SNA vs. IR, XYL, DOV, PNR, GGG, IEX, SWK, NDSN, ITT, and RBC
Should you be buying Snap-on stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Snap-on include Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Pentair (PNR), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Nordson (NDSN), ITT (ITT), and RBC Bearings (RBC). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Snap-on vs.
Snap-on (NYSE:SNA) and Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 2 more articles in the media than Snap-on. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 15 mentions for Snap-on. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Snap-on's score of 1.56 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Snap-on has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less 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.
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 43.9% 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 increased 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.
Snap-on currently has a consensus price target of $346.40, indicating a potential upside of 3.10%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus price target of $105.36, indicating a potential upside of 27.90%. Given Ingersoll Rand's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Snap-on.
Ingersoll Rand received 359 more outperform votes than Snap-on when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.63% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 61.58% of users gave Snap-on an outperform vote.
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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Snap-on has a net margin of 21.71% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.59%. Snap-on's return on equity of 19.20% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.
Summary
Ingersoll Rand beats Snap-on on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SNA) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
