Analysts: DOV stock price target of 198 in 12 months

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Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Dover Corp shares valued at $501,816 were sold by Cabrera Ivonne M on Dec 04 ’25. At $190.80 per share, Cabrera Ivonne M sold 2,630 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 72,968 shares worth approximately $14.69 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Ivonne Cabrera purchased 2,630 shares, netting a total of over 502,000 in proceeds.

Before that, Woenker Christopher B. had sold 1,627 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $302,695, the Senior VP & CFO traded Dover Corp shares for $186.04 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 1,627 shares, worth approximately $0.51 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Morgan Stanley on April 14, 2025, Dover Corp [DOV] has been an Equal-weight and the price target has been revised to $185. Analysts at UBS started covering the stock with ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in mid November. As of October 28, 2024, Wolfe Research has increased its “Peer perform” rating to a “an Outperform” for DOV. Earlier on February 05, 2024, Seaport Research Partners upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for DOV stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.

Analyzing DOV Stock Performance

On last trading session, Dover Corp [NYSE: DOV] rose 2.85% to $201.28. The stock’s lowest price that day was $195.92, but it reached a high of $201.72 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 5.58%. Over the course of the year, Dover Corp shares have dropped approximately -0.23%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $222.31 on 02/04/25 and a 52-week low of $143.04 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Dover Corp (DOV)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 197.56, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 193.84. In the upper region, resistance lies at 203.36. The next price resistance is at 205.44. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 78.98 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.

Is Dover Corp subject to short interest?

Stocks of Dover Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-11-28 jumping by 2.55 million shares to 5.21 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-10-31 was 2.66 million shares. A jump of 49.01% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.57 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.57.

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In terms of Dover Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 198 in the next 12 months, up nearly 1.18% from the previous closing price of $195.7. Analysts anticipate Dover Corp stock to reach 235 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 195. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked Dover Corp stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On December 13, 2022, Credit Suisse assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $171.

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