Industrials
Specialty Industrial Machinery
$25.80B
25K
Key insights and themes extracted from this filing
Dover reported revenue of $2.178 billion, a 3.7% increase compared to Q2 2023. This growth was fueled by a 4.8% organic revenue increase and a 2.1% contribution from acquisitions, offset by a 2.6% decline related to dispositions and a 0.6% unfavorable impact from foreign currency translation.
Net earnings for the six months ended June 30, 2024, increased 94.1% to $914.0 million, or $6.57 diluted earnings per share. The increase in net earnings is driven by the after-tax gain on the sale of De-Sta-Co of $414.5 million.
Gross profit margin improved to 37.7% for the quarter, a 160 basis point increase year-over-year. This improvement was attributed to volume leverage and mix, pricing actions, and productivity actions.