WWD vs. IR, XYL, DOV, SNA, PNR, IEX, GGG, SWK, NDSN, and LECO
Should you be buying Woodward stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Woodward include Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), IDEX (IEX), Graco (GGG), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Nordson (NDSN), and Lincoln Electric (LECO). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Woodward vs.
Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) and Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Woodward pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Woodward pays out 16.8% 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.
95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Woodward shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Woodward shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ingersoll Rand has a net margin of 11.59% compared to Woodward's net margin of 11.18%. Woodward's return on equity of 16.76% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.
Ingersoll Rand presently has a consensus price target of $104.75, suggesting a potential upside of 25.20%. Woodward has a consensus price target of $197.38, suggesting a potential upside of 6.84%. Given Ingersoll Rand's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Woodward.
Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodward has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ingersoll Rand received 366 more outperform votes than Woodward when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.60% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 58.72% of users gave Woodward an outperform vote.
Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than Woodward. Woodward is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ingersoll Rand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 33 more articles in the media than Woodward. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 5 mentions for Woodward. Woodward's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.26 indicating that Woodward is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ingersoll Rand beats Woodward on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WWD) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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