IDEX (IEX) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in IEX or IR?

98.0% of IDEX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of IDEX 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is IEX or IR more profitable?

IDEX has a net margin of 15.35% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.72%. IDEX's return on equity of 15.92% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IDEX	15.35%	15.92%	9.46%
Ingersoll Rand	11.72%	13.01%	7.77%

Is IEX or IR a better dividend stock?

IDEX pays an annual dividend of $2.76 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%. IDEX pays out 42.7% 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.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, IEX or IR?

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
IDEX	$3.27B	5.36	$596.10M	$6.46	35.88
Ingersoll Rand	$6.88B	6.16	$778.70M	$2.05	51.28

Does the media prefer IEX or IR?

In the previous week, IDEX had 11 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for IDEX and 16 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. IDEX's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 1.02 indicating that IDEX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IDEX	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ingersoll Rand	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate IEX or IR?

IDEX currently has a consensus price target of $241.14, indicating a potential upside of 4.03%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus price target of $103.83, indicating a potential downside of 1.22%. Given IDEX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe IDEX is more favorable than Ingersoll Rand.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IDEX	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IEX or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 258 more outperform votes than IDEX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.49% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 58.59% of users gave IDEX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IDEX	Outperform Votes 467 58.59%	Underperform Votes 330 41.41%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 725 61.49%	Underperform Votes 454 38.51%

Which has more risk & volatility, IEX or IR?

IDEX has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

IDEX and Ingersoll Rand tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.