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Consensus Ratings for Dover (NYSE:DOV) (?) The ratings breakdown includes the most recent rating from each analyst that has rated the stock within the last twelve months. The consensus price target is a mean average of the most recent price target set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months.| Ratings Breakdown: | 6 Hold Rating(s), 13 Buy Rating(s), 1 Strong Buy Rating(s) |
| Consensus Rating: | Buy |
| Consensus Price Target: | $76.50 3.40% downside) |
Analysts' Ratings History for Dover (NYSE:DOV)| Date | Firm | Action | Company | Old Rating | New Rating | Old Price Target | New Price Target | Details |
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| 5/24/2013 | Barclays Capital | Boost Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Overweight | $75.00 | $86.00 | View |
| 5/24/2013 | Credit Suisse | Boost Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | | | $77.00 | View |
| 5/24/2013 | Ascendiant Capital Markets | Boost Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | $78.00 | $85.00 | View |
| 5/24/2013 | RBC Capital | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Outperform | | $91.00 | View |
| 5/23/2013 | Bank of America | Upgrade | Dover Co. (DOV) | Neutral | Buy | $76.00 | $90.00 | View |
| 5/14/2013 | Nomura | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | $84.00 | View |
| 5/10/2013 | RBC Capital | Boost Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Outperform | $78.00 | $83.00 | View |
| 4/24/2013 | Global Hunter Securities | Initiated Coverage | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Neutral | | $65.00 | View |
| 4/18/2013 | S&P Equity Research | Boost Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | | $77.00 | $80.00 | View |
| 4/18/2013 | JP Morgan Cazenove | Lower Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Neutral | $67.00 | $66.00 | View |
| 4/18/2013 | Zacks | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | Neutral | Neutral | | $73.00 | View |
| 4/18/2013 | Credit Suisse | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Neutral | $65.00 | $68.00 | View |
| 4/18/2013 | RBC Capital | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Outperform | $78.00 | $75.00 | View |
| 4/15/2013 | Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Overweight | | $75.00 | View |
| 4/5/2013 | Zacks | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | Neutral | Neutral | | $76.00 | View |
| 4/1/2013 | Stifel Nicolaus | Boost Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | $74.00 | $80.00 | View |
| 3/28/2013 | BMO Capital Markets | Boost Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Outperform | $75.00 | $85.00 | View |
| 3/25/2013 | Deutsche Bank | Boost Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Hold | $72.00 | $80.00 | View |
| 3/21/2013 | Goldman Sachs | Initiated Coverage | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Conviction-Buy | | | View |
| 2/20/2013 | Nomura | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | $84.00 | View |
| 2/4/2013 | Ascendiant Capital Markets | Initiated Coverage | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | $78.00 | View |
| 1/25/2013 | Zacks | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | Neutral | Neutral | | $70.00 | View |
| 1/25/2013 | RBC Capital | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Outperform | | $75.00 | View |
| 1/25/2013 | Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Overweight | | $75.00 | View |
| 1/23/2013 | Bank of America | Initiated Coverage | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Neutral | | $76.00 | View |
| 1/8/2013 | Morgan Stanley | Upgrade | Dover Co. (DOV) | Equal Weight | Overweight | $74.00 | $79.00 | View |
| 12/12/2012 | BMO Capital Markets | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Outperform | $72.00 | $75.00 | View |
| 12/11/2012 | RBC Capital | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Outperform | | $73.00 | View |
| 12/11/2012 | Barclays Capital | Boost Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Overweight | $72.00 | $75.00 | View |
| 12/11/2012 | Capstone | Boost Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | $67.00 | $72.00 | View |
| 12/11/2012 | Robert W. Baird | Upgrade | Dover Co. (DOV) | Neutral | Outperform | $60.00 | $75.00 | View |
| 12/7/2012 | JPMorgan Chase | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Neutral | | $67.00 | View |
| 11/29/2012 | Nomura | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | buy | | $74.00 | View |
| 11/16/2012 | Citigroup | Lower Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Neutral | $62.00 | $61.00 | View |
| 11/6/2012 | Nomura | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | $74.00 | View |
| 10/24/2012 | Nomura | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | $74.00 | View |
| 10/18/2012 | Zacks | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | Neutral | Neutral | | $59.00 | View |
| 10/18/2012 | BMO Capital Markets | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Outperform | | $72.00 | View |
| 10/16/2012 | Capstone | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | buy | | $71.00 | View |
| 10/12/2012 | Janney Montgomery Scott | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | $66.00 | View |
| 10/12/2012 | Deutsche Bank | Initiated Coverage | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Hold | | $62.00 | View |
| 10/8/2012 | Stifel Nicolaus | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | buy | | $74.00 | View |
| 10/8/2012 | Stifel Nicolaus | Boost Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | | | $72.00 | View |
| 10/2/2012 | SunTrust | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | $68.00 | View |
| 10/2/2012 | BMO Capital Markets | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Outperform | | $72.00 | View |
| 9/18/2012 | Capstone | Initiated Coverage | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | $71.00 | View |
| 9/18/2012 | Citigroup | Initiated Coverage | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Neutral | | $64.00 | View |
| 9/13/2012 | Barclays Capital | Upgrade | Dover Co. (DOV) | Equal Weight | Overweight | $66.00 | $72.00 | View |
