IDEX (IEX) Competitors

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

Is IEX or IR a better dividend stock?

IDEX pays an annual dividend of $2.76 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%. IDEX pays out 36.3% 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.

Do analysts recommend IEX or IR?

IDEX presently has a consensus target price of $250.71, suggesting a potential upside of 18.61%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus target price of $95.82, suggesting a potential upside of 2.52%. Given IDEX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe IDEX is more favorable than Ingersoll Rand.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IDEX	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Which has more volatility & risk, IEX or IR?

IDEX has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor IEX or IR?

In the previous week, IDEX and IDEX both had 6 articles in the media. IDEX's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.69 indicating that IDEX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IDEX	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ingersoll Rand	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, IEX or IR?

Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than IDEX. IDEX 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
IDEX	$3.27B	4.89	$596.10M	$7.60	27.81
Ingersoll Rand	$6.88B	5.48	$778.70M	$2.01	46.50

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of IEX or IR?

98.0% of IDEX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of IDEX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is IEX or IR more profitable?

IDEX has a net margin of 17.89% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.85%. IDEX's return on equity of 17.60% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IDEX	17.89%	17.60%	10.51%
Ingersoll Rand	11.85%	12.57%	7.97%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IEX or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 254 more outperform votes than IDEX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.41% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 58.40% of users gave IDEX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IDEX	Outperform Votes 459 58.40%	Underperform Votes 327 41.60%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 713 61.41%	Underperform Votes 448 38.59%

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats IDEX on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.