Dover Corp vs Gilead Sciences, Inc. — how do they compare? Dover Corp trades at $208.79 (market cap $28.07B), while Gilead Sciences, Inc. trades at $135.49 (market cap $168.35B). The key difference: Gilead Sciences, Inc. is far larger — about 6× Dover Corp's market cap, and Gilead Sciences, Inc. pays the higher dividend (2.42%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| DOV | GILD | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $28.07B | $168.35B |
Sector | Industrials | Health |
52-Week High | $233.31 | $155.80 |
52-Week Low | $161.16 | $110.56 |
Enterprise Value | $29.58B | $191.42B |
Dividend Yield | 1.01% | 2.42% |
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Dover is a diversified industrial manufacturing company with products and services that include digital printing for fast-moving consuming goods, marking and coding for the food and beverage industry, loaders for the waste collection industry, pumps for the transport of fluids, including petroleum and natural gas, and commercial refrigerators used in groceries and convenience stores. Most of the business operates in the United States. After the spinoff of Apergy, the company operates through five segments: engineered systems, clean energy and fueling solutions, imaging and identification, pumps and process solutions, and climate and sustainability technologies equipment.
Read more on DOV →Gilead Sciences develops and markets therapies to treat life-threatening infectious diseases, with the core of its portfolio focused on HIV and hepatitis B and C. The acquisitions of Corus Pharma, Myogen, CV Therapeutics, Arresto Biosciences, and Calistoga have broadened this focus to include pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Gilead's acquisition of Pharmasset brought rights to hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, which is also part of combination drug Harvoni, and the Kite, Forty Seven, and Immunomedics acquisitions boost Gilead's exposure to cell therapy and noncell therapy in oncology.
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