Flowserve (FLS) Competitors $46.11 +0.88 (+1.94%) Closing price 05/1/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$45.08 -1.03 (-2.24%) As of 05/1/2025 04:42 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock FLS vs. DOV, SNA, PNR, GGG, IEX, ITT, WWD, NDSN, LECO, and RBCShould you be buying Flowserve stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flowserve include Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), ITT (ITT), Woodward (WWD), Nordson (NDSN), Lincoln Electric (LECO), and RBC Bearings (RBC). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry. Flowserve vs. Dover Snap-on Pentair Graco IDEX ITT Woodward Nordson Lincoln Electric RBC Bearings Dover (NYSE:DOV) and Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability. Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DOV or FLS? 84.5% of Dover shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Flowserve shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Dover shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Flowserve shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more risk and volatility, DOV or FLS? Dover has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flowserve has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media prefer DOV or FLS? In the previous week, Dover had 3 more articles in the media than Flowserve. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Dover and 47 mentions for Flowserve. Flowserve's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Dover's score of 0.42 indicating that Flowserve 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) 8 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Flowserve 26 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 7 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is DOV or FLS a better dividend stock? Dover pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Flowserve pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Dover pays out 12.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Flowserve pays out 39.3% 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. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DOV or FLS? Dover received 144 more outperform votes than Flowserve when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.48% of users gave Flowserve an outperform vote while only 61.09% of users gave Dover an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformDoverOutperform Votes75261.09% Underperform Votes47938.91% FlowserveOutperform Votes60864.48% Underperform Votes33535.52% Which has higher valuation & earnings, DOV or FLS? Dover has higher revenue and earnings than Flowserve. Dover is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flowserve, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioDover$7.73B3.01$2.70B$16.6010.23Flowserve$4.56B1.33$186.74M$2.1421.55 Is DOV or FLS more profitable? Dover has a net margin of 32.95% compared to Flowserve's net margin of 6.20%. Dover's return on equity of 21.03% beat Flowserve's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Dover32.95% 21.03% 10.22% Flowserve 6.20%17.08%6.62% Do analysts prefer DOV or FLS? Dover currently has a consensus target price of $206.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.46%. Flowserve has a consensus target price of $64.11, suggesting a potential upside of 39.05%. Given Flowserve's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Flowserve is more favorable than Dover.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) 2.58Flowserve 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 SummaryDover beats Flowserve on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Flowserve News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for FLS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart FLS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFlowservePumps & pumping equipment IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$6.07B$10.64B$7.20B$18.96BDividend Yield1.87%1.55%3.56%4.01%P/E Ratio21.5525.8821.0232.87Price / Sales1.332.8281.7628.03Price / Cash17.3819.5626.9017.52Price / Book2.953.123.754.47Net Income$186.74M$369.47M$808.20M$1.02B7 Day Performance2.71%1.85%3.79%0.59%1 Month Performance-7.69%-2.34%2.19%-3.54%1 Year Performance-2.42%-1.84%14.77%3.80% Flowserve Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FLSFlowserve4.6066 of 5 stars$46.11+1.9%$64.11+39.0%-2.4%$6.07B$4.56B21.5516,000Earnings ReportAnalyst UpgradeAnalyst RevisionNews CoveragePositive NewsDOVDover4.7199 of 5 stars$170.23+0.7%$209.50+23.1%-4.5%$23.33B$7.73B8.7525,000Analyst RevisionSNASnap-on4.2621 of 5 stars$309.48+0.2%$350.83+13.4%+16.5%$16.18B$4.67B15.8712,900PNRPentair4.6774 of 5 stars$90.12+0.1%$106.93+18.7%+14.8%$14.87B$4.08B24.1011,200Insider TradeGGGGraco3.9784 of 5 stars$81.38+0.0%$93.00+14.3%+1.7%$13.60B$2.15B28.864,000Analyst RevisionIEXIDEX4.4088 of 5 stars$174.03+0.6%$217.13+24.8%-20.8%$13.15B$3.27B26.178,870Earnings ReportNews CoverageGap UpITTITT3.7254 of 5 stars$137.44+0.1%$158.57+15.4%+6.7%$11.13B$3.63B21.8210,300Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementGap DownWWDWoodward3.3716 of 5 stars$181.45-0.2%$193.75+6.8%+14.8%$10.77B$3.31B30.398,300Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeNDSNNordson4.4754 of 5 stars$188.70+0.3%$250.20+32.6%-27.1%$10.74B$2.67B24.017,330Positive NewsLECOLincoln Electric4.5861 of 5 stars$184.21-0.8%$219.00+18.9%-19.0%$10.32B$4.01B22.6012,000Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageRBCRBC Bearings1.8989 of 5 stars$324.74-0.7%$354.20+9.1%+34.6%$10.20B$1.61B44.613,550Short Interest ↑Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Dover Competitors Snap-on Competitors Pentair Competitors Graco Competitors IDEX Competitors ITT Competitors Woodward Competitors Nordson Competitors Lincoln Electric Competitors RBC Bearings Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:FLS) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThe next market Nvidia is positioned to dominate …Robots — built by Nvidia. 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