| 9/10/2012 | JPMorgan Chase | Upgrade | Dover Co. (DOV) | Underweight | Neutral | $54.00 | $61.00 | View |
| 7/30/2012 | Nomura | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | | View |
| 7/19/2012 | Nomura | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | | View |
| 7/19/2012 | William Blair | Upgrade | Dover Co. (DOV) | Market Perform | Outperform | | | View |
| 7/13/2012 | Zacks | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | Neutral | Neutral | | $54.00 | View |
| 7/10/2012 | Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Equalweight | | | View |
| 7/10/2012 | Morgan Stanley | Lower Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Equal Weight | $65.00 | $64.00 | View |
| 6/5/2012 | Nomura | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | | View |
| 5/24/2012 | RBC Capital | Initiated Coverage | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Outperform | | | View |
| 5/10/2012 | Nomura | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | | View |
| 4/19/2012 | Zacks | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | Neutral | Neutral | | $64.00 | View |
| 4/19/2012 | Nomura | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | | View |
| 4/17/2012 | SunTrust | Initiated Coverage | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | | View |
| 4/13/2012 | Morgan Stanley | Upgrade | Dover Co. (DOV) | Underweight | Equal Weight | | $65.00 | View |
| 4/13/2012 | BMO Capital Markets | Initiated Coverage | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Outperform | | $77.00 | View |
| 4/2/2012 | Credit Suisse | Raise Estimates | Dover Co. (DOV) | Positive | Neutral | | $69.00 | View |
| 3/23/2012 | Nomura | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | | View |
| 3/21/2012 | Zacks | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | Neutral | Neutral | | $67.00 | View |
| 2/14/2012 | Nomura | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | | View |
| 1/30/2012 | Zacks | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | Neutral | Neutral | | $66.00 | View |
| 1/26/2012 | Nomura | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | | View |
| 1/26/2012 | Stifel Nicolaus | Upgrade | Dover Co. (DOV) | Hold | Buy | | $76.00 | View |
| 1/26/2012 | Credit Suisse | Boost Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Neutral | | $67.00 | View |
| 1/19/2012 | Robert W. Baird | Boost Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Neutral | $60.00 | $71.00 | View |
| 1/11/2012 | Goldman Sachs | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | | View |
| 1/5/2012 | Morgan Stanley | Initiated Coverage | Dover Co. (DOV) | Underweight | Underweight | | $64.00 | View |
| 1/4/2012 | Nomura | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | Buy | Positive | | | View |
| 12/9/2011 | Bank of America | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | $71.00 | View |
| 12/6/2011 | Barclays Capital | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Equal Weight | | | View |
| 12/6/2011 | Goldman Sachs | Boost Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | | | $67.00 | View |
| 12/2/2011 | Goldman Sachs | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | | View |
| 11/29/2011 | Nomura | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | | View |
| 11/9/2011 | Stifel Nicolaus | Initiated Coverage | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Hold | | | View |
| 10/25/2011 | Zacks | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | Neutral | Neutral | | $56.00 | View |
| 10/24/2011 | Credit Suisse | Lower Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Neutral | | $65.00 | View |
| 10/14/2011 | Barclays Capital | Initiated Coverage | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Equal Weight | | $67.00 | View |
| 9/7/2011 | JPMorgan Chase | Downgrade | Dover Co. (DOV) | Neutral | Underweight | | $56.00 | View |
| 7/25/2011 | Barclays Capital | Boost Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Overweight | $68.00 | $72.00 | View |
| 7/25/2011 | Goldman Sachs | Boost Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | | | $81.00 | View |
| 7/6/2011 | Goldman Sachs | Boost Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | $80.00 | View |
| 6/9/2011 | William Blair | Initiated Coverage | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Market Perform | | | View |
| 4/25/2011 | Zacks | Reiterated Rating | Dover Co. (DOV) | Neutral | Neutral | | $71.00 | View |
| 4/25/2011 | Barclays Capital | Boost Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Equal Weight | $66.00 | $68.00 | View |
| 4/13/2011 | Deutsche Bank | Boost Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | $69.00 | $73.00 | View |
| 3/10/2011 | Credit Suisse | Initiated Coverage | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Neutral | | $70.00 | View |
| 1/31/2011 | Goldman Sachs | Boost Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | $75.00 | View |
| 1/31/2011 | Barclays Capital | Boost Price Target | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Equal Weight | $55.00 | $65.00 | View |
| 1/11/2011 | Zacks | Downgrade | Dover Co. (DOV) | Outperform | Neutral | | $60.00 | View |
| 12/8/2010 | Janney Montgomery Scott | Initiated Coverage | Dover Co. (DOV) | | Buy | | $70.00 | View |
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Earnings History for Dover (NYSE:DOV)
About Dover

Dover Corporation (Dover) manufactures a range of specialized products and components and also offers related services and consumables. The Company operates in four segments: Communication Technologies, Energy, Engineered Systems, and Printing & Identification. In July 2011, it acquired Sound Solutions from NXP Semiconductors N.V. In September 2011, the Company sold Crenlo, LLC and Paladin Brands of Cedar Rapids. In October 2011, the Company acquired Oil Lift Technology. In November 2011, it acquired Advansor A/S. In November 2011, the Company realigned into four business segments, which includes Communication Technologies, Energy, Engineered Systems and Printing & Identification. In December 2011, the Company sold Heil Trailer International. In March 2012, the Company acquired Maag Group (Maag).