FTV vs DOV vs RRX Stock Comparison

Fortive, Dover and Regal Rexnord Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
FTV Fortive Corp
$60.78 +8.3% 1M +22.9% 1Y
Market cap
$18.71B
P/E
35.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.32B
Div. yield
0.00%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
5 wins
DOV DOVER Corp
$202.49 +5.6% 1M +14.1% 1Y
Market cap
$27.78B
P/E
23.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.58B
Div. yield
–
Industrial Machinery Industrials
5 wins
RRX Regal Rexnord Corp
$150.60 -3.6% 1M +2.2% 1Y
Market cap
$10.54B
P/E
32.5x
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.

QuestionFTVDOVRRXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $18.71B $27.78B $10.54B DOV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 35.0x 23.8x 32.5x DOV
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.0x 19.8x 14.8x RRX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.6% +8.2% +3.5% DOV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 12.4% — 5.4% FTV
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.4% — 5.0% FTV
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.5x — 3.5x FTV
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% RRX
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +22.9% +14.1% +2.2% FTV
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -3.9%/yr +4.1%/yr +0.1%/yr DOV
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 26.8% 24.9% 52.0% DOV
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 48/100 41/100 40/100 FTV

Percentile Scorecard

FTVDOVRRX

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

AxisFTVDOVRRX
Valuation 45 #112 of 203 47 #109 of 203 56 #89 of 203
Growth 19 #151 of 187 46 #102 of 187 40 #113 of 187
Profitability 73 #50 of 185 – 50 #93 of 185
Financial Health 39 #133 of 219 – 29 #156 of 219
Shareholder Returns 61 #61 of 153 32 #104 of 153 27 #112 of 153
Overall 48 41 40
  • FTV ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • DOV 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

PeriodFTVDOVRRXSPY
1 month +8.3%+5.6%-3.6% -0.8%
3 months -3.4%-1.6%-28.6% +3.5%
6 months -2.0%-10.5%-29.4% +7.0%
Year to date +10.1%+3.7%+7.3% +12.2%
1 year +22.9%+14.1%+2.2% +13.0%
3 years -6.5%+57.7%+26.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year -2.2%+16.4%+8.2% +23.1%
5 years -17.9%+22.3%+0.7% +68.6%
5 years, per year -3.9%+4.1%+0.1% +11.0%
10 years +27.2%+265.5%+153.7% +258.0%
10 years, per year +2.4%+13.8%+9.8% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureFTVDOVRRXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 26.8%24.9%52.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 26.0%25.2%54.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.600.932.19 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.850.570.04 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -46.1%-36.3%-48.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.3%-13.2%-36.8% -1.8%
52-week high $64.16$233.31$238.19 $779.14
52-week low $49.16$177.96$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.

MultipleFTVDOVRRX
P/E now vs peer median 34.6xmedian 26.0x 23.4xmedian 26.0x 30.9xmedian 26.0x
P/S now vs peer median 4.3xmedian 1.9x 3.2xmedian 1.9x 1.7xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.4xmedian 14.0x —median 14.0x 11.8xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 19.6xmedian 21.4x 21.7xmedian 21.4x 21.5xmedian 21.4x
P/B now vs peer median 3.0xmedian 2.2x —median 2.2x 1.4xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -4.19median 1.26 4.10median 1.26 3.35median 1.26

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 monthsFTVDOVRRX
Revenue $4.32B $8.58B $6.06B
Gross profit $2.73B $3.40B $2.29B
Operating income $786.70M – $706.80M
Net income $534.40M – $324.90M
Free cash flow $937.60M – $466.30M
R&D $262.00M – –
EPS (diluted) $1.74 $8.60 $4.84
Cash & equivalents $374.20M – $441.60M
Total debt $3.51B – $4.61B
Shares (diluted) 307.60M 135.55M 66.90M
Enterprise value $17.17B $27.78B $8.77B

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
MetricFTVDOVRRX
P/E 34.6x 23.4x 30.9x
P/FCF 19.6x 21.7x 21.5x
P/Operating cash flow 17.5x 19.3x 18.0x
P/S 4.3x 3.2x 1.7x
P/B 3.0x – 1.4x
P/Tangible book 4.5x – 2.7x
EV/EBITDA 17.4x – 11.8x
EV/EBIT 27.4x – 20.1x
EV/Revenue 5.0x 3.2x 2.3x
EV/FCF 23.0x – 30.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 20.5x 19.3x 25.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -4.19 4.10 3.35

