IDEX (IEX) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, IR or IEX?

Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDEX has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend IR or IEX?

Ingersoll Rand currently has a consensus target price of $104.25, indicating a potential upside of 25.35%. IDEX has a consensus target price of $241.71, indicating a potential upside of 30.48%. Given IDEX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IDEX is more favorable than Ingersoll Rand.

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
IDEX	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is IR or IEX a better dividend stock?

Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. IDEX pays an annual dividend of $2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDEX pays out 41.5% 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. IDEX has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. IDEX is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is IR or IEX more profitable?

IDEX has a net margin of 15.45% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.59%. IDEX's return on equity of 16.08% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingersoll Rand	11.59%	12.78%	7.45%
IDEX	15.45%	16.08%	9.39%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IR or IEX?

Ingersoll Rand received 262 more outperform votes than IDEX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.63% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 58.78% of users gave IDEX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 734 61.63%	Underperform Votes 457 38.37%
IDEX	Outperform Votes 472 58.78%	Underperform Votes 331 41.22%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in IR or IEX?

95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of IDEX shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of IDEX shares are held by 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.

Does the media favor IR or IEX?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 7 more articles in the media than IDEX. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 12 mentions for IDEX. IDEX's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 1.01 indicating that IDEX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ingersoll Rand	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IDEX	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, IR or IEX?

Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than IDEX. IDEX 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	4.63	$838.60M	$2.06	40.37
IDEX	$3.27B	4.29	$505M	$6.65	27.86

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats IDEX on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.