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Dover DOV Price / sales

Price / sales at other companies

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5.4×-0.7×
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-0.2×
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-2.1×
IR
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-0.4×
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VeraltoVLTO
3.9×-0.7×
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NordsonNDSN
5.5×+1.6×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.1B+10.1%
Gross profit$798.1M+7.1%
Operating income$305.9M+3.2%
Net income$238.4M+3.3%
EPS (diluted)$1.75+4.8%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.6B-9.0%
Total debt$3.3B+10.7%
Total equity$7.5B+4.9%
Total assets$13.5B+6.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$191.0M+21.3%
CapEx$59.8M+24.1%
Free cash flow$131.2M+20.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$29.73B+16.7%
Enterprise value$31.38B+17.8%
P/E27×+15.9×

Profitability

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Gross margin39.5%+0.6pp
Operating margin16.7%+0.5pp
Net margin13.3%-16.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity15.1%-22.3pp
Debt / equity0.4×0.0×
Current ratio1.9×-0.3×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Dover’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Dover’s 10-Q, filed April 23, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Dover's price / sales?
Dover (DOV) reported price / sales of 3.4× in Q1 2026.
How has Dover's price / sales changed year-over-year?
Dover's price / sales increased by 8.9% year-over-year, from 3.1× to 3.4×.
What is the long-term trend for Dover's price / sales?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Dover's price / sales has grown at a 1.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 12× to 12.5×.
What does price / sales mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual sales.
How do you interpret price / sales?
Useful when earnings are negative or volatile (e.g. early-stage or cyclical firms). Only comparable across companies with similar margins — a sales dollar is worth more at a high-margin business.
How does price / sales compare across companies?
Best compared within a margin cohort; a software P/S and a retailer P/S are not directly comparable.