Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for DOV in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Gekko Brief
AI summaryThis week's activity centers on a wave of analyst attention. Wells Fargo & Company initiated coverage on Dover with an "overweight" rating and a $229.00 price target, citing recovering orders, improving backlog conversion, and exposure to secular growth markets. Seaport Global adjusted its price target to $245 from $265 while maintaining a "Buy" rating, and Dover has also drawn a "Moderate Buy" consensus recommendation from fifteen analysts with a consensus price target of $238.21. A Dover business unit also announced new connected-packaging products.
Dover closed at $191.48, down 0.2%, sitting below both its 50-day average of $199.19 and 200-day average of $210.26, with the 50-day below the 200-day. Shares are down 5.1% over one month and 14.5% over three months, though still up 15.6% over one year. The GekkoIndex reads 61.6, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone, down 8.1 over five points. Gekko Fair Value stands at $191.77, putting price just 0.2% below that level.
Dover's next earnings date falls on 22 October 2026, 23 days out and inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior quarter saw an EPS beat of $2.28 versus $2.27 estimated, with a 4% reaction. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the current windows. Seasonality over the next 20 trading days has averaged a 1.7% gain across 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
Dover price vs fair value
Close $191.48200-day averageGekko Fair Value $191.77
Dover quick facts
- Market cap
- $25.79B
- P/E ratio
- 23.2
- Forward P/E
- 16.9
- EPS, TTM
- $8.27
- Revenue, TTM
- $8.42B
- Profit margin
- 13.5%
- Dividend yield
- 1.11%
- Beta
- 1.15
- Volume
- 1.27M avg 1.39M
- 1-year return
- +15.6%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.2%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.3%
- 50-day average
- $199.19
- 200-day average
- $210.26
- Next earnings
- Oct 22
- Shares outstanding
- 134.7M
Dover swing-trade checklist
Dover scores 2 supportive, 1 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
2 supportive1 mixed2 headwinds
- Trendheadwind
Below 50 and 200-day
Close $191.48 is below the 50-day ($199.19) and 200-day ($210.26) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
61.6, Accumulation
Reading 61.6 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
0.2% below
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (0.2% below).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 23 days
Reports on Oct 22, 2026, 23 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+1.7% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +1.7% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
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Dover stock chart and price history
Dover closed at $191.48 on Sep 28, 2026, +15.6% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $158.97 to $237.54.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −5.1%
- 3 months
- −14.5%
- 6 months
- −7.3%
- 1 year
- +15.6%
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About Dover
Dover makes and sells industrial machinery, parts, consumables, software and support services across several distinct business lines. It is known for supplying equipment used in areas such as automotive aftermarket service, waste handling, industrial automation, aerospace and defense, fluid dispensing, and hoisting and winching, alongside components like clamps, indexers, conveyors, robotic pick-and-place systems and end-of-arm tooling for manufacturing lines.
The company operates through several segments. One handles fuel and hazardous material transport equipment along with support for fuel stations, convenience retail sites and vehicle washes. Another provides marking, coding, packaging and traceability solutions along with digital textile printing gear, serving consumer goods, pharmaceutical, industrial and apparel markets. A further segment builds pumps, flow meters, connectors and processing machinery for plastics and polymers, while another produces refrigeration systems, display cases, freezer doors and heat exchangers used in cooling and climate control. Dover sells through direct channels as well as a network of distributors.
Dover was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker DOV.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Industrial machinery
- Website
- dovercorporation.com
Dover GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Dover’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 61.6, in the Accumulation zone, down 8.1 points over five sessions.
61.6Accumulation
Down 8.1 points over five sessions.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 23 | +2.0% | +5.0% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 200 | +0.2% | +1.6% | ||
| Neutral | 412 | +0.1% | +0.4% | ||
| Distribution | 35 | +0.8% | +0.5% | ||
| Selling | 2 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average DOV share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.3% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Dover stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Dover trades 0.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $191.77, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Dover shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$191.77
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 29, 2026
0.2% below fair value · About fair value
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Dover insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Dover, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in DOV were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Dover has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $2.19M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.01%
- Trailing four quarters
- $596.8M
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
0of the funds Gekko tracks hold DOV.
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Dover earnings: next date and track record
Dover reports on Oct 22, 2026 (23 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Oct 22, 2026
23 days away
- EPS estimate
- $2.86
- Revenue estimate
- $2.21B
8 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±3.3%average move across the report
5 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Apr 23, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Dover reported strong Q1 2026 results with double-digit revenue growth and adjusted EPS of $2.28, up 11% year-over-year. Bookings reached $2.5 billion, up 24% YoY with book-to-bill of 1.2x across all five segments. Climate & Sustainability Technologies led with 15% organic growth driven by data center cooling and CO2 refrigeration. Clean Energy and Fueling grew 11% organically. Free cash flow was $131 million, up $22 million versus prior year.
