Ingersoll Rand (IR) Competitors

Axon Enterprise (LON:AXON) and Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate AXON or IR?

Ingersoll Rand has a consensus target price of $98.70, indicating a potential upside of 13.87%. Given Ingersoll Rand's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Axon Enterprise.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Axon Enterprise	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Is AXON or IR more profitable?

Ingersoll Rand has a net margin of 11.30% compared to Axon Enterprise's net margin of 0.00%. Ingersoll Rand's return on equity of 12.33% beat Axon Enterprise's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Axon Enterprise	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ingersoll Rand	11.30%	12.33%	7.01%

Which has better earnings and valuation, AXON or IR?

Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than Axon Enterprise.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Axon Enterprise	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ingersoll Rand	$7.24B	4.83	$838.60M	$2.02	42.91

Does the media refer more to AXON or IR?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 14 more articles in the media than Axon Enterprise. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 4 mentions for Axon Enterprise. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Axon Enterprise's score of -0.17 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AXON or IR?

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

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats Axon Enterprise on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.