Nordson (NDSN) Competitors

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

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

95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.1% of Nordson shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Nordson shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor IR or NDSN?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 18 more articles in the media than Nordson. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 21 mentions for Nordson. Nordson's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.26 indicating that Nordson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ingersoll Rand	10 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Nordson	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate IR or NDSN?

Ingersoll Rand currently has a consensus target price of $104.75, suggesting a potential upside of 25.20%. Nordson has a consensus target price of $279.25, suggesting a potential upside of 29.62%. Given Nordson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nordson is more favorable than Ingersoll Rand.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54
Nordson	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Is IR or NDSN 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 19.31% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingersoll Rand	11.59%	12.78%	7.45%
Nordson	16.93%	19.31%	10.11%

Which has more risk and volatility, IR or NDSN?

Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nordson has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, IR or NDSN?

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
Ingersoll Rand	$7.24B	4.66	$838.60M	$2.06	40.61
Nordson	$2.67B	4.60	$467.28M	$7.86	27.41

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IR or NDSN?

Ingersoll Rand received 278 more outperform votes than Nordson when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.65% of users gave Nordson an outperform vote while only 61.60% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 733 61.60%	Underperform Votes 457 38.40%
Nordson	Outperform Votes 455 61.65%	Underperform Votes 283 38.35%

Is IR or NDSN a better dividend stock?

Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Nordson pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nordson pays out 39.7% 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.

Summary

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