NYSE:DOV - Dover Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

Dover announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.49 per share on Monday, September 16th. This represents a $1.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.22%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 29th. This is a positive change from Dover's previous quarterly dividend of $0.48. View Dover's Dividend History.

Dover Corp (NYSE:DOV) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 18th. The industrial products company reported $1.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.55 by $0.01. The industrial products company earned $1.88 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.86 billion. Dover had a return on equity of 29.22% and a net margin of 8.50%. Dover's quarterly revenue was up 4.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.30 earnings per share. View Dover's Earnings History.

Dover is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 17th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Dover.

Dover updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 18th. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.75-5.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $5.81.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Dover's shares. Their predictions range from $76.35 to $114.00. On average, they expect Dover's share price to reach $97.8350 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Dover.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Dover in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Dover.

Media coverage about DOV stock has trended positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Dover earned a coverage optimism score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Dover.

Dover saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,783,400 shares, an increase of 7.0% from the June 30th total of 4,472,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 923,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.2 days. Approximately 3.4% of the company's stock are short sold. View Dover's Current Options Chain.

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Dover's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include LLBH Private Wealth Management LLC (24.46%), LLBH Private Wealth Management LLC (24.46%), Vanguard Group Inc. (11.93%), BlackRock Inc. (8.49%), BlackRock Inc. (8.49%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (5.85%). 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, Michael B Stubbs, Patrick Burns, Paul Goldberg, Stephen Gary Kennon, William Spurgeon and William T Bosway. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Dover.

DOV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pzena Investment Management LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Cramer Rosenthal Mcglynn LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, AQR Capital Management LLC, Cibc World Markets Corp, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and First Trust Advisors LP. 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, Mary A Winston and William Spurgeon. View Insider Buying and Selling for Dover.

DOV stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LLBH Private Wealth Management LLC, LLBH Private Wealth Management LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, APG Asset Management N.V., Prudential Financial Inc., BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DOV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $88.10.

Dover has a market capitalization of $12.81 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]