- Guidance
- Dover reaffirmed full-year 2026 guidance, targeting double-digit adjusted EPS growth, with management signaling performance trending toward the top end of the range based on current order rates. Full-year capex guidance maintained at $190-$210 million. Guidance will be revisited next quarter.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2026 | $2.28 est $2.27 | $2.05B est $2.00B | +4.0% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | $2.51 est $2.49 | $2.10B est $2.09B | −2.2% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | $2.62 est $2.51 | $2.08B est $2.11B | +5.9% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | $2.44 est $2.39 | $2.05B est $2.04B | −2.3% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $2.05 est $1.98 | $1.87B est $1.88B | +1.6% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $2.20 est $2.08 | $1.93B est $1.95B | +3.2% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $2.27 est $2.18 | $1.98B est $2.02B | −2.5% |
| Jul 25, 2024 | $2.36 est $2.21 | $2.18B est $2.15B | +5.0% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Dover stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Dover is $244.84, +27.9% from the last close, from 10 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$244.84consensus 12-month target, +27.9% from the last close
Now $191.48Avg $244.84
Low $215High $274
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 10 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 | Seaport Global | $245 | +28.0% |
| Sep 25 | Wells Fargo | $229 | +19.6% |
| Sep 24 | Wells Fargo | $229 | +19.6% |
| Aug 31 | Bank of America Securities | $274 | +43.1% |
| Aug 14 | Bank of America Securities | — | — |
+1.6%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+1.7%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.2%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Dover seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Dover averaged +1.7% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +0.4% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −0.7% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +1.2% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +1.7% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +6.9% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, DOV’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 5.3%.
Dover market cap and key statistics
Dover’s market cap is $25.79B, with a P/E ratio of 23.2 and revenue of $8.42B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $25.79B
- P/E ratio
- 23.2
- Forward P/E
- 16.9
- EPS, TTM
- $8.27
- Gekko Fair Value
- $191.77
Trading
- Volume
- 1.27M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 1.39M
- 52-week high
- $237.54
- 52-week low
- $158.97
- Shares outstanding
- 134.7M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $8.42B
- Profit margin
- 13.5%
- Return on equity
- 14.9%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +14.1%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.15
- Typical daily move
- ±2.2%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±5.3%
- Dividend yield
- 1.11%
Dover stock news this week
Coverage of Dover this week reads positive: 7 positive, 3 neutral and 2 negative headlines.
- Dover (NYSE:DOV) Now Covered by Analysts at Wells Fargo & CompanyMarketBeat, Sep 28
- Seaport Global Adjusts Price Target on Dover to $245 From $265, Maintains Buy Ratingmarketscreener.com, Sep 28
- Dover Corp Price Target Announced at $229.00/Share by Wells FargoMoomoo, Sep 26
- Wells Fargo initiates Dover stock coverage with overweight rating By Investing.comInvesting.com Nigeria, Sep 25
- Dover Corporation (NYSE:DOV) Receives Average Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from BrokeragesMarketBeat, Sep 25
- Dover Corporation (DOV) stock price, news, quote and historyYahoo Finance Australia, Sep 24
Dover peers
Dover’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| LRCXLam Research | Neutral | 7.7% above |
| AMATApplied Materials | Neutral | 11.5% below |
| PHParker-Hannifin | Neutral | 5.9% above |
| TTTrane Technologies | Neutral | 13.7% above |
| JCIJohnson Controls International | Neutral | 11.4% above |
| CARRCarrier Global | Accumulation | 4.9% below |
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Dover stock FAQ
What is Dover’s market cap?
Dover’s market cap is $25.79B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $191.48, with 134.7M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 23.2.
What is the Dover stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Dover is $244.84, +27.9% from the last close. Of the 10 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 8 rate it a buy, 2 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Dover stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Dover is about fair value: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $191.48 is 0.2% below Gekko Fair Value of $191.77. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Dover report earnings next?
Dover is expected to report on Oct 22, 2026 (23 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $2.86 per share on revenue of $2.21B. Dover beat the earnings estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports, moving 3.3% on average across the report.
What is Dover’s 52-week high and low?
Dover’s 52-week high is $237.54 and its 52-week low is $158.97; it closed at $191.48 on Sep 28, 2026, +15.6% over the past year.
Is Dover stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex and seasonality), 1 as mixed (fair value) and 2 as headwinds (trend and earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
How this page works
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