Ingersoll Rand (IR) Competitors

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

Is ITW or IR more profitable?

Illinois Tool Works has a net margin of 19.07% compared to Illinois Tool Works' net margin of 11.85%. Ingersoll Rand's return on equity of 97.82% beat Illinois Tool Works' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Illinois Tool Works	19.07%	97.82%	19.08%
Ingersoll Rand	11.85%	12.57%	7.97%

Do analysts rate ITW or IR?

Illinois Tool Works currently has a consensus target price of $256.44, indicating a potential upside of 6.42%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus target price of $95.82, indicating a potential upside of 6.86%. Given Illinois Tool Works' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Illinois Tool Works.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Illinois Tool Works	4 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.89
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ITW or IR?

Illinois Tool Works has higher revenue and earnings than Ingersoll Rand. Illinois Tool Works 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
Illinois Tool Works	$16.11B	4.47	$2.96B	$10.14	23.77
Ingersoll Rand	$6.88B	5.26	$778.70M	$2.01	44.61

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ITW or IR?

79.8% of Illinois Tool Works shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Illinois Tool Works 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ITW or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 115 more outperform votes than Illinois Tool Works when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.41% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 57.17% of users gave Illinois Tool Works an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Illinois Tool Works	Outperform Votes 598 57.17%	Underperform Votes 448 42.83%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 713 61.41%	Underperform Votes 448 38.59%

Is ITW or IR a better dividend stock?

Illinois Tool Works pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Illinois Tool Works pays out 55.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ingersoll Rand pays out 4.0% 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. Illinois Tool Works has raised its dividend for 54 consecutive years. Illinois Tool Works is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, ITW or IR?

Illinois Tool Works has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ITW or IR?

In the previous week, Illinois Tool Works had 3 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Illinois Tool Works and 17 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Illinois Tool Works' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.84 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Illinois Tool Works	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ingersoll Rand	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats Illinois Tool Works on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.