Crane (CR) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, CR or IR?

Crane has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CR or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 297 more outperform votes than Crane when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.60% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 59.56% of users gave Crane an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crane	Outperform Votes 436 59.56%	Underperform Votes 296 40.44%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 733 61.60%	Underperform Votes 457 38.40%

Is CR or IR a better dividend stock?

Crane pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Crane pays out 18.2% 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.

Do analysts recommend CR or IR?

Crane presently has a consensus price target of $174.80, indicating a potential upside of 5.79%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus price target of $104.75, indicating a potential upside of 25.20%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Crane.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crane	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CR or IR?

Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than Crane. Crane 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
Crane	$2.13B	4.44	$401.10M	$5.06	32.65
Ingersoll Rand	$7.24B	4.66	$838.60M	$2.06	40.61

Is CR or IR more profitable?

Crane has a net margin of 13.10% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.59%. Crane's return on equity of 24.45% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crane	13.10%	24.45%	10.14%
Ingersoll Rand	11.59%	12.78%	7.45%

Does the media prefer CR or IR?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 16 more articles in the media than Crane. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 23 mentions for Crane. Crane's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.26 indicating that Crane is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crane	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CR or IR?

75.1% of Crane shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Crane 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats Crane on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.