At the time of writing, Dover Corp [DOV] stock is trading at $181.97, down -0.90%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The DOV shares have gain 1.90% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 11.87%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Dover Corp [NYSE: DOV] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 14, 2025, when Morgan Stanley initiated its Equal-Weight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $185. Previously, UBS started tracking the stock with Neutral rating on November 13, 2024, and set its price target to $217. On October 28, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform but maintained its price target of $227 on the stock. Seaport Research Partners upgraded its rating to a Buy but stick to its price target of $190 on February 05, 2024. Credit Suisse initiated its recommendation with a Outperform and recommended $171 as its price target on December 13, 2022. Barclays downgraded its rating to Equal Weight for this stock on April 08, 2022, and downed its price target to $160. In a note dated January 07, 2022, Oppenheimer upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock but restated the target price of $205.
For the past year, the stock price of Dover Corp fluctuated between $143.04 and $222.31. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $208.6 within the next 12 months. Dover Corp [NYSE: DOV] shares were valued at $181.97 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 14.63% based on the average DOV price forecast.
Analyzing the DOV fundamentals
According to Dover Corp [NYSE:DOV], the company’s sales were 7.92B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 4.75% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.4% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.17%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.17%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.28%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.17, Equity is 0.31 and Total Capital is 0.12. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.4.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 180.82 points at the first support level, and at 179.67 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 183.88, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 185.79.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Dover Corp [NYSE:DOV] has a current ratio of 2.04. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.44, while the Cash Ratio is 0.7. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.15, the price to book ratio is 3.26 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 11.19.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Cerepak Brad M, Officer, that happened on Apr 16 ’25 when 3228.0 shares were purchased. Officer, Cerepak Brad M completed a deal on Feb 06 ’25 to buy 14428.0 shares.
