NYSE:DOVDover Stock Price, Forecast & News

Dover's stock was trading at $95.55 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, DOV stock has increased by 1.3% and is now trading at $96.83. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Dover in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Dover.

Dover is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 16th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Dover.

Dover Corp (NYSE:DOV) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 21st. The industrial products company reported $1.39 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.18 by $0.21. The industrial products company earned $1.66 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.66 billion. Dover had a return on equity of 29.80% and a net margin of 10.59%. The company's revenue was down 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.24 EPS. View Dover's earnings history.

Dover declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 7th. Investors of record on Friday, May 29th will be given a dividend of $0.49 per share on Monday, June 15th. This represents a $1.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.02%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 28th. View Dover's dividend history.

9 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Dover's shares. Their forecasts range from $78.00 to $110.00. On average, they expect Dover's share price to reach $97.63 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Dover.

Press coverage about DOV stock has trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Dover earned a daily sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Dover.

Dover saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,900,000 shares, an increase of 20.3% from the June 15th total of 1,580,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,050,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Dover's Current Options Chain.

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

Dover's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.71%), Robecosam AG (0.19%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.10%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%) and Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.01%). Company insiders that own Dover stock include Anthony K Kosinski, Brad M Cerepak, Carrie L Anderson, Eric A Spiegel, Ivonne M Cabrera, Jay L Kloosterboer, Kristiane C Graham, Mary A Winston 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 of Alaska Department of Revenue, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Patton Fund Management Inc., Trust Co. of Toledo NA OH, Renaissance Investment Group LLC, and ELM Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Dover company stock in the last year include Brad M Cerepak, Ivonne M Cabrera, Jay L Kloosterboer, Kristiane C Graham, and William Spurgeon. View insider buying and selling activity for Dover.

DOV stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Robecosam AG, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, DNB Asset Management AS, Canandaigua National Corp, Ellevest Inc., and TRUE Private Wealth Advisors. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $96.83.

Dover has a market capitalization of $13.94 billion and generates $7.14 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $677.92 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.93 on an earnings per share basis. Dover employs 24,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Dover is 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]