Snap-on (SNA) Competitors

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

Is SNA or IR a better dividend stock?

Snap-on pays an annual dividend of $8.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Snap-on pays out 44.1% 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. Snap-on has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Snap-on is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, SNA or IR?

Snap-on has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SNA or IR?

84.9% of Snap-on shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Snap-on shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SNA or IR more profitable?

Snap-on has a net margin of 22.13% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.72%. Snap-on's return on equity of 19.44% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Snap-on	22.13%	19.44%	13.24%
Ingersoll Rand	11.72%	13.01%	7.77%

Do analysts recommend SNA or IR?

Snap-on currently has a consensus price target of $345.40, indicating a potential downside of 0.80%. 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 probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Snap-on.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Snap-on	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SNA or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 359 more outperform votes than Snap-on when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 61.39% of users gave Snap-on an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Snap-on	Outperform Votes 372 61.39%	Underperform Votes 234 38.61%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 731 61.69%	Underperform Votes 454 38.31%

Does the media favor SNA or IR?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 4 more articles in the media than Snap-on. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 7 mentions for Snap-on. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Snap-on's score of 0.69 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Snap-on	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ingersoll Rand	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SNA or IR?

Snap-on has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ingersoll Rand. Snap-on 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
Snap-on	$4.73B	3.87	$1.01B	$19.43	17.92
Ingersoll Rand	$6.88B	5.39	$778.70M	$2.05	44.83

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats Snap-on on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.