NYSE:IR - Ingersoll-Rand Stock Price, Forecast & News

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. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.65%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. View Ingersoll-Rand's Dividend History.

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

Ingersoll-Rand PLC (NYSE:IR) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The industrial products company reported $1.99 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.91 by $0.08. The industrial products company had revenue of $4.16 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.30 billion. Ingersoll-Rand had a return on equity of 21.72% and a net margin of 8.38%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 2.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $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 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Ingersoll-Rand's stock. Their forecasts range from $122.00 to $145.00. On average, they expect Ingersoll-Rand's share price to reach $135.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.8% 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.

Media stories about IR stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news 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 negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Ingersoll-Rand earned a coverage optimism score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Ingersoll-Rand.

Ingersoll-Rand saw a decline in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,340,000 shares, a decline of 5.6% from the September 15th total of 2,480,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,200,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's stock are sold short. View Ingersoll-Rand's Current Options Chain.

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Ingersoll-Rand's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.54%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.86%), Generation Investment Management LLP (1.19%), Voya Investment Management LLC (1.12%), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.38%) and Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd. (0.30%). 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, Voya Investment Management LLC, Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Rhumbline Advisers and Man Group plc. 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 State Street Corp, Boston Partners, First Trust Advisors LP, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Country Trust Bank, Menora Mivtachim Holdings LTD., BB&T Securities LLC and California Public Employees Retirement System. 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 $128.80.

Ingersoll-Rand has a market capitalization of $30.86 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]