IR vs. PH, ITW, XYL, DOV, SNA, PNR, IEX, GGG, SWK, and NDSN
Should you be buying Ingersoll Rand stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ingersoll Rand include Parker-Hannifin (PH), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), IDEX (IEX), Graco (GGG), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), and Nordson (NDSN). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Ingersoll Rand vs.
Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) and Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Ingersoll Rand presently has a consensus price target of $106.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.20%. Parker-Hannifin has a consensus price target of $722.94, indicating a potential upside of 6.95%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Parker-Hannifin.
Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parker-Hannifin has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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 1.0%. 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.
Ingersoll Rand received 7 more outperform votes than Parker-Hannifin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.84% of users gave Parker-Hannifin an outperform vote while only 61.69% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Parker-Hannifin had 19 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Parker-Hannifin and 9 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Parker-Hannifin's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.78 indicating that Parker-Hannifin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Parker-Hannifin beats Ingersoll Rand on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:IR) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
