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Dover Corporation

DOV
43
Industrial - Machinery · Industrials
Price
$214.18
-3.33 (-1.53%)
Market Cap
$28.84B
Winston Score
43
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

5.0% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 145.3M (2021) → 138.0M (2025)

Dover Corporation makes specialized industrial equipment and components used in a wide range of industries. Its products include pumps, valves, refrigeration systems, fuel dispensing equipment, and precision parts. Customers include gas stations, grocery stores, food manufacturers, and industrial companies across many sectors.

Dover earns money by selling this equipment outright and, increasingly, through aftermarket parts and services that customers need to keep their machines running. The company operates globally, with a large portion of revenue coming from North America, and it generates roughly $8 billion in annual revenue. Dover's competitive edge comes from its highly engineered, hard-to-replace products that are deeply embedded in customers' operations, making switching costly. The main risk is that Dover's business is tied to industrial and construction activity, so an economic slowdown can quickly reduce customer spending on new equipment and slow growth.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+10.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+5.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.6%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$1.6B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Dover Corporation is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 10%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
38.9%
Modest — 38.9% gross margin
Operating Margin
14.9%
Healthy — 14.9% operating margin
ROCE
2.8%
Weak — 2.8% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+7.1%
Steady sales growth (7.1% YoY)
EPS YoY
-51.8%
Earnings shrinking (-51.8% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
124%
Turns 124% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
13.7%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (13.7%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.44
Conservative — low debt load (0.44)
Interest Cover
12.38x
Comfortably covers interest (12.4x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
26.6x
Growth-priced — P/E 26.6

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward
+7.4
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (26.6 → 19.2)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
0.93%
Small dividend — 0.93% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+1.0%
Dividend flat

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