Graco (GGG) Competitors

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

Is GGG or IR a better dividend stock?

Graco pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Graco pays out 36.0% 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. Graco has increased its dividend for 29 consecutive years. Graco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

93.9% of Graco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Graco 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer GGG or IR?

Graco presently has a consensus target price of $91.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.32%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus target price of $106.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.89%. Given Ingersoll Rand's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Graco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Graco	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Which has more volatility & risk, GGG or IR?

Graco has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GGG or IR more profitable?

Graco has a net margin of 22.87% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.72%. Graco's return on equity of 21.24% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Graco	22.87%	21.24%	17.74%
Ingersoll Rand	11.72%	13.01%	7.77%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GGG or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 341 more outperform votes than Graco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 60.75% of users gave Graco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Graco	Outperform Votes 390 60.75%	Underperform Votes 252 39.25%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 731 61.69%	Underperform Votes 454 38.31%

Which has better earnings and valuation, GGG or IR?

Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than Graco. Graco 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
Graco	$2.20B	6.56	$506.51M	$2.83	30.13
Ingersoll Rand	$6.88B	5.39	$778.70M	$2.05	44.83

Does the media refer more to GGG or IR?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 6 more articles in the media than Graco. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 7 mentions for Graco. Graco's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.80 indicating that Graco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Graco	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Ingersoll Rand	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats Graco on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.