ITT (ITT) Competitors

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

Is IR or ITT more profitable?

ITT has a net margin of 14.27% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.59%. ITT's return on equity of 18.03% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingersoll Rand	11.59%	12.78%	7.45%
ITT	14.27%	18.03%	10.44%

Do analysts prefer IR or ITT?

Ingersoll Rand currently has a consensus price target of $104.75, indicating a potential upside of 25.20%. ITT has a consensus price target of $168.38, indicating a potential upside of 18.70%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than ITT.

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
ITT	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in IR or ITT?

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

Which has more volatility and risk, IR or ITT?

Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ITT has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, IR or ITT?

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
Ingersoll Rand	$7.24B	4.66	$838.60M	$2.06	40.61
ITT	$3.63B	3.18	$518.30M	$6.30	22.52

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IR or ITT?

Ingersoll Rand received 274 more outperform votes than ITT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.60% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 57.66% of users gave ITT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 733 61.60%	Underperform Votes 457 38.40%
ITT	Outperform Votes 459 57.66%	Underperform Votes 337 42.34%

Does the media prefer IR or ITT?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 23 more articles in the media than ITT. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 13 mentions for ITT. ITT's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.26 indicating that ITT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ingersoll Rand	10 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ITT	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is IR or ITT a better dividend stock?

Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. ITT pays an annual dividend of $1.28 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. ITT pays out 20.3% 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.

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats ITT on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.