Nordson (NDSN) Competitors

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

Is NDSN or IR more profitable?

Nordson has a net margin of 16.93% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.59%. Nordson's return on equity of 19.28% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nordson	16.93%	19.28%	9.92%
Ingersoll Rand	11.59%	12.78%	7.45%

Which has more volatility and risk, NDSN or IR?

Nordson has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend NDSN or IR?

Nordson currently has a consensus target price of $250.20, indicating a potential upside of 35.65%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus target price of $100.36, indicating a potential upside of 36.79%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Nordson.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nordson	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Is NDSN or IR a better dividend stock?

Nordson pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Nordson pays out 39.7% 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 raised its dividend for 62 consecutive years. Nordson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NDSN or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 280 more outperform votes than Nordson when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.67% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 61.67% of users gave Nordson an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nordson	Outperform Votes 457 61.67%	Underperform Votes 284 38.33%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 737 61.67%	Underperform Votes 458 38.33%

Do institutionals and insiders believe 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. 0.8% of Nordson shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	$2.67B	3.93	$467.28M	$7.86	23.47
Ingersoll Rand	$7.24B	4.09	$838.60M	$2.06	35.62

Does the media favor NDSN or IR?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 7 more articles in the media than Nordson. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 20 mentions for Nordson. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Nordson's score of 0.98 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	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ingersoll Rand	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats Nordson on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.