DOV vs ITW vs TTC Stock Comparison

Dover, Illinois Tool Works and Toro Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DOV DOVER Corp
$199.20 +5.4% 1M +9.9% 1Y
Market cap
$27.27B
P/E
24.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.42B
Div. yield
0.01%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
4 wins
ITW Illinois Tool Works Inc
$275.75 +0.8% 1M +7.1% 1Y
Market cap
$79.10B
P/E
24.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.47B
Div. yield
0.02%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
6 wins
TTC Toro Co
$105.41 +9.2% 1M +41.0% 1Y
Market cap
$10.03B
P/E
27.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.75B
Div. yield
0.01%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Illinois Tool Works leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Illinois Tool Works 6, Dover 4, Toro 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDOVITWTTCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $27.27B $79.10B $10.03B ITW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 24.0x 24.8x 27.6x DOV
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.5x 25.8x 22.3x DOV
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +7.6% +4.3% +5.2% DOV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 13.5% 19.4% 7.6% ITW
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.4% 27.1% 16.4% ITW
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.8x 1.9x 1.2x DOV
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% ITW
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +9.9% +7.1% +41.0% TTC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.3%/yr +4.2%/yr +1.2%/yr ITW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 24.9% 21.8% 25.7% ITW
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 48/100 57/100 TTC

Percentile Scorecard

DOVITWTTC

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

AxisDOVITWTTC
Valuation 46 #110 of 203 24 #154 of 203 52 #98 of 203
Growth 45 #104 of 188 33 #127 of 188 55 #86 of 188
Profitability 80 #39 of 187 100 #2 of 187 91 #18 of 187
Financial Health 68 #71 of 222 23 #172 of 222 37 #140 of 222
Shareholder Returns 42 #89 of 153 60 #62 of 153 53 #73 of 153
Overall 56 48 57
  • DOV ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • ITW ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • TTC ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDOVITWTTCSPY
1 month +5.4%+0.8%+9.2% -1.0%
3 months -1.5%-2.6%+12.4% +2.9%
6 months -11.4%+2.4%+10.7% +6.4%
Year to date +2.0%+12.0%+33.9% +11.4%
1 year +9.9%+7.1%+41.0% +13.1%
3 years +50.5%+23.6%+29.6% +79.4%
3 years, per year +14.6%+7.3%+9.0% +21.5%
5 years +17.7%+22.8%+6.2% +67.7%
5 years, per year +3.3%+4.2%+1.2% +10.9%
10 years +259.3%+143.9%+125.9% +255.2%
10 years, per year +13.6%+9.3%+8.5% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureDOVITWTTCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 24.9%21.8%25.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 25.3%21.8%23.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.900.450.39 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.400.331.60 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -36.3%-28.9%-45.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -14.6%-8.0%0.0% -2.5%
52-week high $233.31$299.60$105.41 $779.14
52-week low $177.43$241.07$67.99 $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.

MultipleDOVITWTTC
P/E now vs peer median 23.7xmedian 25.9x 24.7xmedian 25.9x 27.6xmedian 25.9x
P/S now vs peer median 3.2xmedian 1.9x 4.8xmedian 1.9x 2.1xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.6xmedian 13.7x 18.3xmedian 13.7x 16.9xmedian 13.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 22.8xmedian 21.1x 26.9xmedian 21.1x 14.0xmedian 21.1x
P/B now vs peer median 3.5xmedian 2.3x 27.1xmedian 2.3x 7.5xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 4.86median 1.19 8.36median 1.19 16.38median 1.19

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 monthsDOVITWTTC
Revenue $8.42B $16.47B $4.75B
Gross profit $3.33B $7.27B $1.59B
Operating income $1.42B $4.36B $489.80M
Net income $1.13B $3.19B $363.30M
Free cash flow $1.18B $2.92B $711.50M
EPS (diluted) $8.37 $11.13 $3.80
Cash & equivalents $1.76B $839.00M $175.30M
Total debt $3.26B $9.69B $962.00M
Shares (diluted) 135.55M 287.00M 95.60M
Enterprise value $20.64B $75.66B $9.15B

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
MetricDOVITWTTC
P/E 23.7x 24.7x 27.6x
P/FCF 22.8x 26.9x 14.0x
P/Operating cash flow 19.2x 23.6x 12.6x
P/S 3.2x 4.8x 2.1x
P/B 3.5x 27.1x 7.5x
P/Tangible book 4.4x 33.6x 11.1x
EV/EBITDA 15.6x 18.3x 16.9x
EV/EBIT 20.0x 20.0x 22.0x
EV/Revenue 3.4x 5.3x 2.3x
EV/FCF 24.1x 29.9x 15.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 20.3x 26.2x 13.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.86 8.36 16.38

