Nordson (NDSN) Competitors

Nordson (NASDAQ:NDSN) and Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.

Is NDSN or IR a better dividend stock?

Nordson pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Nordson pays out 38.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ingersoll Rand pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Nordson has increased its dividend for 62 consecutive years. Nordson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate NDSN or IR?

Nordson currently has a consensus price target of $279.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.03%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus price target of $107.67, suggesting a potential upside of 16.67%. Given Nordson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Nordson is more favorable than Ingersoll Rand.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nordson	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Is NDSN or IR more profitable?

Nordson has a net margin of 17.37% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.72%. Nordson's return on equity of 19.87% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nordson	17.37%	19.87%	10.38%
Ingersoll Rand	11.72%	13.01%	7.77%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, NDSN or IR?

Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than Nordson. Nordson 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
Nordson	$2.69B	4.46	$487.49M	$8.11	25.86
Ingersoll Rand	$7.16B	5.20	$778.70M	$2.05	45.01

Which has more risk & volatility, NDSN or IR?

Nordson has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to NDSN or IR?

In the previous week, Nordson had 24 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Nordson and 8 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Nordson's score of 0.35 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nordson	5 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ingersoll Rand	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NDSN or IR?

72.1% of Nordson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Nordson shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NDSN or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 274 more outperform votes than Nordson when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.60% of users gave Nordson an outperform vote while only 61.59% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nordson	Outperform Votes 454 61.60%	Underperform Votes 283 38.40%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 728 61.59%	Underperform Votes 454 38.41%

Summary

Nordson beats Ingersoll Rand on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.