Middleby (MIDD) Competitors

Middleby (NASDAQ:MIDD) and Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has better valuation & earnings, MIDD or IR?

Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than Middleby. Middleby is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ingersoll Rand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Middleby	$3.88B	2.17	$400.88M	$7.90	19.89
Ingersoll Rand	$7.24B	4.53	$838.60M	$2.06	39.50

Do analysts recommend MIDD or IR?

Middleby presently has a consensus price target of $180.86, indicating a potential upside of 15.10%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus price target of $105.09, indicating a potential upside of 29.16%. Given Ingersoll Rand's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Middleby.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Middleby	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Is MIDD or IR more profitable?

Ingersoll Rand has a net margin of 11.59% compared to Middleby's net margin of 10.14%. Middleby's return on equity of 14.66% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Middleby	10.14%	14.66%	7.09%
Ingersoll Rand	11.59%	12.78%	7.45%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MIDD or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 348 more outperform votes than Middleby when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.66% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 59.45% of users gave Middleby an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Middleby	Outperform Votes 387 59.45%	Underperform Votes 264 40.55%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 735 61.66%	Underperform Votes 457 38.34%

Which has more volatility & risk, MIDD or IR?

Middleby has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MIDD or IR?

98.6% of Middleby shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Middleby shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer MIDD or IR?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 8 more articles in the media than Middleby. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 16 mentions for Middleby. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Middleby's score of 1.13 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Middleby	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ingersoll Rand	19 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats Middleby on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.