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFTVDOVRRX
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.6% 8.2% 3.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -10.3% 4.1% 2.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 4.2% 8.3% 5.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -7.9% 6.1% 8.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 9.4% – 9.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -9.9% – 6.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -30.5% – 28.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -12.6% – 8.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -22.8% -47.2% 28.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -8.3% 5.7% 9.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -30.6% 14.3% -43.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -6.6% 12.1% -5.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -34.8% – -47.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -7.5% – -5.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFTVDOVRRX
Gross margin 63.2% – 37.8%
EBITDA margin 28.6% – 19.9%
Operating margin 18.2% – 11.7%
Pretax margin 15.6% – 6.6%
Net margin 12.4% – 5.4%
FCF margin 21.7% – 7.7%
Operating cash flow margin 24.4% 16.4% 9.2%
Return on equity 8.8% – 4.7%
Return on assets 4.6% – 2.4%
Return on invested capital 7.4% – 5.0%
Return on capital employed 7.6% – 5.6%
Asset turnover 0.4x – 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.0x – 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 2.7% – 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFTVDOVRRX
Debt / assets 30.2% – 33.5%
Debt / equity 0.6x – 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.5x – 3.5x
Debt / FCF 3.7x – 9.9x
Liabilities / assets 47.7% – 49.7%
Equity / assets 52.3% – 50.3%
Interest coverage 12.8x – 2.1x
Current ratio 1.2x – 2.3x
Quick ratio 0.9x – 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.3x – 0.4x
Altman Z-score 3.30 – 1.87

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFTVDOVRRX
Dividend yield 0.4% 1.0% 0.9%
Net buyback yield 10.7% – -0.1%
Shareholder yield 11.1% 1.0% 0.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) 10.6% – 28.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) 6.0% – 19.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) -48.4% – 0.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -17.0% – 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.

ConsensusFTVDOVRRX
Forward P/E 19.0xFY2026 19.8xFY2026 14.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.20FY2026 $10.22FY2026 $10.17FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +18.1%FY2026 +6.3%FY2026 +5.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -3.1% +11.4% +18.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.63BFY2026 $8.16BFY2026 $6.51BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +11.4%FY2026 +0.8%FY2026 +9.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -6.7% +17.8% +4.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFTVDOVRRX
Held by institutions 100.0% 91.1% 100.0%
Institutions holding 803 1,163 610
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.8% -0.3% +4.5%
Institutions buying 350 500 339
Institutions selling 301 405 181
Buyers to sellers 1.16 1.23 1.87

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.

FTVDOVRRX
FTV 1.00 0.45 0.31
DOV 0.45 1.00 0.55
RRX 0.31 0.55 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FTV, DOV and RRX?

Dover (DOV) is the largest by market capitalisation: Fortive (FTV) $18.71B, Dover (DOV) $27.78B, Regal Rexnord (RRX) $10.54B.

Which stock is cheaper, FTV, DOV and RRX?

Dover (DOV) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Fortive (FTV) 35.0x, Dover (DOV) 23.8x, Regal Rexnord (RRX) 32.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Regal Rexnord (RRX) is cheapest (Fortive (FTV) 19.0x, Dover (DOV) 19.8x, Regal Rexnord (RRX) 14.8x). 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: Fortive (FTV) +5.6%, Dover (DOV) +8.2%, Regal Rexnord (RRX) +3.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Fortive (FTV) has the highest net margin (Fortive (FTV) 12.4%, Regal Rexnord (RRX) 5.4%). On return on invested capital, Fortive (FTV) leads (Fortive (FTV) 7.4%, Regal Rexnord (RRX) 5.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Fortive (FTV) returned the most: Fortive (FTV) +22.9%, Dover (DOV) +14.1%, Regal Rexnord (RRX) +2.2%. Over five years, Dover (DOV) compounded fastest (Fortive (FTV) -3.9%/yr, Dover (DOV) +4.1%/yr, Regal Rexnord (RRX) +0.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Regal Rexnord (RRX) has the highest dividend yield: Fortive (FTV) 0.00%, Dover (DOV) 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 (Fortive (FTV) 26.8%, Dover (DOV) 24.9%, Regal Rexnord (RRX) 52.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FTV, DOV 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.