Both in Construction Equipment

Dover vs Caterpillar

Over the past year DOV returned +20.6% and CAT returned +8.9%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.55.

DOV +20.6% CAT +8.9%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricDOVCAT
Price$214.88$621.49
Market cap$28.58B$285.68B
Today+3.44%−0.20%
1 month+13.3%−26.5%
6 months−2.7%−29.0%
Year to date+10.1%+8.5%
1 year+19.3%+6.6%
Revenue growth (YoY)+7.5%+24.0%
Gross margin40.4%37.8%
Net margin14.9%17.5%
P/E (TTM)24.5×26.3×
Price / sales3.3×3.8×
Net cash-$1.57B-$38.43B
Dividend yield0.98%1.05%
Volatility (60d)19.2%37.0%
Short % of float3.2%1.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).