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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk and dividends.

Which has more volatility & risk, ITW or IR?

Illinois Tool Works has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ITW or IR more profitable?

Illinois Tool Works has a net margin of 18.36% compared to Illinois Tool Works' net margin of 11.32%. Ingersoll Rand's return on equity of 96.60% beat Illinois Tool Works' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Illinois Tool Works	18.36%	96.60%	18.88%
Ingersoll Rand	11.32%	12.24%	7.72%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better 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	4.60	$2.96B	$9.74	25.49
Ingersoll Rand	$6.88B	5.49	$778.70M	$1.90	49.21

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ITW or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 114 more outperform votes than Illinois Tool Works when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.37% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 57.31% of users gave Illinois Tool Works an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Illinois Tool Works	Outperform Votes 596 57.31%	Underperform Votes 444 42.69%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 710 61.37%	Underperform Votes 447 38.63%

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 57.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ingersoll Rand pays out 4.2% 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 increased 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.

Do analysts prefer ITW or IR?

Illinois Tool Works currently has a consensus target price of $257.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.53%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus target price of $92.73, suggesting a potential downside of 0.83%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Illinois Tool Works is more favorable than Ingersoll Rand.

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

Does the media refer more to ITW or IR?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 3 more articles in the media than Illinois Tool Works. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 11 mentions for Illinois Tool Works. Illinois Tool Works' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.82 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ingersoll Rand	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 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.