flowserve is more favorable than Dover.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dover	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
Flowserve	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better valuation and earnings, DOV or FLS?

Dover has higher revenue and earnings than Flowserve. Dover is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flowserve, 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	2.91	$2.70B	$19.45	8.47
Flowserve	$4.56B	1.24	$186.74M	$2.14	19.97

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DOV or FLS?

Dover received 147 more outperform votes than Flowserve when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.29% of users gave Flowserve an outperform vote while only 61.12% of users gave Dover an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dover	Outperform Votes 750 61.12%	Underperform Votes 477 38.88%
Flowserve	Outperform Votes 603 64.29%	Underperform Votes 335 35.71%

Summary

Dover beats Flowserve on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.