Crane (CR) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer IR or CR?

Ingersoll Rand presently has a consensus target price of $100.36, indicating a potential upside of 37.89%. Crane has a consensus target price of $169.60, indicating a potential upside of 19.58%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Crane.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
Crane	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

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

95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Crane shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Crane shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, IR or CR?

Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crane has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IR or CR a better dividend stock?

Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Crane pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crane pays out 18.2% 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 IR or CR 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
Ingersoll Rand	11.59%	12.78%	7.45%
Crane	13.10%	24.45%	10.14%

Does the media favor IR or CR?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand and Ingersoll Rand both had 26 articles in the media. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Crane's score of 0.25 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ingersoll Rand	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Crane	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher earnings & valuation, IR or CR?

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
Ingersoll Rand	$7.24B	4.06	$838.60M	$2.06	35.33
Crane	$2.13B	3.82	$401.10M	$5.06	28.03

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IR or CR?

Ingersoll Rand received 300 more outperform votes than Crane when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.67% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 59.38% of users gave Crane an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 737 61.67%	Underperform Votes 458 38.33%
Crane	Outperform Votes 437 59.38%	Underperform Votes 299 40.63%

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats Crane on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.