$1,000 in Dover Corporation in 2025 → $1,096 today
If you'd invested $1,000 in Dover Corporation (DOV) on January 1, 2025 — at the December 2024 month-end close of $185 — and held to the latest close (2026-08-), you'd have $1,096. That's a +9.6% total return — trailing the S&P 500, where the same $1,000 became $1,311.
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FAQ
How much is $1,000 invested in DOV in 2025 worth today?
$1,000 invested in Dover Corporation (DOV) at the month-end close of 2024-12- would be worth $1,096 at the latest month-end close (2026-08-), a total return of +9.6% with dividends reinvested.
Did $1,000 in DOV in 2025 beat the market?
Over the same span, $1,000 in the S&P 500 index would be worth $1,311 — so Dover Corporation (DOV) trailed the index by +16.4%.
What does "month-end close" mean for this calculation?
The scenario invests at the December 2024 month-end close (the price entering 2025) and values the position at the most recent month-end close (2026-08-). Intra-month extremes are shown on the DOV calculator page.
Is the 2025–2026 return in DOV typical?
No single year is typical. DOV's best calendar-year return since 1980 was about +65.8%, and its worst was -26.9%.
Methodology
Dover Corporation (DOV) total-return data from January 2025 through the latest month-end close (2026-08-).
The entry price is the 2024 December month-end close and the exit is the latest available month-end close, both from adjusted (split and dividend) Yahoo Finance historical data.
Month-end resolution, no taxes or fees, and history never guarantees the future. For exact-date precision (including buying at a panic low), use the DOV calculator page.
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Data: Yahoo Finance. As of 2026-08-. Not financial advice.