Nordson (NDSN) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in IR or NDSN?

95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.1% of Nordson shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Nordson shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is IR or NDSN a better dividend stock?

Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Nordson pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 4.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nordson pays out 39.7% 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. Nordson has increased its dividend for 62 consecutive years. Nordson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IR or NDSN?

Ingersoll Rand received 282 more outperform votes than Nordson when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.74% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 61.67% of users gave Nordson an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 739 61.74%	Underperform Votes 458 38.26%
Nordson	Outperform Votes 457 61.67%	Underperform Votes 284 38.33%

Which has better valuation & earnings, IR or NDSN?

Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than Nordson. Nordson 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
Ingersoll Rand	$7.28B	4.59	$838.60M	$2.02	41.05
Nordson	$2.67B	4.31	$467.28M	$7.86	25.75

Which has more risk & volatility, IR or NDSN?

Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nordson has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IR or NDSN more profitable?

Nordson has a net margin of 16.93% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.59%. Nordson's return on equity of 19.28% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingersoll Rand	11.59%	12.78%	7.45%
Nordson	16.93%	19.28%	9.92%

Does the media refer more to IR or NDSN?

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 13 more articles in the media than Nordson. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 15 mentions for Nordson. Nordson's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 1.29 indicating that Nordson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ingersoll Rand	19 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nordson	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts prefer IR or NDSN?

Ingersoll Rand currently has a consensus price target of $98.91, indicating a potential upside of 19.28%. Nordson has a consensus price target of $250.20, indicating a potential upside of 23.62%. Given Nordson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nordson is more favorable than Ingersoll Rand.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
Nordson	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Summary

Ingersoll Rand and Nordson tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.