Why did Dover Corporation (DOV) stock move recently?

On 7/23/2026, Dover Corporation moved -7.8% — Dover reported Q2 results with revenue missing consensus estimates ($2.19B vs. ~$2.21B expected) despite a slight adjusted EPS beat and raised full-year guidance; shares fell sharply on the top-line shortfall. This is MarketChacha's decoded reason from filings and credible news; it is education, not buy/sell advice.

Is Dover Corporation (DOV) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Dover Corporation's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 25.0, a forward P/E of about 17.7, a price-to-book of about 3.6 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

What is Dover Corporation's revenue?

Dover Corporation reported revenue of $8.1B for FY2025, with net profit of $1.1B, per official filings.

What is the share price of Dover Corporation (DOV)?

Dover Corporation last traded at $206.47 (-0.1% on the day), as of 8/17/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Dover Corporation

DOV · NYSE · Industrials · United States

Snapshot

TickerDOV

ExchangeNYSE

SectorIndustrials

IndustrySpecialty Industrial Machinery

CountryUnited States

Employees24,000

HeadquartersDowners Grove, United States

Websitewww.dovercorporation.com

Filings tracked12

About Dover Corporation

Dover Corporation provides equipment and components, consumable supplies, aftermarket parts, software and digital solutions, and support services worldwide. The company's Engineered Products segment provides various equipment, component, software, solution, and services that are used in vehicle aftermarket, aerospace and defense, industrial winch and hoist, and fluid dispensing end-market. This segment offers software solutions and services used in light and heavy-duty vehicle lifts, wheel service equipment, vehicle diagnostics, and vehicle collision repair solutions; winches, hoists, bearings, drives, and electric monitoring system; and radio frequency and microwave filters and switches, and signal intelligence solutions, as well as soldering and fluid dispensing solutions. Its Clean Energy & Fueling segment offers component, equipment, and software and service solution enabling safe storage and transport of fuel, cryogenic gases, and hazardous fluids, as well as operation of retail fueling and vehicle wash establishment. The company's Imaging & Identification segment provides precision marking and coding, product traceability equipment, brand protection, and digital textile printing equipment and solution, as well as consumable, software, and service to packaged and consumer goods, pharmaceutical, industrial manufacturing, textile, and other end-market. Its Pumps & Process Solutions segment manufactures specialty pump, connector, flow meter, fluid connecting solution, plastics and polymer processing equipment, and engineered components for rotating and reciprocating machines. The company's Climate & Sustainability Technologies segment manufactures refrigeration system, refrigeration display case, commercial glass refrigerator and freezer door, and brazed plate heat exchanger for industrial heating and cooling, and residential climate control applications. Dover Corporation was incorporated in 1947 and is headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois.

Who owns it

Insiders1.3%
Institutions93.6%
Public & other5.1%

1,565 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO10.85%
Blackrock Inc.7.77%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC6.54%
State Street Corporation4.91%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC4.82%
FMR, LLC3.24%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.66%
Bank of America Corporation2.07%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

Over 3 years only 0.78× of reported profit became operating cash — the classic sign that headline earnings may be running ahead of the cash actually generated. Often explained by working capital funding growth; worth a closer look.

Cash conversion0.78×

Net margin trend13.8% → 13.5%

Margin has held broadly steady over the period — stable profitability.

Growth qualityrev 3% · PAT 2%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $2.2B · EPS 2.82

Est. earnings growth +12.2%

Next fiscal year

Rev $9.1B · EPS 11.64

Est. earnings growth +9.1%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$8.1B

Net margin

13.5%

ROE

14.8%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+2.6%

Profit CAGR (2y)

+1.7%

EPS (FY2025)

7.94

Net profit (FY2025)

$1.1B

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Why it moved

Jul 23, 2026
Dover reported Q2 results with revenue missing consensus estimates ($2.19B vs. ~$2.21B expected) despite a slight adjusted EPS beat and raised full-year guidance; shares fell sharply on the top-line shortfall.
source 1 ↗source 2 ↗source 3 ↗· confidence: high

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$8.1B	$1.1B	7.94	13.5%	14.8%
FY2024	$7.7B	$2.7B	19.45	34.8%	38.8%
FY2023	$7.7B	$1.1B	7.52	13.8%	20.7%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$2.2B	$312.2M	2.30	14.3%
2026Q1	$2.1B	$238.4M	1.75	11.6%
2025Q3	$2.1B	$302.0M	2.19	14.5%
2025Q2	$2.0B	$279.1M	2.02	13.6%
2025Q1	$1.9B	$230.8M	1.67	12.4%
2024Q3	$2.0B	$347.1M	2.51	17.5%
2024Q2	$1.9B	$281.8M	2.04	14.5%
2024Q1	$1.9B	$632.2M	4.52	33.6%
2023Q3	$2.0B	$289.8M	2.06	14.8%
2023Q2	$2.1B	$242.2M	1.72	11.5%
2023Q1	$2.1B	$228.6M	1.63	11.0%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC7/23/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC7/23/2026
8-K — Shareholder vote results, Exhibits
SEC5/12/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC4/23/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC4/23/2026
8-K — Material agreement, Termination of agreement, Material financial obligation, Exhibits
SEC4/8/2026material
10-K filing
SEC2/13/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC1/29/2026material

2025

8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC11/12/2025material
8-K — Other events
SEC11/10/2025material
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC10/23/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC10/23/2025

In the news

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