Pentair (PNR) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, PNR or IR?

Pentair has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PNR or IR a better dividend stock?

Pentair pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Pentair pays out 26.7% 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 analysts recommend PNR or IR?

Pentair currently has a consensus target price of $111.25, indicating a potential upside of 19.76%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus target price of $104.75, indicating a potential upside of 25.20%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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	$4.08B	3.76	$625.40M	$3.74	24.84
Ingersoll Rand	$7.24B	4.66	$838.60M	$2.06	40.61

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PNR or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 78 more outperform votes than Pentair when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.60% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 57.26% of users gave Pentair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pentair	Outperform Votes 655 57.26%	Underperform Votes 489 42.74%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 733 61.60%	Underperform Votes 457 38.40%

Is PNR or IR 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
Pentair	15.32%	20.94%	11.05%
Ingersoll Rand	11.59%	12.78%	7.45%

Do insiders and 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. 1.1% 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor PNR or IR?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 16 more articles in the media than Pentair. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 19 mentions for Pentair. Pentair's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.26 indicating that Pentair is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pentair	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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

Summary

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