ITT (ITT) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IR or ITT?

Ingersoll Rand received 276 more outperform votes than ITT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.59% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 57.43% of users gave ITT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 728 61.59%	Underperform Votes 454 38.41%
ITT	Outperform Votes 452 57.43%	Underperform Votes 335 42.57%

Is IR or ITT 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
Ingersoll Rand	11.72%	13.01%	7.77%
ITT	13.67%	17.98%	10.64%

Do analysts rate IR or ITT?

Ingersoll Rand presently has a consensus price target of $107.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.37%. ITT has a consensus price target of $166.75, indicating a potential upside of 11.87%. Given ITT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ITT is more favorable than Ingersoll Rand.

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

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 $1.27 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 21.7% 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 institutionals & insiders hold more shares of 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of ITT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer IR or ITT?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 3 more articles in the media than ITT. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 17 mentions for ITT. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat ITT's score of 0.59 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ingersoll Rand	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ITT	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, IR or ITT?

Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ITT has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger 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	$7.16B	5.49	$778.70M	$2.05	47.59
ITT	$3.53B	3.44	$410.50M	$5.86	25.44

Summary

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