Dover Corporation

DOV Industrials Specialty Industrial Machinery

Dover Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $8.1 billion, up 4.48% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+7.51%
EPS
+12.7%
Free cash flow
+3.58%
Total debt
+22.3%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

203.32 9.34 −4.39%
Market cap
$26.9B
P/E
23.5×
Fwd P/E
22.9×
Dividend yield
1.03%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
5.27
Beneish M
−2.56
Dividend safety
86/100

Dover Corporation (DOV) Return on assets

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Dover Corporation's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 8.61%, up 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.44%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.44% (fiscal 2016) to 22.6% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 4.51% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.20%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 8.44% (14.17)
FY2024 22.6% 13.11
FY2023 9.50% (0.50)
FY2022 10.0% (1.49)
FY2021 11.5% 3.82
FY2020 7.67% (0.29)
FY2019 7.96% 1.96
FY2018 6.00% (1.81)
FY2017 7.81% 2.37
FY2016 5.44% (4.42)

Against its own ten years

Low 5.44% High 22.6%
Ten-year median 8.44%
Current reading's percentile 55

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corporation compare 14.1%
ROK Rockwell Automation, Inc. compare 10.8%
NDSN Nordson Corporation compare 9.29%
DOV Dover Corporation 8.61%
IEX IDEX Corporation compare 7.74%
IR Ingersoll Rand Inc. compare 7.53%
XYL Xylem Inc. compare 6.25%
SYM Symbotic Inc. compare 0.31%
ITT ITT Inc. compare 0.00%
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 4.51%
Industrials sector median 1.20%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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