Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) Competitors

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

Is IR or SWK 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
Ingersoll Rand	11.59%	12.78%	7.45%
Stanley Black & Decker	1.92%	7.50%	2.91%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in IR or SWK?

95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Stanley Black & Decker shares are owned by company 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 recommend IR or SWK?

Ingersoll Rand currently has a consensus target price of $105.36, indicating a potential upside of 27.90%. Stanley Black & Decker has a consensus target price of $103.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.05%. Given Stanley Black & Decker's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Stanley Black & Decker is more favorable than Ingersoll Rand.

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

Is IR or SWK a better dividend stock?

Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Stanley Black & Decker pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. 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 IR or SWK?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 3 more articles in the media than Stanley Black & Decker. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 14 mentions for Stanley Black & Decker. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Stanley Black & Decker's score of 1.42 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ingersoll Rand	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Stanley Black & Decker	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, IR or SWK?

Ingersoll Rand has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Stanley Black & Decker. Ingersoll Rand is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stanley Black & Decker, 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
Ingersoll Rand	$7.24B	4.59	$838.60M	$2.06	39.99
Stanley Black & Decker	$15.37B	0.81	$294.30M	$1.94	41.46

Which has more risk & volatility, IR or SWK?

Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stanley Black & Decker has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IR or SWK?

Ingersoll Rand received 176 more outperform votes than Stanley Black & Decker when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.63% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 58.86% of users gave Stanley Black & Decker an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 734 61.63%	Underperform Votes 457 38.37%
Stanley Black & Decker	Outperform Votes 558 58.86%	Underperform Votes 390 41.14%

Summary

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