Diversified manufacturer Dover Corp (NYSE: DOV) posted a 16% rise in its second-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by sustained demand for its engineered products, sending its shares up about 2% in premarket trading.
The Grove, Illinois-based company’s Engineered Products unit, which serves the automotive, aerospace, and defense sectors, reported a nearly 5.5% rise in sales from a year ago.
Dover Corp (NYSE: DOV) manufactures consumable supplies, aftermarket parts, software, and digital solutions to serve a variety of industries. It has been streamlining its portfolio to focus on higher margin operations, after earlier saying that it was taking a constructive approach in the second half of the year.
In July, the company agreed to sell its environmental solutions unit, which builds machinery and other ancillary equipment for the waste collection industry, to Terex Corp (NYSE: TEX) in an all-cash deal valued at $2 billion.
Dover’s net income in the quarter ended June 30 rose to $282 million, or $2.04 per share, compared with $242 million, or $1.72 per share a year ago.
The company reported a 4% rise in quarterly revenue, to about $2.2 billion, from a year ago.
(Source: Reuters)
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