Ingersoll-Rand Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:IR)

Ingersoll-Rand trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "IR."

Ingersoll-Rand announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 6th will be given a dividend of $0.53 per share on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $2.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.63%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. View Ingersoll-Rand's Dividend History.

Ingersoll-Rand announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, October 3rd 2018, which permits the company to buyback $1,500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Ingersoll-Rand PLC (NYSE:IR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 29th. The industrial products company reported $1.99 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.91 by $0.08. The industrial products company earned $4.16 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.30 billion. Ingersoll-Rand had a net margin of 8.38% and a return on equity of 21.72%. The business's revenue was up 2.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.75 EPS. View Ingersoll-Rand's Earnings History.

Ingersoll-Rand is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Ingersoll-Rand.

Ingersoll-Rand issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of ~$6.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.38.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Ingersoll-Rand's stock. Their forecasts range from $122.00 to $145.00. On average, they expect Ingersoll-Rand's stock price to reach $135.27 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Ingersoll-Rand.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ingersoll-Rand in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Ingersoll-Rand.

News headlines about IR stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ingersoll-Rand earned a coverage optimism score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Ingersoll-Rand.

Ingersoll-Rand saw a decrease in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,340,000 shares, a decrease of 5.6% from the September 15th total of 2,480,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,200,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company's shares are short sold. View Ingersoll-Rand's Current Options Chain.

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Ingersoll-Rand's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.86%), Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd. (0.30%), Strs Ohio (0.29%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.24%), Menora Mivtachim Holdings LTD. (0.24%) and First Trust Advisors LP (0.24%). Company insiders that own Ingersoll-Rand stock include Christopher J Kuehn, David S Regnery, Evan M Turtz, Jared L Cohon, Keith A Sultana, Marcia J Avedon, Michael W Lamach, Paul A Camuti and Susan K Carter. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Ingersoll-Rand.

IR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Rhumbline Advisers, Dupont Capital Management Corp and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Ingersoll-Rand company stock in the last year include Christopher J Kuehn, David S Regnery, Evan M Turtz, Jared L Cohon, Keith A Sultana, Marcia J Avedon, Michael W Lamach, Paul A Camuti and Susan K Carter. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ingersoll-Rand.

IR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Country Trust Bank, Menora Mivtachim Holdings LTD., BB&T Securities LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Eastern Bank and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ingersoll-Rand.

Shares of IR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of IR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $129.92.

Ingersoll-Rand has a market capitalization of $31.13 billion and generates $15.67 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $1.34 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.61 on an earnings per share basis. Ingersoll-Rand employs 49,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Ingersoll-Rand.

The official website for Ingersoll-Rand is http://www.company.ingersollrand.com/.

Ingersoll-Rand's mailing address is 170/175 LAKEVIEW DRIVE AIRSIDE BUSINESS PARK SWORDS, DUBLIN L2, 28036. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 353-01-870-7400 or via email at [email protected]