Ingersoll Rand (IR) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, IR or PH?

Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in IR or PH?

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	$7.16B	5.86	$778.70M	$2.05	50.73
Parker-Hannifin	$19.99B	4.55	$2.84B	$22.14	31.93

Is IR or PH more profitable?

Parker-Hannifin has a net margin of 14.47% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.72%. Parker-Hannifin's return on equity of 27.95% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingersoll Rand	11.72%	13.01%	7.77%
Parker-Hannifin	14.47%	27.95%	11.33%

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 0.9%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parker-Hannifin pays out 29.4% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IR or PH?

Ingersoll Rand received 6 more outperform votes than Parker-Hannifin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.68% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 61.49% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 725 61.49%	Underperform Votes 454 38.51%
Parker-Hannifin	Outperform Votes 719 63.68%	Underperform Votes 410 36.32%

Do analysts rate IR or PH?

Ingersoll Rand presently has a consensus target price of $103.83, suggesting a potential downside of 0.16%. Parker-Hannifin has a consensus target price of $691.40, suggesting a potential downside of 2.19%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher possible upside, equities 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)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54
Parker-Hannifin	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

Does the media favor IR or PH?

In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 23 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 17 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Parker-Hannifin's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.62 indicating that Parker-Hannifin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ingersoll Rand	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Parker-Hannifin	28 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Parker-Hannifin beats Ingersoll Rand on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.