Dover (DOV) Competitors

Dover (NYSE:DOV) and Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Which has more risk and volatility, DOV or PH?

Dover has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in DOV or PH?

84.5% of Dover shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Dover shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is DOV or PH a better dividend stock?

Dover pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Dover pays out 12.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parker-Hannifin pays out 29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Dover has increased its dividend for 70 consecutive years. Dover is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DOV or PH?

Dover received 16 more outperform votes than Parker-Hannifin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.89% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 61.09% of users gave Dover an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dover	Outperform Votes 752 61.09%	Underperform Votes 479 38.91%
Parker-Hannifin	Outperform Votes 736 63.89%	Underperform Votes 416 36.11%

Does the media prefer DOV or PH?

In the previous week, Dover had 11 more articles in the media than Parker-Hannifin. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Dover and 36 mentions for Parker-Hannifin. Parker-Hannifin's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Dover's score of 0.42 indicating that Parker-Hannifin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dover	20 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Parker-Hannifin	24 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate DOV or PH?

Dover presently has a consensus target price of $206.33, indicating a potential upside of 21.46%. Parker-Hannifin has a consensus target price of $705.35, indicating a potential upside of 15.48%. Given Dover's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Dover is more favorable than Parker-Hannifin.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dover	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
Parker-Hannifin	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Is DOV or PH more profitable?

Dover has a net margin of 32.95% compared to Parker-Hannifin's net margin of 15.87%. Parker-Hannifin's return on equity of 27.34% beat Dover's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dover	32.95%	21.03%	10.22%
Parker-Hannifin	15.87%	27.34%	11.64%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, DOV or PH?

Parker-Hannifin has higher revenue and earnings than Dover. Dover is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Parker-Hannifin, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dover	$7.73B	3.01	$2.70B	$16.60	10.23
Parker-Hannifin	$19.91B	3.95	$2.84B	$24.16	25.28

Summary

Parker-Hannifin beats Dover on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.