Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SWK or IR?

Ingersoll Rand has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stanley Black & Decker. Stanley Black & Decker 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
Stanley Black & Decker	$15.37B	0.60	$294.30M	$1.94	30.81
Ingersoll Rand	$7.24B	4.11	$838.60M	$2.06	35.79

Is SWK or IR more profitable?

Ingersoll Rand has a net margin of 11.59% compared to Stanley Black & Decker's net margin of 1.92%. Ingersoll Rand's return on equity of 12.78% beat Stanley Black & Decker's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stanley Black & Decker	1.92%	7.50%	2.91%
Ingersoll Rand	11.59%	12.78%	7.45%

Is SWK or IR a better dividend stock?

Stanley Black & Decker pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Stanley Black & Decker pays out 169.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ingersoll Rand pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stanley Black & Decker has raised its dividend for 58 consecutive years. Stanley Black & Decker is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor SWK or IR?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 3 more articles in the media than Stanley Black & Decker. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 24 mentions for Stanley Black & Decker. Stanley Black & Decker's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 1.00 indicating that Stanley Black & Decker is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Stanley Black & Decker	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ingersoll Rand	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, SWK or IR?

Stanley Black & Decker has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SWK or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 179 more outperform votes than Stanley Black & Decker when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.67% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 58.80% of users gave Stanley Black & Decker an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Stanley Black & Decker	Outperform Votes 558 58.80%	Underperform Votes 391 41.20%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 737 61.67%	Underperform Votes 458 38.33%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SWK or IR?

87.8% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer SWK or IR?

Stanley Black & Decker presently has a consensus price target of $102.20, indicating a potential upside of 70.99%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus price target of $100.36, indicating a potential upside of 36.14%. Given Stanley Black & Decker's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Stanley Black & Decker is more favorable than Ingersoll Rand.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Stanley Black & Decker	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats Stanley Black & Decker on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.