Dover Corporation · DOV · FY2026 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2026

Dover: Strong bookings support maintained full-year outlook

The current analysis supports a constructive view of Dover’s operating trajectory: strong bookings and secular demand are supporting growth, while maintained guidance and planned capacity and productivity actions provide evidence for continued execution. The thesis is not risk-free because tariffs, capacity, and cash-conversion pressures remain unresolved.

Reported Before market openNYSEIndustrials $25.31B market cap
100quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $2.28 Consensus $2.27
EPS surprise +0.4% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $2.05B Consensus $2.00B
Revenue surprise +2.5% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move +5.5% Event window
SPY move -0.4% Same window
Abnormal move +5.9% Stock minus SPY
Volume 2.5× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -8.9% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Compared with the prior-quarter analysis, the current quarter adds evidence of double-digit growth, 24% year-over-year bookings growth, a 1.2 book-to-bill ratio, and maintained full-year guidance. Management also emphasized capacity expansion and more than $40 million of planned savings.

Guidance delta

Management maintained full-year guidance and said current order momentum supports the top end of the range.

Key takeaways

  • Double-digit revenue and adjusted-EPS growth was accompanied by bookings growth and a book-to-bill ratio above 1.
  • Demand was strongest in clean energy, CO2 refrigeration, heat exchangers, aerospace and defense, and AI-related power-generation components.
  • Management plans capacity expansion and more than $40 million of savings from facility consolidations and productivity initiatives.
  • Tariffs, capacity, execution, and cash conversion remain the main watchpoints.

