Nordson (NDSN) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NDSN or IR?

72.1% of Nordson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Nordson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer NDSN or IR?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 11 more articles in the media than Nordson. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 1 mentions for Nordson. Nordson's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.80 indicating that Nordson is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nordson	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Ingersoll Rand	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is NDSN or IR a better dividend stock?

Nordson pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. 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.

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 preferable valuation and 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	$2.69B	4.59	$467.28M	$8.11	26.68
Ingersoll Rand	$7.16B	5.17	$778.70M	$2.05	44.83

Which has more risk & volatility, NDSN or IR?

Nordson has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NDSN or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 277 more outperform votes than Nordson when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 61.60% of users gave Nordson an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nordson	Outperform Votes 454 61.60%	Underperform Votes 283 38.40%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 731 61.69%	Underperform Votes 454 38.31%

Do analysts rate NDSN or IR?

Nordson presently has a consensus target price of $279.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.94%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus target price of $106.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.89%. Given Nordson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research 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

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats Nordson on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.