Pentair (PNR) Competitors

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) and Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) are both large-cap business services 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.

Do analysts recommend PNR or IR?

Pentair presently has a consensus price target of $109.38, indicating a potential upside of 7.28%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus price target of $107.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.67%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Pentair.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pentair	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Which has more volatility & risk, PNR or IR?

Pentair has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PNR or IR?

Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than Pentair. Pentair 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
Pentair	$4.09B	4.11	$622.70M	$4.00	25.49
Ingersoll Rand	$7.16B	5.20	$778.70M	$2.05	45.01

Is PNR or IR a better dividend stock?

Pentair pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Pentair pays out 23.0% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PNR or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 76 more outperform votes than Pentair when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.59% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 57.24% of users gave Pentair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pentair	Outperform Votes 652 57.24%	Underperform Votes 487 42.76%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 728 61.59%	Underperform Votes 454 38.41%

Is PNR or IR more profitable?

Pentair has a net margin of 16.29% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.72%. Pentair's return on equity of 20.48% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pentair	16.29%	20.48%	10.48%
Ingersoll Rand	11.72%	13.01%	7.77%

Does the media favor PNR or IR?

In the previous week, Pentair had 3 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Pentair and 10 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Pentair's score of 1.16 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pentair	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ingersoll Rand	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

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

92.4% of Pentair shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Pentair shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand 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

Ingersoll Rand beats Pentair on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.