WWD vs. IR, XYL, DOV, SNA, PNR, GGG, IEX, NDSN, ITT, and RBC
Should you be buying Woodward stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Woodward include Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), Nordson (NDSN), ITT (ITT), and RBC Bearings (RBC). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Woodward vs. Its Competitors
Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) and Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Woodward pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 4.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Woodward pays out 18.1% 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. Woodward has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Woodward is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than Woodward. Woodward is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ingersoll Rand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Woodward has a net margin of 11.36% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.30%. Woodward's return on equity of 16.86% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.
Ingersoll Rand presently has a consensus price target of $97.80, indicating a potential upside of 19.23%. Woodward has a consensus price target of $228.88, indicating a potential downside of 5.29%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Woodward.
Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Woodward has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.2% of Woodward shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Woodward shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Woodward had 6 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Woodward and 5 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Woodward's score of 1.08 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ingersoll Rand received 363 more outperform votes than Woodward when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.74% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 58.57% of users gave Woodward an outperform vote.
Summary
Ingersoll Rand beats Woodward on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:WWD) was last updated on 6/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
