Dover Corporation (DOV) reported $2.1 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 8.8%. EPS of $2.51 for the same period compares to $2.20 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.07 billion, representing a surprise of +1.49%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +1.1%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $2.48.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Dover performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenue- Engineered Products: $275.55 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $291.22 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -4.4%.
- Revenue- Clean Energy & Fueling: $551.89 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $549.96 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +4.5%.
- Revenue- Climate & Sustainability Technologies: $387.27 million compared to the $375.89 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +11.4% year over year.
- Revenue- Pumps & Process Solutions: $583.62 million compared to the $546.35 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +21.8% year over year.
- Revenue- Imaging & Identification: $302.24 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $303.93 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +4.7%.
- Revenue- Intersegment eliminations: $-1.5 million versus $-1.26 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -18.6% change.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Engineered Products: $67.98 million compared to the $65.37 million average estimate based on five analysts.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Clean Energy & Fueling: $114.68 million versus $121.44 million estimated by five analysts on average.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Climate & Sustainability Technologies: $68.12 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $64.83 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Pumps & Process Solutions: $186.49 million versus $179.26 million estimated by five analysts on average.
- Adjusted EBITDA- Imaging & Identification: $83.61 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $87.1 million.
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Shares of Dover have returned +5.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.8% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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