ITT (ITT) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend ITT or IR?

ITT presently has a consensus price target of $166.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.09%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus price target of $106.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.89%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than ITT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ITT	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Is ITT or IR a better dividend stock?

ITT pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. ITT pays out 21.8% 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.

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

91.6% of ITT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of ITT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ITT or IR more profitable?

ITT has a net margin of 13.67% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.72%. ITT's return on equity of 17.98% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ITT	13.67%	17.98%	10.64%
Ingersoll Rand	11.72%	13.01%	7.77%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ITT or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 277 more outperform votes than ITT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 57.47% of users gave ITT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ITT	Outperform Votes 454 57.47%	Underperform Votes 336 42.53%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 731 61.69%	Underperform Votes 454 38.31%

Does the media refer more to ITT or IR?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 4 more articles in the media than ITT. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 11 mentions for ITT. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat ITT's score of 0.14 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ITT	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ingersoll Rand	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, ITT or IR?

Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than ITT. ITT 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
ITT	$3.28B	3.76	$410.50M	$5.86	25.81
Ingersoll Rand	$6.88B	5.39	$778.70M	$2.05	44.83

Which has more volatility and risk, ITT or IR?

ITT has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats ITT on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.