RBC Bearings (RBC) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in RBC or IR?

95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of RBC Bearings 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, RBC or IR?

RBC Bearings has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RBC or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 487 more outperform votes than RBC Bearings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 55.58% of users gave RBC Bearings an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RBC Bearings	Outperform Votes 244 55.58%	Underperform Votes 195 44.42%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 731 61.69%	Underperform Votes 454 38.31%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, RBC or IR?

Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than RBC Bearings. Ingersoll Rand is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RBC Bearings, 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
RBC Bearings	$1.56B	6.28	$209.90M	$6.85	45.58
Ingersoll Rand	$6.88B	5.39	$778.70M	$2.05	44.83

Do analysts prefer RBC or IR?

RBC Bearings presently has a consensus price target of $325.33, indicating a potential upside of 4.21%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus price target of $106.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.89%. Given Ingersoll Rand's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than RBC Bearings.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RBC Bearings	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Is RBC or IR 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
RBC Bearings	14.06%	9.88%	5.86%
Ingersoll Rand	11.72%	13.01%	7.77%

Does the media refer more to RBC or IR?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 11 more articles in the media than RBC Bearings. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 4 mentions for RBC Bearings. RBC Bearings' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.74 indicating that RBC Bearings is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RBC Bearings	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ingersoll Rand	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats RBC Bearings on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.