DOV vs FTV vs RRX Stock Comparison

Dover, Fortive and Regal Rexnord Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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DOV DOVER Corp
$210.37 +10.9% 1M +16.4% 1Y
Market cap
$27.95B
P/E
24.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.58B
Div. yield
–
Industrial Machinery Industrials
5 wins
FTV Fortive Corp
$65.86 +18.9% 1M +30.8% 1Y
Market cap
$19.53B
P/E
30.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.40B
Div. yield
0.00%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
5 wins
RRX Regal Rexnord Corp
$163.52 +4.9% 1M +8.6% 1Y
Market cap
$10.37B
P/E
32.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.06B
Div. yield
0.01%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Dover leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Dover 5, Fortive 5, Regal Rexnord 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDOVFTVRRXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $27.95B $19.53B $10.37B DOV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 24.0x 30.0x 32.0x DOV
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 20.6x 20.6x 16.1x RRX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +8.2% +7.0% +3.5% DOV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 14.8% 5.4% FTV
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 8.1% 5.0% FTV
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.4x 3.5x FTV
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% RRX
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +16.4% +30.8% +8.6% FTV
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +4.5%/yr -2.8%/yr +1.4%/yr DOV
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 24.9% 27.0% 52.0% DOV
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 42/100 49/100 39/100 FTV

Percentile Scorecard

DOVFTVRRX

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisDOVFTVRRX
Valuation 46 #111 of 203 47 #108 of 203 54 #94 of 203
Growth 47 #101 of 188 26 #140 of 188 40 #114 of 188
Profitability – 76 #45 of 183 49 #94 of 183
Financial Health – 38 #135 of 216 29 #154 of 216
Shareholder Returns 33 #102 of 152 58 #65 of 152 25 #114 of 152
Overall 42 49 39
  • DOV ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • FTV ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • RRX ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodDOVFTVRRXSPY
1 month +10.9%+18.9%+4.9% +0.7%
3 months +3.1%+12.6%-19.3% +3.7%
6 months -7.1%+10.2%-24.0% +7.1%
Year to date +7.7%+19.3%+16.5% +12.8%
1 year +16.4%+30.8%+8.6% +11.9%
3 years +63.8%+1.3%+38.2% +85.2%
3 years, per year +17.9%+0.4%+11.4% +22.8%
5 years +24.4%-13.0%+7.3% +67.6%
5 years, per year +4.5%-2.8%+1.4% +10.9%
10 years +284.3%+31.2%+179.0% +262.0%
10 years, per year +14.4%+2.8%+10.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDOVFTVRRXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 24.9%27.0%52.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 25.2%26.1%55.1% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.930.602.20 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.661.140.16 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -36.3%-46.1%-48.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -9.8%0.0%-31.3% -1.2%
52-week high $233.31$65.86$238.19 $779.14
52-week low $178.03$50.10$128.75 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleDOVFTVRRX
P/E now vs peer median 24.3xmedian 25.8x 30.3xmedian 25.8x 33.6xmedian 25.8x
P/S now vs peer median 3.3xmedian 1.9x 4.5xmedian 1.9x 1.8xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.6x 17.3xmedian 14.6x 12.5xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 21.7xmedian 22.2x 18.1xmedian 22.2x 23.4xmedian 22.2x
P/B now vs peer median —median 2.2x 3.3xmedian 2.2x 1.6xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 4.26median 1.45 -11.48median 1.45 3.64median 1.45

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsDOVFTVRRX
Revenue $8.58B $4.40B $6.06B
Gross profit $3.40B $2.79B $2.29B
Operating income – $863.00M $706.80M
Net income – $651.90M $324.90M
Free cash flow – $1.09B $466.30M
R&D – $268.20M –
EPS (diluted) $8.60 $2.15 $4.84
Cash & equivalents – $377.30M $441.60M
Total debt – $3.51B $4.61B
Shares (diluted) 135.55M 303.90M 66.90M
Enterprise value $27.95B $18.04B $8.61B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricDOVFTVRRX
P/E 24.3x 30.3x 33.6x
P/FCF 21.7x 18.1x 23.4x
P/Operating cash flow 20.1x 16.4x 19.6x
P/S 3.3x 4.5x 1.8x
P/B – 3.3x 1.6x
P/Tangible book – 4.9x 2.9x
EV/EBITDA – 17.3x 12.5x
EV/EBIT – 26.4x 21.3x
EV/Revenue 3.3x 5.2x 2.5x
EV/FCF – 21.0x 32.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 20.1x 19.0x 27.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.26 -11.48 3.64

