NYSE:DOV - Dover Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Dover announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be given a dividend of $0.49 per share on Monday, March 16th. This represents a $1.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.80%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. View Dover's Dividend History.

Dover Corp (NYSE:DOV) issued its earnings results on Thursday, January, 30th. The industrial products company reported $1.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.45 by $0.09. The industrial products company earned $1.78 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.80 billion. Dover had a net margin of 9.50% and a return on equity of 29.46%. Dover's quarterly revenue was down 1.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.43 EPS. View Dover's Earnings History.

Dover is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 16th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Dover.

Dover issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $6.20-6.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.31.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Dover's stock. Their forecasts range from $93.00 to $132.00. On average, they anticipate Dover's stock price to reach $115.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Dover.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Dover in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Dover.

News coverage about DOV stock has trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of news 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 media sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories 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 immediate future. View News Stories for Dover.

Dover saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 3,850,000 shares, an increase of 6.6% from the January 30th total of 3,610,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 800,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.8 days. Approximately 2.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Dover's Current Options Chain.

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Dover's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (5.43%), Boston Partners (5.08%), Franklin Resources Inc. (2.63%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.59%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.10%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.82%). 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, Patrick Burns, Paul Goldberg and William Spurgeon. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Dover.

DOV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., First Trust Advisors LP, Boston Partners, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Prudential Financial Inc. and Pinebridge Investments L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Dover company stock in the last year include Anthony K Kosinski, Brad M Cerepak, Ivonne M Cabrera, Jay L Kloosterboer, Kristiane C Graham 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 FMR LLC, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Inverness Counsel LLC NY, Man Group plc, TIAA FSB, Teacher Retirement System of Texas and Geode Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Dover stock in the last two years include Eric A Spiegel and Patrick Burns. 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 $108.85.

Dover has a market capitalization of $15.71 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.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]