How to buy Dover Corporation (DOV) stocks

Dover Corporation is a specialty industrial machinery business based in the US. Dover Corporation shares (DOV) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $189.27 – a decrease of 5.84% over the previous week. Dover Corporation employs 25,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $8.5 billion.

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Dover Corporation stock price (NYSE: DOV)

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Dover Corporation stocks at a glance

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Information last updated 2024-12-19.

Latest market close	$189.27
52-week range	$142.35 - $207.74
50-day moving average more info button	$197.38
200-day moving average more info button	$184.49
Wall St. target price	$215.53
PE ratio more info button	17.149
Dividend yield more info button	$2.045 (1.09%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$11.01

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Dover Corporation price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $188.94 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13)	-6.00%
1 month (2024-11-21)	-6.69%
3 months (2024-09-20)	-0.10%
6 months (2024-06-21)	3.53%

1 year (2023-12-21)	23.91%
2 years (2022-12-21)	43.74%
3 years (2021-12-21)	14.81%
5 years (2019-12-20)	76.49%

Is Dover Corporation stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Dover Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Dover Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Dover Corporation's P/E ratio

Dover Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 17x. In other words, Dover Corporation shares trade at around 17x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the stock or simply that they're under-valued.

Dover Corporation's PEG ratio

Dover Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.3344. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Dover Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Dover Corporation's EBITDA

Dover Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.8 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Dover Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Dover Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	$8.5 billion
Operating margin TTM	17.55%
Gross profit TTM	$3.1 billion
Return on assets TTM	7.85%
Return on equity TTM	29.11%
Profit margin	18.38%
Book value	$41.53
Market Capitalization more info button	$25.9 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Dover Corporation stock dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 22.81% of net profits

Recently Dover Corporation has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Dover Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Dover Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $2.045 per share.

While Dover Corporation's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Dover Corporation is investing more in its future growth.

Dover Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 15 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their stocks by 28 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Dover Corporation's stocks ever split?

Dover Corporation's stocks were split on a 1238:1000 basis on 8 May 2018 . So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1238 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Dover Corporation stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 19.2% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Dover Corporation stocks, which in turn could have impacted Dover Corporation's stock price.

Dover Corporation stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Dover Corporation's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $142.3485 up to $207.7397. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Dover Corporation's is 1.218. This would suggest that Dover Corporation's stocks are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Dover Corporation overview

Dover Corporation provides equipment and components, consumable supplies, aftermarket parts, software and digital solutions, and support services worldwide. The company's Engineered Products segment provides various equipment, component, software, solution, and services that are used in vehicle aftermarket, waste handling, industrial automation, aerospace and defense, industrial winch and hoist, and fluid dispensing end-market. This segment offers manual and power clamp, rotary and linear mechanical indexer, conveyor, pick and place unit, glove port, and manipulator, as well as end-of-arm robotic gripper, slide, and end effector; winches, hoists, bearings, drives, and electric monitoring system; and radio frequency and microwave filters and switches, and signal intelligence solutions. Its Clean Energy & Fueling segment offers component, equipment, and software and service solution enabling safe storage and transport of fuel, cryogenic gases, and hazardous fluids, as well as operation of retail fueling and vehicle wash establishment. The company's Imaging & Identification segment provides precision marking and coding, product traceability equipment, brand protection, and digital textile printing equipment and solution, as well as related consumable, software, and service to packaged and consumer goods, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, fashion and apparel, and other end-market. Its Pumps & Process Solutions segment manufactures specialty pump, connector, flow meter, fluid connecting solution, plastics and polymer processing equipment, and engineered components for rotating and reciprocating machines. The company's Climate & Sustainability Technologies segment manufactures refrigeration system, refrigeration display case, commercial glass refrigerator and freezer door, and brazed plate heat exchanger for industrial heating and cooling, and residential climate control applications.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Dover Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.41% of Dover Corporation stocks are held by insiders and 86.934% by institutions. How many people work for Dover Corporation?
Latest data suggests 25,000 work at Dover Corporation. When does the fiscal year end for Dover Corporation?
Dover Corporation's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Dover Corporation based?
Dover Corporation's address is: 3005 Highland Parkway, Downers Grove, IL, United States, 60515 What is Dover Corporation's ISIN number?
Dover Corporation's international securities identification number is: US2600031080 What is Dover Corporation's CUSIP number?
Dover Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 260003108

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