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDOVITWTTC
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.6% 4.3% 5.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.5% 0.8% 0.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.5% 5.3% 5.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.9% 2.7% -1.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 11.0% 6.4% 14.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 4.0% 3.4% 0.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -50.5% -5.1% 9.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 3.6% 1.0% -1.2%
EPS growth (1Y) -49.6% -3.1% 13.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 4.9% 3.0% 1.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 20.1% 5.8% 34.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.5% 3.1% 38.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 22.4% 7.2% 44.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.6% 4.1% 79.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDOVITWTTC
Gross margin 39.6% 44.2% 33.4%
EBITDA margin 21.5% 28.9% 13.4%
Operating margin 16.9% 26.5% 10.3%
Pretax margin 16.8% 25.0% 9.7%
Net margin 13.5% 19.4% 7.6%
FCF margin 14.0% 17.7% 15.0%
Operating cash flow margin 16.6% 20.2% 16.6%
Return on equity 14.9% 104.3% 26.9%
Return on assets 8.3% 19.5% 10.0%
Return on invested capital 10.4% 27.1% 16.4%
Return on capital employed 12.8% 41.9% 19.1%
Asset turnover 0.6x 1.0x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.0x 2.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 0.4% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDOVITWTTC
Debt / assets 23.8% 58.8% 27.2%
Debt / equity 0.4x 3.3x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.8x 1.9x 1.2x
Debt / FCF 2.8x 3.3x 1.4x
Liabilities / assets 43.7% 82.4% 62.2%
Equity / assets 56.3% 17.6% 37.8%
Interest coverage 12.5x 14.5x 8.7x
Current ratio 2.0x 1.1x 1.6x
Quick ratio 1.3x 0.7x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.7x 0.1x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 5.35 8.00 5.27

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDOVITWTTC
Dividend yield 1.0% 2.4% 1.5%
Net buyback yield 2.1% 2.3% 3.2%
Shareholder yield 3.1% 4.7% 4.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) 24.8% 57.4% 41.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) 23.9% 62.8% 21.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) -0.7% 5.5% -0.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -0.4% 5.1% 2.9%

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.

ConsensusDOVITWTTC
Forward P/E 19.5xFY2026 25.8xFY2026 22.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.21FY2026 $10.67FY2026 $4.73FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +6.2%FY2026 +1.7%FY2026 +12.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +10.6% +19.3% +16.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.14BFY2026 $16.46BFY2026 $4.56BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.6%FY2026 +2.6%FY2026 +1.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.0% +11.4% +3.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDOVITWTTC
Held by institutions 91.1% 84.9% 92.3%
Institutions holding 1,163 1,969 590
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.3% +0.8% +1.1%
Institutions buying 500 846 295
Institutions selling 405 750 194
Buyers to sellers 1.23 1.13 1.52

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.

DOVITWTTC
DOV 1.00 0.59 0.46
ITW 0.59 1.00 0.49
TTC 0.46 0.49 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DOV, ITW and TTC?

Illinois Tool Works (ITW) is the largest by market capitalisation: Dover (DOV) $27.27B, Illinois Tool Works (ITW) $79.10B, Toro (TTC) $10.03B.

Which stock is cheaper, DOV, ITW and TTC?

Dover (DOV) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Dover (DOV) 24.0x, Illinois Tool Works (ITW) 24.8x, Toro (TTC) 27.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Dover (DOV) is cheapest (Dover (DOV) 19.5x, Illinois Tool Works (ITW) 25.8x, Toro (TTC) 22.3x). 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) +7.6%, Illinois Tool Works (ITW) +4.3%, Toro (TTC) +5.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Illinois Tool Works (ITW) has the highest net margin (Dover (DOV) 13.5%, Illinois Tool Works (ITW) 19.4%, Toro (TTC) 7.6%). On return on invested capital, Illinois Tool Works (ITW) leads (Dover (DOV) 10.4%, Illinois Tool Works (ITW) 27.1%, Toro (TTC) 16.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Toro (TTC) returned the most: Dover (DOV) +9.9%, Illinois Tool Works (ITW) +7.1%, Toro (TTC) +41.0%. Over five years, Illinois Tool Works (ITW) compounded fastest (Dover (DOV) +3.3%/yr, Illinois Tool Works (ITW) +4.2%/yr, Toro (TTC) +1.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Illinois Tool Works (ITW) has the highest dividend yield: Dover (DOV) 0.01%, Illinois Tool Works (ITW) 0.02%, Toro (TTC) 0.01%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Illinois Tool Works (ITW) has been the steadiest (Dover (DOV) 24.9%, Illinois Tool Works (ITW) 21.8%, Toro (TTC) 25.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DOV, ITW and TTC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Illinois Tool Works (ITW) leads on 6. 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.