DOV vs. PH, ITW, IR, XYL, PNR, SNA, WWD, GGG, IEX, and ITT
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), Pentair (PNR), Snap-On (SNA), Woodward (WWD), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), and ITT (ITT). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Dover vs. Its Competitors
Dover (NYSE:DOV) and Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
Dover presently has a consensus target price of $208.58, indicating a potential upside of 13.77%. Parker-Hannifin has a consensus target price of $719.71, indicating a potential upside of 2.96%. Given Dover's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Dover is more favorable than Parker-Hannifin.
Dover has a net margin of 28.85% compared to Parker-Hannifin's net margin of 17.14%. Parker-Hannifin's return on equity of 26.80% beat Dover's return on equity.
Dover pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Dover pays out 12.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parker-Hannifin pays out 27.7% 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 and Parker-Hannifin has increased its dividend for 70 consecutive years. Dover is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Dover has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 7 more articles in the media than Dover. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 27 mentions for Dover. Parker-Hannifin's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Dover's score of 0.48 indicating that Parker-Hannifin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
84.5% of Dover shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Dover shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Parker-Hannifin beats Dover on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:DOV) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
