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$84.71 -0.04 (-0.05%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

GGG vs. IR, XYL, DOV, SNA, PNR, IEX, NDSN, SWK, ITT, and LECO

Should you be buying Graco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Graco include Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), IDEX (IEX), Nordson (NDSN), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), ITT (ITT), and Lincoln Electric (LECO). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Graco vs.

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

Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graco has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ingersoll Rand$7.16B5.20$778.70M$2.0545.01
Graco$2.13B6.71$506.51M$2.8329.93

In the previous week, Graco had 1 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Graco and 10 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Graco's score of 1.10 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
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Graco
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Graco pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graco pays out 38.9% 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.

95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Graco shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Graco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ingersoll Rand received 339 more outperform votes than Graco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.59% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 60.69% of users gave Graco an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ingersoll RandOutperform Votes
728
61.59%
Underperform Votes
454
38.41%
GracoOutperform Votes
389
60.69%
Underperform Votes
252
39.31%

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
Ingersoll Rand11.72% 13.01% 7.77%
Graco 22.87%21.24%17.74%

Ingersoll Rand currently has a consensus target price of $107.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.67%. Graco has a consensus target price of $92.40, indicating a potential upside of 9.08%. Given Ingersoll Rand's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Graco.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ingersoll Rand
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54
Graco
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GGG vs. The Competition

MetricGracoPumps & pumping equipment IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$14.30B$11.32B$9.23B$19.19B
Dividend Yield1.18%1.27%2.07%3.57%
P/E Ratio29.9329.5521.0841.24
Price / Sales6.713.114.8517.58
Price / Cash25.3322.1119.2621.28
Price / Book6.403.674.245.32
Net Income$506.51M$329.12M$398.18M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-3.71%-3.53%-4.68%-3.59%
1 Month Performance-4.32%-2.08%-0.46%-2.48%
1 Year Performance-0.29%8.66%16.08%13.87%

Graco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GGG
Graco
3.8256 of 5 stars
$84.71
0.0%
$92.40
+9.1%
-0.3%$14.30B$2.13B29.934,000Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
Positive News
High Trading Volume
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.4328 of 5 stars
$100.05
-1.0%
$107.67
+7.6%
+23.3%$40.32B$7.16B49.3218,000Positive News
XYL
Xylem
4.9698 of 5 stars
$121.46
+0.7%
$152.20
+25.3%
+6.8%$29.51B$8.42B35.262,300
DOV
Dover
4.7903 of 5 stars
$200.89
-0.1%
$213.91
+6.5%
+25.4%$27.56B$8.47B17.9825,000Analyst Upgrade
SNA
Snap-on
4.5402 of 5 stars
$352.27
-0.8%
$345.40
-2.0%
+21.0%$18.50B$4.71B18.282,700Insider Trade
Positive News
PNR
Pentair
4.6877 of 5 stars
$107.98
+0.8%
$109.38
+1.3%
+44.4%$17.84B$4.10B26.7910,500Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
Positive News
IEX
IDEX
4.5541 of 5 stars
$223.85
+0.4%
$243.14
+8.6%
+0.1%$16.95B$3.19B34.528,800Positive News
NDSN
Nordson
4.7341 of 5 stars
$225.75
-0.3%
$279.00
+23.6%
-17.8%$12.91B$2.69B27.927,900Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
SWK
Stanley Black & Decker
4.8315 of 5 stars
$83.23
+0.5%
$102.29
+22.9%
-14.7%$12.83B$15.38B-60.4450,500Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
ITT
ITT
4.3738 of 5 stars
$151.51
+0.5%
$166.75
+10.1%
+24.1%$12.35B$3.53B25.7210,600Analyst Downgrade
LECO
Lincoln Electric
3.7513 of 5 stars
$202.65
-0.6%
$225.17
+11.1%
-11.5%$11.43B$4.05B24.3212,000Analyst Revision

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