NYSE:DOV - Dover Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Dover declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.47 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $1.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.58%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 30th. View Dover's Dividend History.

Dover Corp (NYSE:DOV) announced its earnings results on Friday, April, 27th. The industrial products company reported $1.16 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.13 by $0.03. The industrial products company earned $1.92 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.89 billion. Dover had a net margin of 9.71% and a return on equity of 16.48%. The firm's revenue was up 6.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.09 EPS. View Dover's Earnings History.

Dover is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 19th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Dover.

Dover updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Friday, April, 27th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.70-4.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.76. The company issued revenue guidance of +4-5% to ~ EUR 8.14-8.22 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.15 billion.

11 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Dover's shares. Their predictions range from $85.00 to $113.00. On average, they anticipate Dover's share price to reach $102.80 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Dover.

Dover saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 9,713,102 shares, an increase of 238.3% from the May 15th total of 2,871,013 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,516,389 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.4 days. Approximately 6.4% of the company's shares are sold short. View Dover's Current Options Chain.

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Media coverage about DOV stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Dover earned a coverage optimism score of 0.08 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the industrial products company an impact score of 44.63 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Dover's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.63%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (5.53%), Franklin Resources Inc. (3.73%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (3.72%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.12%) and Boston Partners (1.58%). Company insiders that own Dover stock include Anthony K Kosinski, Brad M Cerepak, C Anderson Fincher, Jay L Kloosterboer, Mary A Winston, Michael B Stubbs, Patrick Burns, Paul Goldberg, Robert Livingston, Sandra A Arkell, 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 JPMorgan Chase & Co., Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Pzena Investment Management LLC, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Champlain Investment Partners LLC and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank. Company insiders that have sold Dover company stock in the last year include Anthony K Kosinski, Brad M Cerepak, Jay L Kloosterboer, Mary A Winston, Michael B Stubbs, Paul Goldberg, Stephen Gary Kennon and William T Bosway. View Insider Buying and Selling for Dover.

DOV stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Partners, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Element Capital Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., HGK Asset Management Inc., DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Stevens Capital Management LP and Summit Trail Advisors LLC. 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 $72.94.

Dover has a market capitalization of $11.21 billion and generates $7.83 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $811.66 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.03 on an earnings per share basis. Dover employs 29,000 workers across the globe.

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]