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Dover forward PE DOV

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1993.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
17.7×
10-year median
17.8×
Against its 10-year history
49th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
13.0× to 24.8×
Peer median
19.1×

Dover's forward PE is 17.7× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 17.8×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 13.0× in May 2018 to 24.8× in Feb 2020.

The median for 10 industrial machinery stocks of a similar size is 19.1×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far17.7×16.7×21.9×
202519.4×16.2×22.2×
202421.0×17.0×23.0×
202317.7×14.8×18.0×
202215.7×13.8×23.6×
202123.4×17.1×23.6×
202019.3×13.7×24.8×
201923.6×13.8×23.6×
201813.2×13.0×17.9×
201716.8×15.1×18.2×
201616.9×14.3×18.3×
201516.6×14.8×19.4×
201416.6×10.7×18.6×
201311.6×8.8×11.6×
20129.1×7.9×10.1×
20119.1×7.6×11.9×
201011.0×9.1×13.5×
200911.6×8.5×13.5×
20089.7×7.0×12.9×
20079.2×9.0×11.3×

Against its peers

Companies in Industrial - Machinery nearest Dover's size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
DOVDover17.7×
XYLXylem18.6×
IRIngersoll Rand19.6×
OTISOtis Worldwide17.5×
SYMSymbotic110×
NDSNNordsonn/m
ITTITTn/m
IEXIDEXn/m
CARRCarrier Global18.6×
ROKRockwell Automation29.3×
RBCRBC Bearings INCn/m
Peer median19.1×

Where Dover ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.