Snap-on (SNA) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SNA or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 353 more outperform votes than Snap-on when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.49% 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 725 61.49%	Underperform Votes 454 38.51%

Do analysts recommend SNA or IR?

Snap-on presently has a consensus price target of $345.40, suggesting a potential downside of 3.48%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus price target of $103.83, suggesting a potential upside of 0.69%. Given Ingersoll Rand's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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 media prefer SNA or IR?

In the previous week, Snap-on had 2 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Snap-on and 10 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Snap-on's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.41 indicating that Snap-on is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Snap-on	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ingersoll Rand	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, SNA or IR?

Snap-on has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 2.4%. 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 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.

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%

Which has higher 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	$4.71B	3.99	$1.01B	$19.43	18.42
Ingersoll Rand	$6.88B	6.04	$778.70M	$2.05	50.31

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats Snap-on on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.