Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SWK or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 173 more outperform votes than Stanley Black & Decker when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.59% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 58.85% of users gave Stanley Black & Decker an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Stanley Black & Decker	Outperform Votes 555 58.85%	Underperform Votes 388 41.15%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 728 61.59%	Underperform Votes 454 38.41%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SWK or IR?

87.8% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held 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.

Is SWK or IR more profitable?

Ingersoll Rand has a net margin of 11.72% compared to Stanley Black & Decker's net margin of -1.33%. Ingersoll Rand's return on equity of 13.01% beat Stanley Black & Decker's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stanley Black & Decker	-1.33%	6.44%	2.47%
Ingersoll Rand	11.72%	13.01%	7.77%

Do analysts rate SWK or IR?

Stanley Black & Decker presently has a consensus price target of $103.25, indicating a potential upside of 25.91%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus price target of $107.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.67%. Given Stanley Black & Decker's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Which has more risk & volatility, SWK or IR?

Stanley Black & Decker has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 4.0%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Stanley Black & Decker pays out -239.4% 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. 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 refer more to SWK or IR?

In the previous week, Stanley Black & Decker had 9 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Stanley Black & Decker and 10 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Stanley Black & Decker's score of 0.45 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Stanley Black & Decker	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ingersoll Rand	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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	$15.38B	0.82	-$281.70M	-$1.37	-59.85
Ingersoll Rand	$7.16B	5.20	$778.70M	$2.05	45.01

Summary

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