Pentair (PNR) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate IR or PNR?

Ingersoll Rand presently has a consensus target price of $100.36, suggesting a potential upside of 36.79%. Pentair has a consensus target price of $110.87, suggesting a potential upside of 33.99%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Pentair.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
Pentair	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IR or PNR?

Ingersoll Rand received 76 more outperform votes than Pentair when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.67% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 57.43% of users gave Pentair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 737 61.67%	Underperform Votes 458 38.33%
Pentair	Outperform Votes 661 57.43%	Underperform Votes 490 42.57%

Does the media prefer IR or PNR?

In the previous week, Pentair had 4 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Pentair and 27 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Pentair's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 1.25 indicating that Pentair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ingersoll Rand	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pentair	19 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, IR or PNR?

Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pentair has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IR or PNR more profitable?

Pentair has a net margin of 15.32% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.59%. Pentair's return on equity of 20.94% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingersoll Rand	11.59%	12.78%	7.45%
Pentair	15.32%	20.94%	11.05%

Is IR or PNR a better dividend stock?

Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Pentair pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pentair pays out 26.7% 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, IR or PNR?

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
Ingersoll Rand	$7.24B	4.09	$838.60M	$2.06	35.62
Pentair	$4.08B	3.34	$625.40M	$3.74	22.12

Do institutionals and insiders believe in IR or PNR?

95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Pentair shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Pentair shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Pentair beats Ingersoll Rand on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.