Nordson (NDSN) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IR or NDSN?

Ingersoll Rand received 280 more outperform votes than Nordson when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.74% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 61.69% 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 459 61.69%	Underperform Votes 285 38.31%

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 1.4%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 4.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nordson pays out 40.1% 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.

Do analysts prefer IR or NDSN?

Ingersoll Rand presently has a consensus target price of $98.91, suggesting a potential upside of 18.89%. Nordson has a consensus target price of $253.17, suggesting a potential upside of 15.45%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Nordson.

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)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	4.61	$838.60M	$2.02	41.19
Nordson	$2.70B	4.58	$467.28M	$7.78	28.19

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%

Which has more volatility & risk, IR or NDSN?

Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nordson has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.1% of Nordson shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Nordson 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.

Does the media prefer IR or NDSN?

In the previous week, Nordson had 12 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Nordson and 2 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Nordson's score of 1.22 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ingersoll Rand	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Nordson	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats Nordson on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.