Ingersoll Rand (IR) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of IR or PH?

95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Parker-Hannifin shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IR or PH?

Ingersoll Rand received 1 more outperform votes than Parker-Hannifin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.86% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 61.64% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 736 61.64%	Underperform Votes 458 38.36%
Parker-Hannifin	Outperform Votes 735 63.86%	Underperform Votes 416 36.14%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, IR or PH?

Parker-Hannifin has higher revenue and earnings than Ingersoll Rand. Parker-Hannifin 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	4.09	$838.60M	$2.06	35.62
Parker-Hannifin	$19.91B	3.68	$2.84B	$24.16	23.56

Is IR or PH more profitable?

Parker-Hannifin has a net margin of 15.87% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.59%. Parker-Hannifin's return on equity of 27.34% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingersoll Rand	11.59%	12.78%	7.45%
Parker-Hannifin	15.87%	27.34%	11.64%

Does the media prefer IR or PH?

In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 22 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 26 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Parker-Hannifin's score of 1.07 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	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Parker-Hannifin	29 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend IR or PH?

Ingersoll Rand currently has a consensus target price of $102.82, suggesting a potential upside of 40.14%. Parker-Hannifin has a consensus target price of $713.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.25%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Parker-Hannifin.

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
Parker-Hannifin	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Which has more volatility & risk, IR or PH?

Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IR or PH a better dividend stock?

Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Parker-Hannifin pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parker-Hannifin pays out 27.0% 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. Parker-Hannifin has raised its dividend for 69 consecutive years. Parker-Hannifin is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Parker-Hannifin beats Ingersoll Rand on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.