RBC Bearings (ROLL) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, ROLL or IR?

RBC Bearings has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of RBC Bearings shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend ROLL or IR?

Ingersoll Rand has a consensus price target of $105.09, indicating a potential upside of 30.93%. Given Ingersoll Rand's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than RBC Bearings.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RBC Bearings	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Is ROLL or IR more profitable?

Ingersoll Rand has a net margin of 11.59% compared to RBC Bearings' net margin of 0.00%. Ingersoll Rand's return on equity of 12.78% beat RBC Bearings' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RBC Bearings	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ingersoll Rand	11.59%	12.78%	7.45%

Does the media refer more to ROLL or IR?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 34 more articles in the media than RBC Bearings. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 1 mentions for RBC Bearings. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat RBC Bearings' score of 0.59 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RBC Bearings	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ingersoll Rand	24 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ROLL or IR?

Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than RBC Bearings. Ingersoll Rand is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RBC Bearings, 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
RBC Bearings	$1.14B	8.26	$59.60M	$2.06	158.06
Ingersoll Rand	$7.24B	4.47	$838.60M	$2.06	38.96

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ROLL or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 735 more outperform votes than RBC Bearings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.66% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave RBC Bearings an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RBC Bearings	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 117 100.00%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 735 61.66%	Underperform Votes 457 38.34%

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats RBC Bearings on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.