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDOVFTVRRX
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.2% 7.0% 3.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.1% -9.9% 2.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.3% 6.2% 5.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.1% -7.6% 8.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 22.1% 9.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -8.1% 6.2%
Net income growth (1Y) – 8.2% 28.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -7.7% 8.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -47.2% 18.7% 28.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 5.7% -2.6% 9.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 14.3% -1.6% -43.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.1% -4.3% -5.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -3.3% -47.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -4.9% -5.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDOVFTVRRX
Gross margin – 63.5% 37.8%
EBITDA margin – 29.9% 19.9%
Operating margin – 19.6% 11.7%
Pretax margin – 16.8% 6.6%
Net margin – 14.8% 5.4%
FCF margin – 24.7% 7.7%
Operating cash flow margin 16.4% 27.3% 9.2%
Return on equity – 10.8% 4.7%
Return on assets – 5.6% 2.4%
Return on invested capital – 8.1% 5.0%
Return on capital employed – 8.4% 5.6%
Asset turnover – 0.4x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.8x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue – 2.0% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDOVFTVRRX
Debt / assets – 30.6% 33.5%
Debt / equity – 0.6x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.4x 3.5x
Debt / FCF – 3.2x 9.9x
Liabilities / assets – 48.2% 49.7%
Equity / assets – 51.8% 50.3%
Interest coverage – 4.9x 2.1x
Current ratio – 1.2x 2.3x
Quick ratio – 0.9x 0.9x
Cash ratio – 0.3x 0.4x
Altman Z-score – 3.49 1.95

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDOVFTVRRX
Dividend yield 1.0% 0.4% 0.9%
Net buyback yield – 6.5% -0.1%
Shareholder yield 1.0% 6.9% 0.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 11.7% 28.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 7.0% 19.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) – -24.4% 0.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -8.3% 0.0%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusDOVFTVRRX
Forward P/E 20.6xFY2026 20.6xFY2026 16.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.22FY2026 $3.20FY2026 $10.17FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +6.3%FY2026 +18.1%FY2026 +5.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +11.4% -3.1% +18.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.16BFY2026 $4.63BFY2026 $6.51BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.8%FY2026 +11.4%FY2026 +9.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.8% -6.7% +4.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDOVFTVRRX
Held by institutions 91.1% 100.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 1,164 804 611
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.3% +2.8% +4.5%
Institutions buying 500 351 340
Institutions selling 406 301 181
Buyers to sellers 1.23 1.17 1.88

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

DOVFTVRRX
DOV 1.00 0.46 0.55
FTV 0.46 1.00 0.32
RRX 0.55 0.32 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DOV, FTV and RRX?

Dover (DOV) is the largest by market capitalisation: Dover (DOV) $27.95B, Fortive (FTV) $19.53B, Regal Rexnord (RRX) $10.37B.

Which stock is cheaper, DOV, FTV and RRX?

Dover (DOV) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Dover (DOV) 24.0x, Fortive (FTV) 30.0x, Regal Rexnord (RRX) 32.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Regal Rexnord (RRX) is cheapest (Dover (DOV) 20.6x, Fortive (FTV) 20.6x, Regal Rexnord (RRX) 16.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Dover (DOV) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Dover (DOV) +8.2%, Fortive (FTV) +7.0%, Regal Rexnord (RRX) +3.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Fortive (FTV) has the highest net margin (Fortive (FTV) 14.8%, Regal Rexnord (RRX) 5.4%). On return on invested capital, Fortive (FTV) leads (Fortive (FTV) 8.1%, Regal Rexnord (RRX) 5.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Fortive (FTV) returned the most: Dover (DOV) +16.4%, Fortive (FTV) +30.8%, Regal Rexnord (RRX) +8.6%. Over five years, Dover (DOV) compounded fastest (Dover (DOV) +4.5%/yr, Fortive (FTV) -2.8%/yr, Regal Rexnord (RRX) +1.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Regal Rexnord (RRX) has the highest dividend yield: Dover (DOV) 0.00%, Fortive (FTV) 0.00%, Regal Rexnord (RRX) 0.01%. Dover (DOV) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Dover (DOV) has been the steadiest (Dover (DOV) 24.9%, Fortive (FTV) 27.0%, Regal Rexnord (RRX) 52.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DOV, FTV and RRX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Dover (DOV) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.