RBC Bearings (RBC) Competitors

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

Is IR or RBC more profitable?

RBC Bearings has a net margin of 14.06% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.72%. Ingersoll Rand's return on equity of 13.01% beat RBC Bearings' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingersoll Rand	11.72%	13.01%	7.77%
RBC Bearings	14.06%	9.88%	5.86%

Does the media favor IR or RBC?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 8 more articles in the media than RBC Bearings. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 9 mentions for RBC Bearings. RBC Bearings' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 1.42 indicating that RBC Bearings is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ingersoll Rand	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RBC Bearings	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IR or RBC?

Ingersoll Rand received 485 more outperform votes than RBC Bearings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.59% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 55.48% of users gave RBC Bearings an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 728 61.59%	Underperform Votes 454 38.41%
RBC Bearings	Outperform Votes 243 55.48%	Underperform Votes 195 44.52%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IR or RBC?

95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of RBC Bearings shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, IR or RBC?

Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RBC Bearings has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate IR or RBC?

Ingersoll Rand presently has a consensus target price of $107.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.37%. RBC Bearings has a consensus target price of $324.67, indicating a potential upside of 1.28%. Given Ingersoll Rand's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than RBC Bearings.

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
RBC Bearings	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is IR or RBC a better dividend stock?

Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. RBC Bearings pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RBC Bearings pays out 19.3% 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 stronger earnings & valuation, IR or RBC?

Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than RBC Bearings. RBC Bearings 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
RBC Bearings	$1.59B	6.33	$209.90M	$6.85	46.80

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats RBC Bearings on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.