Dover has been a favorite stock of income investors, as the company has marked a 57 th consecutive year of dividend increases. The forward dividend payment reaches $1.40 per share, with a dividend yield at 1.70%. Moreover, Dover also returns cash to shareholders via share repurchases. In early 2014, the company expects to complete the $1 billion share buyback program, delivering a 6.9% buyback yield to shareholders. At the current trading price at $84.70 per share, Dover is valued at 9.73 times its trailing EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization). How about Ingersoll-Rand PLC (NYSE: IR ) and Weatherford International Ltd (NYSE: WFT )? Compared to its peers including Ingersoll-Rand PLC (NYSE:IR) and Weatherford International Ltd (NYSE:WFT), Dover's EBITDA multiple stays in between.