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Dover Corporation (DOV) vs Xylem Inc. (XYL)

Dover Corporation and Xylem Inc. are both Specialty Industrial Machinery companies. Dover Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $26.9B against $22.9B — 1.2× the size. Xylem Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 22.1× against 23.5×. Dover Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.24% against 1.86%. Dover Corporation has the higher net margin (13.6% vs 11.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.93% vs 6.88%). Both pay a dividend; Xylem Inc. yields more (1.69% vs 1.03%). Across the 23 metrics below, Xylem Inc. leads on 13 and Dover Corporation on 10.

Valuation

Metric DOV XYL Specialty Industrial Machinery median
P/E 23.53 22.14 25.64
P/S 3.18 2.56 2.81
P/B 3.57 2.26 2.99
Price to free cash flow 22.93 24.84 23.82
EV/EBITDA 15.57 13.15 15.15
EV/Sales 3.36 2.81 2.77
Earnings yield 4.25% 4.52% 3.07%
Free cash flow yield 4.36% 4.03% 3.67%

Profitability

Metric DOV XYL Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Gross margin 39.68% 39.79% 35.46%
Operating margin 17.05% 15.15% 10.04%
Net margin 13.60% 11.94% 7.24%
Free cash flow margin 13.87% 10.32% 9.04%
Return on equity 15.24% 10.07% 10.73%
Return on assets 8.61% 6.25% 4.51%
Return on invested capital 9.93% 6.88% 5.00%

Growth

Metric DOV XYL Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.24% 1.86% 6.59%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (59.18%) 7.40% 5.97%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.90% 13.13% 8.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.86% 30.38% 6.58%

Health

Metric DOV XYL Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Debt to equity 0.43 0.28 0.33
Current ratio 1.95 1.39 2.08
Net debt to EBITDA 0.54 0.26 1.32

Dividend

Metric DOV XYL Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Dividend yield 1.03% 1.69% 1.11%
Payout ratio 0.24 0.38 0.31

Size

Metric DOV XYL Specialty Industrial Machinery median
Market cap 26.94b 22.94b 2.19b

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