Donaldson (DCI) Competitors

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

Is IR or DCI a better dividend stock?

Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Donaldson pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Ingersoll Rand pays out 4.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Donaldson pays out 40.3% 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. Donaldson has raised its dividend for 38 consecutive years. Donaldson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is IR or DCI more profitable?

Ingersoll Rand has a net margin of 11.59% compared to Donaldson's net margin of 11.56%. Donaldson's return on equity of 29.07% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingersoll Rand	11.59%	12.78%	7.45%
Donaldson	11.56%	29.07%	14.76%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IR or DCI?

Ingersoll Rand received 256 more outperform votes than Donaldson when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.92% of users gave Donaldson an outperform vote while only 61.74% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingersoll Rand	Outperform Votes 739 61.74%	Underperform Votes 458 38.26%
Donaldson	Outperform Votes 483 64.92%	Underperform Votes 261 35.08%

Which has more risk & volatility, IR or DCI?

Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Donaldson has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor IR or DCI?

In the previous week, Donaldson had 23 more articles in the media than Ingersoll Rand. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Donaldson and 2 mentions for Ingersoll Rand. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Donaldson's score of 0.73 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)	Positive
Donaldson	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate IR or DCI?

Ingersoll Rand presently has a consensus price target of $98.91, suggesting a potential upside of 16.73%. Donaldson has a consensus price target of $70.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.80%. Given Ingersoll Rand's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Donaldson.

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
Donaldson	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, IR or DCI?

Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than Donaldson. Donaldson 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	4.69	$838.60M	$2.02	41.95
Donaldson	$3.65B	2.26	$414M	$2.98	23.68

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

95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Donaldson shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Ingersoll Rand shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Donaldson shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats Donaldson on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.