Ingersoll Rand (IR) versus Its Competitors Financial Survey

Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) is one of 436 publicly-traded companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Ingersoll Rand to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Ingersoll Rand and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ingersoll Rand	0	3	5	0	2.62
Ingersoll Rand Competitors	4197	14700	18201	805	2.41

Ingersoll Rand currently has a consensus price target of $95.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.06%. As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 35.04%. Given Ingersoll Rand’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ingersoll Rand has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Risk and Volatility

Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand’s rivals have a beta of 5.12, suggesting that their average stock price is 412% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Ingersoll Rand and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ingersoll Rand	$7.65 billion	$581.40 million	23.06
Ingersoll Rand Competitors	$4.67 billion	$364.05 million	3.33

Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. Ingersoll Rand is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Ingersoll Rand and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingersoll Rand	17.20%	13.47%	7.57%
Ingersoll Rand Competitors	-1,044.42%	-14.99%	0.57%

Dividends

Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 2.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Machinery” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.8% and pay out 24.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats its rivals on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

Ingersoll Rand Company Profile

Ingersoll Rand Inc. provides various mission-critical air, gas, liquid, and solid flow creation technologies services and solutions worldwide. It operates through two segments, Industrial Technologies and Services, and Precision and Science Technologies. The Industrial Technologies and Services segment designs, manufactures, markets, and services air and gas compression, vacuum, and blower products; fluid transfer equipment and loading systems; and power tools and lifting equipment, including associated aftermarket parts, consumables, air treatment equipment, controls, other accessories, and services under the under the Ingersoll Rand, Gardner Denver, Nash, CompAir, Elmo Rietschle brands, etc. The Precision and Science Technologies segment designs, manufactures, and markets diaphragm, piston, water-powered, peristaltic, gear, vane, progressive cavity, and syringe pumps; and gas boosters, hydrogen compression systems, automated liquid handling systems, odorant injection systems, controls, software, and other related components and accessories for liquid and gas dosing, transfer, dispensing, compression, sampling, pressure management, and flow control in specialized or critical applications under the Air Dimensions, Albin, ARO, Dosatron, Haskel, Ingersoll Rand, LMI, Maximus, Milton Roy, MP, Oberdorfer, Seepex, Thomas, Welch, Williams, YZ, and Zinnser Analytic brand names. This segment's products are used in medical, life sciences, industrial manufacturing, water and wastewater, chemical processing, energy, food and beverage, agriculture, and other markets. It sells through an integrated network of direct sales representatives and independent distributors. The company was formerly known as Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Ingersoll Rand Inc. in March 2020. Ingersoll Rand Inc. was founded in 1859 and is headquartered in Davidson, North Carolina.