Crane (CR) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, CR or IR?

Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than Crane. Crane 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
Crane	$2.13B	4.40	$401.10M	$5.06	32.27
Ingersoll Rand	$7.24B	4.25	$838.60M	$2.06	37.01

Do analysts prefer CR or IR?

Crane currently has a consensus target price of $178.20, suggesting a potential upside of 9.14%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus target price of $100.36, suggesting a potential upside of 31.64%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Crane.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crane	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Ingersoll Rand	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Is CR or IR more profitable?

Crane has a net margin of 13.10% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.59%. Crane's return on equity of 24.45% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crane	13.10%	24.45%	10.14%
Ingersoll Rand	11.59%	12.78%	7.45%

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

75.1% of Crane shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Crane 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CR or IR?

In the previous week, Crane had 28 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for Crane and 29 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Crane's score of 0.37 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crane	15 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	22 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ingersoll Rand	18 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CR or IR?

Ingersoll Rand received 299 more outperform votes than Crane when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.67% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 59.27% of users gave Crane an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crane	Outperform Votes 438 59.27%	Underperform Votes 301 40.73%
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 737 61.67%	Underperform Votes 458 38.33%

Which has more risk and volatility, CR or IR?

Crane has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CR or IR a better dividend stock?

Crane pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Crane pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ingersoll Rand pays out 3.9% 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.

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats Crane on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.