GGG vs. IR, XYL, DOV, IEX, SNA, PNR, NDSN, SWK, WWD, and LECO
Should you be buying Graco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Graco include Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), IDEX (IEX), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), Nordson (NDSN), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Woodward (WWD), and Lincoln Electric (LECO). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Graco (NYSE:GGG) and Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.
Graco presently has a consensus target price of $88.25, suggesting a potential upside of 12.64%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus target price of $95.82, suggesting a potential upside of 7.50%. Given Graco's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Graco is more favorable than Ingersoll Rand.
Ingersoll Rand received 328 more outperform votes than Graco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.41% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 60.92% of users gave Graco an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 7 more articles in the media than Graco. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 9 mentions for Graco. Graco's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.96 indicating that Graco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Graco has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less 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.
Graco has a net margin of 23.15% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.85%. Graco's return on equity of 23.01% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.
93.9% of Graco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Graco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Graco pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Graco pays out 35.2% 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.
Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than Graco. Graco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ingersoll Rand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ingersoll Rand beats Graco on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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