DOV vs. PH, ITW, IR, XYL, SNA, PNR, GGG, IEX, WWD, and NDSN
Should you be buying Dover stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dover include Parker-Hannifin (PH), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), Woodward (WWD), and Nordson (NDSN). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Dover vs. Its Competitors
Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) and Dover (NYSE:DOV) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Dover received 15 more outperform votes than Parker-Hannifin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.68% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 61.07% of users gave Dover an outperform vote.
82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Dover shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Dover shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Dover had 10 more articles in the media than Parker-Hannifin. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Dover and 27 mentions for Parker-Hannifin. Parker-Hannifin's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Dover's score of 0.25 indicating that Parker-Hannifin is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Dover pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Parker-Hannifin pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dover pays out 12.4% 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. Parker-Hannifin has increased its dividend for 70 consecutive years and Dover has increased its dividend for 70 consecutive years. Dover is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Parker-Hannifin presently has a consensus price target of $719.71, suggesting a potential upside of 7.15%. Dover has a consensus price target of $207.75, suggesting a potential upside of 16.09%. Given Dover's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dover is more favorable than Parker-Hannifin.
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.
Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dover has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Parker-Hannifin beats Dover on 12 of the 20 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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This page (NYSE:DOV) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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