RBC Bearings (RBC) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to RBC or IR?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 5 more articles in the media than RBC Bearings. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 13 mentions for RBC Bearings. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat RBC Bearings' score of 1.27 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RBC Bearings	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	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 RBC or IR a better dividend stock?

RBC Bearings pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. RBC Bearings pays out 18.1% 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.

Is RBC or IR more profitable?

RBC Bearings has a net margin of 14.59% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.59%. Ingersoll Rand's return on equity of 12.78% beat RBC Bearings' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RBC Bearings	14.59%	10.06%	6.11%
Ingersoll Rand	11.59%	12.78%	7.45%

Do analysts prefer RBC or IR?

RBC Bearings presently has a consensus target price of $361.20, suggesting a potential upside of 7.87%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus target price of $105.36, suggesting a potential upside of 28.17%. Given Ingersoll Rand's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Which has more volatility and risk, RBC or IR?

RBC Bearings has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in RBC or IR?

95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of RBC Bearings shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RBC or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 487 more outperform votes than RBC Bearings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.63% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 55.88% of users gave RBC Bearings an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RBC Bearings	Outperform Votes 247 55.88%	Underperform Votes 195 44.12%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 734 61.63%	Underperform Votes 457 38.37%

Which has preferable 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	$1.61B	6.52	$209.90M	$7.28	46.00
Ingersoll Rand	$7.24B	4.58	$838.60M	$2.06	39.91

Summary

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