NYSE:DOV - Dover Stock Price, Forecast & News

Dover trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DOV."

Dover declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 29th will be given a dividend of $0.49 per share on Monday, December 16th. This represents a $1.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.74%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 27th. View Dover's Dividend History.

Dover Corp (NYSE:DOV) issued its earnings results on Thursday, October, 17th. The industrial products company reported $1.60 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.51 by $0.09. The industrial products company had revenue of $1.83 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.81 billion. Dover had a net margin of 9.08% and a return on equity of 29.62%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 4.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.36 earnings per share. View Dover's Earnings History.

Dover is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Dover.

Dover issued an update on its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 17th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.69-4.72 for the period.

11 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Dover's stock. Their forecasts range from $76.35 to $119.00. On average, they anticipate Dover's stock price to reach $102.82 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Dover.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Dover in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Dover.

Media headlines about DOV stock have trended very positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Dover earned a media sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Dover.

Dover saw a drop in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,830,000 shares, a drop of 8.0% from the October 31st total of 5,250,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 863,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.6 days. Currently, 3.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Dover's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Dover investors own include Applied Materials (AMAT), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), The Coca-Cola (KO), CVS Health (CVS), Mcdonald's (MCD), 3M (MMM), Procter & Gamble (PG), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Automatic Data Processing (ADP) and PepsiCo (PEP).

Dover's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (5.40%), Boston Partners (5.28%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.75%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.40%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.34%) and Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.30%). Company insiders that own Dover stock include Anthony K Kosinski, Brad M Cerepak, Carrie L Anderson, Ivonne M Cabrera, Jay L Kloosterboer, Kristiane C Graham, Mary A Winston, Patrick Burns, Paul Goldberg, Stephen Gary Kennon and William Spurgeon. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Dover.

DOV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Man Group plc, Beck Mack & Oliver LLC, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Dupont Capital Management Corp, Boston Partners, Teacher Retirement System of Texas and First Quadrant L P CA. Company insiders that have sold Dover company stock in the last year include Anthony K Kosinski, Brad M Cerepak, Carrie L Anderson, Ivonne M Cabrera, Jay L Kloosterboer, Kristiane C Graham and William Spurgeon. View Insider Buying and Selling for Dover.

DOV stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, First Trust Advisors LP, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Russell Investments Group Ltd., SG Americas Securities LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System and Point72 Asset Management L.P.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Dover.

Shares of DOV can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DOV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $112.59.

Dover has a market capitalization of $16.36 billion and generates $6.99 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $570.26 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.97 on an earnings per share basis. Dover employs 24,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Dover.

The official website for Dover is http://www.dovercorporation.com/.

Dover's mailing address is 3005 HIGHLAND PARKWAY SUITE 200, DOWNERS GROVE IL, 60515. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 630-541-1540 or via email at [email protected]