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

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

Dover announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 31st will be given a dividend of $0.47 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $1.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.53%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 30th. View Dover's Dividend History.

Dover Corp (NYSE:DOV) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, April, 27th. The industrial products company reported $1.16 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.13 by $0.03. The industrial products company earned $1.92 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.89 billion. Dover had a net margin of 9.71% and a return on equity of 16.48%. Dover's quarterly revenue was up 6.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.09 earnings per share. 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 issued an update on 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 EPS 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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Dover's stock. Their forecasts range from $85.00 to $113.00. On average, they expect Dover's stock price to reach $102.80 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Dover.

Dover saw a increase in short interest in 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 daily volume of 1,516,389 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.4 days. Approximately 6.4% of the company's stock are sold short.

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News articles about DOV stock have been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Dover earned a news impact score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the industrial products company an impact score of 45.58 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Dover's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional 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, 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, 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 purchased 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 $74.31.

Dover has a market capitalization of $11.88 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]