Pentair (PNR) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PNR or IR?

92.4% of Pentair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Pentair shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by company 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.

Do analysts recommend PNR or IR?

Pentair presently has a consensus target price of $112.93, suggesting a potential upside of 23.83%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus target price of $105.36, suggesting a potential upside of 28.37%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher possible 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

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.

Which has preferable 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	$4.08B	3.68	$625.40M	$3.74	24.39
Ingersoll Rand	$7.24B	4.57	$838.60M	$2.06	39.84

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PNR or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 76 more outperform votes than Pentair when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.63% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 57.37% of users gave Pentair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pentair	Outperform Votes 658 57.37%	Underperform Votes 489 42.63%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 734 61.63%	Underperform Votes 457 38.37%

Which has more risk & volatility, PNR or IR?

Pentair has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PNR or IR?

In the previous week, Pentair had 1 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Pentair and 18 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Pentair's score of 1.58 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	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Ingersoll Rand	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

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%

Summary

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