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Dover DOV Return on assets

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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×
P/S3.6×+0.3×

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 trailing twelve months.

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 return on assets?
Dover (DOV) reported return on assets of 8.4% in Q1 2026.
How has Dover's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Dover's return on assets decreased by 54.8% year-over-year, from 18.6% to 8.4%.
What is the long-term trend for Dover's return on assets?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Dover's return on assets has grown at a 13.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 39% to 63.6%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.