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$168.93 -1.31 (-0.77%)
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DOV vs. AIT, GGG, IEX, IR, ITT, ITW, KAI, PH, PNR, and XYL

Should you be buying Dover stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dover include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Kadant (KAI), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Pentair (PNR), and Xylem (XYL).

Dover vs. Its Competitors

Dover (NYSE:DOV) and Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Dover has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Dover had 11 more articles in the media than Applied Industrial Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Dover and 3 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies. Applied Industrial Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Dover's score of 1.34 indicating that Applied Industrial Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Dover
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Applied Industrial Technologies
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Dover presently has a consensus price target of $213.92, indicating a potential upside of 26.63%. Applied Industrial Technologies has a consensus price target of $285.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.58%. Given Dover's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dover is more favorable than Applied Industrial Technologies.

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
Applied Industrial Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Dover pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Dover pays out 12.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.2% 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 raised its dividend for 70 consecutive years and Applied Industrial Technologies has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Dover is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

84.5% of Dover shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Dover shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Dover$7.83B2.96$2.70B$16.5810.19
Applied Industrial Technologies$4.56B2.19$392.99M$10.1226.18

Dover has a net margin of 29.29% compared to Applied Industrial Technologies' net margin of 8.61%. Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity of 21.78% beat Dover's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Dover29.29% 18.19% 9.86%
Applied Industrial Technologies 8.61%21.78%12.74%

Summary

Dover beats Applied Industrial Technologies on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DOV vs. The Competition

MetricDoverMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$23.35B$13.20B$7.82B$21.71B
Dividend Yield1.21%24.41%4.57%3.52%
P/E Ratio10.1921.67306.9429.84
Price / Sales2.964.03254.1160.74
Price / Cash15.6917.0528.2724.72
Price / Book3.334.024.814.59
Net Income$2.70B$539.46M$799.16M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-1.44%0.28%1.23%0.64%
1 Month Performance-7.63%-0.54%2.49%2.77%
1 Year Performance-12.35%27.73%26.92%14.49%

Dover Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DOV
Dover
4.892 of 5 stars
$168.93
-0.8%
$213.92
+26.6%
-11.5%$23.35B$7.83B10.1924,000Positive News
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.7295 of 5 stars
$262.52
-0.3%
$285.00
+8.6%
+17.9%$9.91B$4.56B25.946,800Positive News
GGG
Graco
4.1076 of 5 stars
$84.77
+0.4%
$94.50
+11.5%
-1.1%$14.05B$2.17B30.064,300Positive News
IEX
IDEX
4.9726 of 5 stars
$160.94
+0.2%
$201.71
+25.3%
-24.1%$12.12B$3.27B26.009,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.6775 of 5 stars
$79.12
+0.4%
$97.75
+23.6%
-16.7%$31.44B$7.36B61.8121,000Positive News
ITT
ITT
4.5247 of 5 stars
$179.80
+1.3%
$183.67
+2.2%
+21.7%$14.02B$3.63B28.2711,700
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.1794 of 5 stars
$263.91
+0.2%
$260.67
-1.2%
+1.7%$76.93B$15.90B23.1344,000Positive News
KAI
Kadant
3.3444 of 5 stars
$314.24
+0.2%
$340.00
+8.2%
-9.1%$3.70B$1.05B34.993,500News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.5755 of 5 stars
$760.25
+0.2%
$770.94
+1.4%
+22.9%$97.14B$19.85B28.0357,950Positive News
PNR
Pentair
4.3615 of 5 stars
$110.70
-0.2%
$114.36
+3.3%
+14.7%$18.15B$4.08B30.259,750Positive News
Dividend Announcement
XYL
Xylem
4.7039 of 5 stars
$141.98
+0.3%
$150.75
+6.2%
+6.3%$34.56B$8.73B36.8823,000Positive News
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This page (NYSE:DOV) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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