Dover Corporation (DOV) earnings on July 23, 2026
More Dover Corporation earnings
Prior outlook: No statistical edge
Dover's stock fell sharply after its earnings report, as revenue missed expectations despite higher profits.
DOV price around the earnings
197.80
Change: -7.8%
2026-07-23, 20:00 UTC
End of the measured window
193.95
200.80
207.64
214.49
214.49
July 23, 2026
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- End of the measured window
- Market open
- Starting price
Prior thesis
Prior outlook: No statistical edge
- Thesis published
- Results released
Pre-release: Strong analyst upside and historical beats, but recent price trend strength is negative with weakening trajectory.
Context analyzed before publication
- Trend
- Volatile trajectory with recent weakening from earlier strength, indicating a slight pullback into earnings.
Analysts
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 1.72
- Analysts covering the stock
- 18
- Average price target
- 250.94
- Lowest price target
- 168
- Highest price target
- 279
- Upside to price target
- 17%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 3.3%
- Revenue growth
- 10.1%
- Forward EPS
- 11.58
- Trailing EPS
- 8.11
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 1
- Strong buy: 0
- Buy: 12
- Hold: 5
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 1
- Strong buy
- 0
- Buy
- 12
- Hold
- 5
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 1
- June 4, 2026 · Morgan Stanley: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Neutral
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (1)
- Dover's Caldera Releases PrimeCenter 5.0 To Streamline Workflows For Print Providers (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Technicals
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 2.2%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -7.6%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +1.6%
- 30-day change (30d)
- -6.4%
- 30-day relative strength
- -6.8%
- SPY change (30d)
- +0.4%
- Nearest support
- 214.58
- Nearest resistance
- 216
- Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
- 1.13
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +2.0%
- April 23, 2026: actual EPS 2.28 vs estimate 2.27 (surprise +0.4%)
- January 29, 2026: actual EPS 2.51 vs estimate 2.49 (surprise +1.0%)
- October 23, 2025: actual EPS 2.62 vs estimate 2.51 (surprise +4.5%)
- July 24, 2025: actual EPS 2.44 vs estimate 2.39 (surprise +2.1%)
Expected move
- Implied move
- +1.8%
- Source
- Options chain
Reactions over its last 19 earnings
- Median move
- 3.6%
- 75th percentile move
- 5%
- 90th percentile move
- 6.2%
- Up / down moves
- 10 / 9
- Average up move
- +4.3%
- Average down move
- -2.8%
Monitoring and close
What Dover Corporation reported
- Status
- Finished
| Actual EPS | 2.74 |
|---|---|
| EPS estimate | 2.73 |
| EPS surprise | +0.4% |
| Revenue | $2,190 million |
| Revenue estimate | $2,208 million |
| Revenue surprise | -0.8% |
Dover reports in-line Q2 2026 earnings but sales miss estimates. Shares drop. Raised FY2026 guidance contexts cautious optimism.
Sources (16)
- Dover Corp (DOV) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Revenue Growth and Raised EPS Guidance (opens in a new tab) — GuruFocus.com
- Dover Q2 Earnings Call Highlights (opens in a new tab) — MarketBeat
- Dover Corporation Q2 2026 Earnings Call Summary (opens in a new tab) — Moby
- Dover Corporation (DOV) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript (opens in a new tab) — SeekingAlpha
- Dover Q2 2026 Earnings Call: Complete Transcript (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Dover Q2 Earnings Beat on Margin Gains, 2026 Guidance Raised (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- Dover Corporation 2026 Q2 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation (opens in a new tab) — SeekingAlpha
- Here's What Key Metrics Tell Us About Dover (DOV) Q2 Earnings (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- Dover (NYSE:DOV) Reports Sales Below Analyst Estimates In Q2 CY2026 Earnings, Stock Drops (opens in a new tab) — StockStory
- Dover Corp (NYSE:DOV) Sells Off After In-Line Q2 Results As Market Demands More (opens in a new tab) — ChartMill
- Dover Corporation (DOV) Surpasses Q2 Earnings Estimates (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
- Dover Q2 Adj. EPS $2.74 Beats $2.73 Estimate, Sales $2.190B Miss $2.208B Estimate (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Dover Raises FY2026 GAAP EPS Guidance from $8.92-$9.12 to $8.94-$9.14 vs $9.28 Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Dover Raises FY2026 Adj EPS Guidance from $10.45-$10.65 to $10.55-$10.75 vs $10.66 Est; Raises FY2026 Sales Guidance from $8.498B-$8.656B to $8.579B-$8.740B vs $8.660B Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
- Dover Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results (opens in a new tab) — Yahoo
- Dover posted adjusted earnings of $2.74 per share, barely beating estimates, but revenue of $2.190 billion fell short of expectations. — Benzinga
Pre-market second reading after the results
- Verdict
- Mixed results
Heading into the open, the figures don't clearly confirm the prior scenario. In past cases, 418 out of 418 similar scenarios (94%) did not confirm the prior direction.
How the stock reacted
- Consolidated
- -8.4%
- Max move
- -9.7%
No verdict: the outlook took no direction, so there is nothing to score as a hit or a miss.