Management priorities

  • Expand heat-exchanger and CO2-refrigeration capacity.
  • Complete facility consolidations and cost-saving initiatives.
  • Integrate SIKORA and pursue additional strategic acquisitions.
  • Continue pricing actions and product introductions.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
DOV EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q1 '24 estimate $1.87 Q1 '24 actual $1.95, beat Q2 '24 estimate $2.21 Q2 '24 actual $2.36, beat Q3 '24 estimate $2.30 Q3 '24 actual $2.27, miss Q2 '25 estimate $2.39 Q2 '25 actual $2.44, beat Q3 '25 estimate $2.51 Q3 '25 actual $2.62, beat Q4 '25 estimate $2.49 Q4 '25 actual $2.51, beat Q1 '26 estimate $2.27 Q1 '26 actual $2.28, match Q2 '26 estimate $2.72 Q2 '26 actual $2.74, beat Q3 '26 estimate $2.86 Q4 '26 estimate $2.81 Q1 '27 estimate $2.57 Q2 '27 estimate $3.01
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy28 ratings
Bullish1967.9%
Neutral932.1%
Bearish00.0%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$187.89Current
$132Low
$215.77Average
$270High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Sep 25, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
RBC Capital Sector Perform Sector PerformMaintainJul 24, 2026
BMO Capital Outperform Market PerformUpgradeJul 24, 2026
Morgan Stanley Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainJun 4, 2026
Seaport Global Buy BuyMaintainApr 28, 2026
Oppenheimer Outperform OutperformMaintainApr 24, 2026
Barclays Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainApr 24, 2026
Baird Outperform OutperformMaintainApr 24, 2026
Citigroup Buy BuyMaintainApr 13, 2026
Wells Fargo Overweight Equal WeightUpgradeMar 17, 2026
JP Morgan Overweight OverweightMaintainJan 30, 2026
UBS Buy NeutralUpgradeJan 5, 2026
Mizuho Outperform OutperformMaintainJun 13, 2025
Goldman Sachs Buy BuyMaintainDec 12, 2024
Wolfe Research Outperform Peer PerformUpgradeOct 28, 2024
Credit Suisse Outperform OutperformMaintainJul 26, 2023
Deutsche Bank Hold HoldMaintainApr 12, 2023
B of A Securities Buy BuyMaintainApr 11, 2023
Bank of America Buy BuyMaintainSep 26, 2018
Stifel Nicolaus Hold HoldMaintainSep 12, 2018
Stifel Hold HoldMaintainSep 12, 2018
Vertical Research Buy HoldUpgradeJan 3, 2017
Susquehanna Neutral NeutralMaintainOct 7, 2016
Bernstein Outperform Market PerformUpgradeJun 10, 2016
Nomura Buy BuyMaintainMar 7, 2016
William Blair Market Perform OutperformDowngradeDec 16, 2015
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Buy BuyMaintainNov 3, 2015
Global Hunter Securities Buy BuyMaintainOct 18, 2013
Ascendiant Capital Neutral BuyDowngradeOct 18, 2013
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $187.89. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Wells FargoStephen Tusa$229$187.89 +21.9%Sep 24, 2026
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$227$203.68 +20.8%Jul 24, 2026
Robert W. BairdMichael Halloran$270$197.8 +43.7%Jul 24, 2026
BMO CapitalDaniel DiCicco$240$197.8 +27.7%Jul 24, 2026
Wolfe ResearchNigel Coe$262$213.55 +39.4%Jul 9, 2026
Morgan StanleyChristopher Snyder$230$215.74 +22.4%Jun 4, 2026
Seaport GlobalAnalyst unavailable$265$224.49 +41.0%Apr 28, 2026
Deutsche BankAnalyst unavailable$229$227.3 +21.9%Apr 24, 2026
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$252$227.3 +34.1%Apr 24, 2026
BMO CapitalDaniel DiCicco$250$228.47 +33.1%Apr 24, 2026
OppenheimerBryan Blair$250$228.15 +33.1%Apr 24, 2026
Robert W. BairdMichael Halloran$279$228.15 +48.5%Apr 24, 2026
BarclaysJulian Mitchell$230$228.15 +22.4%Apr 24, 2026
BMO CapitalAnalyst unavailable$237$209.21 +26.1%Mar 26, 2026
Morgan StanleyChristopher Snyder$210$216.32 +11.8%Feb 4, 2026
Seaport GlobalAnalyst unavailable$245$210.52 +30.4%Feb 3, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$206$201.49 +9.6%Feb 2, 2026
Goldman SachsAnalyst unavailable$224$201.49 +19.2%Jan 31, 2026
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$209$202.53 +11.2%Jan 30, 2026
Robert W. BairdAnalyst unavailable$255$204.72 +35.7%Jan 30, 2026
OppenheimerAnalyst unavailable$232$207.49 +23.5%Jan 26, 2026
RBC CapitalDeane Dray$199$207.64 +5.9%Jan 15, 2026
Wells FargoJoseph O'Dea$205$203.5 +9.1%Jan 7, 2026
UBSAmit Mehrotra$256$195.75 +36.2%Jan 4, 2026
BNP ParibasAnalyst unavailable$195$190.27 +3.8%Dec 4, 2025
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$195$178.94 +3.8%Oct 28, 2025
RBC CapitalDeane Dray$198$179.82 +5.4%Oct 24, 2025
Robert W. BairdAnalyst unavailable$235$179.82 +25.1%Oct 24, 2025
UBSAnalyst unavailable$200$179.82 +6.4%Oct 24, 2025
RBC CapitalDeane Dray$206$186.5 +9.6%Jul 25, 2025
Mizuho SecuritiesBrett Linzey$215$186.7 +14.4%May 16, 2025
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$176$169.01 -6.3%Apr 25, 2025
Morgan StanleyChristopher Snyder$185$163.66 -1.5%Apr 14, 2025
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$205$184.22 +9.1%Mar 26, 2025
Wells FargoJoseph O'Dea$200$187.98 +6.4%Jan 7, 2025
UBSAmit Mehrotra$217$176.23 +15.5%Nov 13, 2024
Goldman SachsJoe Ritchie$202$191.84 +7.5%Oct 30, 2024
Wolfe ResearchNigel Coe$227$191.03 +20.8%Oct 28, 2024
Bank of America SecuritiesAndrew Obin$210$192.79 +11.8%Oct 17, 2024
OppenheimerBryan Blair$215$191.28 +14.4%Oct 16, 2024
CitigroupAndrew Kaplowitz$218$189.12 +16.0%Sep 23, 2024
RBC CapitalDeane Dray$193$187.03 +2.7%Jul 26, 2024
Robert W. BairdMichael Halloran$219$186.32 +16.6%Jul 25, 2024
RBC CapitalDeane Dray$179$173.2 -4.7%Apr 4, 2024
Seaport GlobalWalt Liptak$190$159.99 +1.1%Feb 5, 2024
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$152$152.88 -19.1%Feb 1, 2023
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$157$154.66 -16.4%Feb 1, 2023
Credit SuisseAnalyst unavailable$174$152.35 -7.4%Feb 1, 2023
Morgan StanleyJoshua Pokrzywinski$139$119.36 -26.0%Oct 12, 2022
Deutsche BankNicole DeBlase$132$128.25 -29.7%Jul 22, 2022
Morgan StanleyJoshua Pokrzywinski$149$133.19 -20.7%Jun 7, 2022
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$161$140.87 -14.3%Apr 22, 2022
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$155$140.86 -17.5%Apr 22, 2022
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$159$141 -15.4%Apr 22, 2022
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$162$144.16 -13.8%Apr 22, 2022
BarclaysJulian Mitchell$190$153.92 +1.1%Apr 5, 2022
Deutsche BankNicole Deblase$176$178.77 -6.3%Jan 10, 2022
Wells FargoJoseph O'Dea$184$168.44 -2.1%Dec 20, 2021
Bank of America SecuritiesAndrew Obin$205$167.82 +9.1%Oct 20, 2021
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Dover Corporation operates as a global enterprise, supplying a wide array of industrial equipment, essential components, consumable products, replacement parts, software and digital platforms, and comprehensive support services. Its Engineered Products division delivers diverse machinery, parts, software, and solutions tailored for various industries, including automotive aftermarket service, waste management, industrial automation, aerospace and defense, heavy-duty winching and hoisting, and fluid dispensing. This segment also manufactures specific items such as manual and power clamps, rotary and linear mechanical indexers, conveyors, robotic pick-and-place units, glove ports, manipulators, and end-of-arm tooling like grippers, slides, and end effectors. The Clean Energy & Fueling segment focuses on providing components, equipment, software, and services crucial for the secure transportation of both traditional and sustainable fuels, along with other hazardous materials, throughout the supply chain.…

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